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Raking in the Greens
Ralph Nader’s presidential run is giving a big boost to efforts to establish the Green Party around the nation. With Nader’s campaign getting national news coverage, and pundits publicly speculating about whether he may draw votes away from Al Gore, the Green Party now has a higher profile than ever before. More than 300 Green […]
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Koala-ty Is Job One
Today is Save the Koala Day in Australia, and activists hope to use the occasion to raise awareness of the animal’s plight. The nation’s koala population is falling by about 1,000 a year, with fewer than 100,000 in the wild, says Deborah Tabart, director of the Australian Koala Foundation. Much of the decline is due […]
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The Five-to-Eight Year Itch
The feds yesterday released their long-awaited plan for saving salmon in the Northwest, spinning it as the most ambitious conservation effort ever undertaken. As expected, they took a pass on the decision of whether to breach four dams on the lower Snake River in Washington, electing to focus instead on habitat restoration, increased water releases […]
