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Globalization in Over Drive
One outcome of China’s expected entry into the World Trade Organization is likely to be a dramatic rise in car ownership among the nation’s 1.3 billion citizens, a possibility that alarms some American enviros who worry about increased pollution and emissions of greenhouse gases. Under the WTO, China’s import tariffs on cars will drop to […]
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Helter Smelter
Enviros are cheering a decision by an international environmental panel to investigate Mexico’s handling of an abandoned lead smelter in Tijuana that has become a symbol of pollution problems along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Commission for Environmental Cooperation, established by a side accord of the North American Free Trade Agreement, agreed to compile a report […]
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Can You Hear the Drums, Fernando?
A controversial bill due to be debated in the Brazilian Congress next week would cut the legally protected portion of the nation’s Amazon region from 80 percent to 50 percent. Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso promised yesterday to fight the measure. Enviros warn that the bill would dramatically increase destruction of the Amazon rainforest, the […]
