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Hatching a New Plan
In the first systematic attempt to reform Washington State’s fish-hatchery system — the world’s largest — the Hatchery Scientific Review Group issued a report yesterday recommending the closure of one Puget Sound-area hatchery and alterations for 22 others. The salmon born in Washington State’s 100-plus hatcheries are thought to pose a threat to wild salmon […]
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They Drilled Kenny!
President Bush approved on Friday a plan to bury the nation’s radioactive waste in Nevada’s Yucca Mountain, provoking a firestorm of outrage and an immediate lawsuit by the state’s governor, Kenny Guinn (R). The federal government has spent 10 years and $4 – $7 billion on studying the Yucca site to determine if it is […]
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Sea Change
The rise in sea levels this century due to glaciers and ice caps melting away under higher global temperatures could be almost three times what scientists have previously estimated, according to new data. The new information predicts that ocean levels will increase by between 6.7 and 10.6 inches by 2100 from glacial melt alone. The […]
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Fight Club
The U.S. EPA and the Energy Department are engaged in fierce infighting over the White House’s proposed revisions to the Clean Air Act, according to internal EPA documents obtained by the New York Times. The battle pits EPA Administrator Christie Whitman and her agency against Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham and high-powered energy lobbyists, who say […]
