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Now We're Really Fed Up
The federal government is polluting the nation’s waterways at a record rate, violating the Clean Water Act six times as often as it did in 1993, and at a higher rate than private companies, according to a new report by the EPA. Nearly four of every 10 federal facilities, primarily those operated by the Defense […]
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Air and Space Museums
The Clinton administration is planning to protect up to 4 million acres of open space in the West by creating a new class of protected public lands, tentatively called national landscape monuments, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt said yesterday. Babbitt said he hoped Congress would act to protect the areas under consideration, but if it does […]
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Sher and Sher, I Like
In another sign that anti-dam sentiment is spreading across the U.S., a bill introduced in the California legislature yesterday would require the state to draw up a list of dams that could be demolished to help the recovery of endangered salmon and steelhead trout. The bill — drafted by state Sen. Byron Sher (D), chair […]
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And You Can Start By Not Buying This Magazine
Time Inc., the folks who bring you People and Entertainment Weekly magazines, are jumping on the voluntary simplicity bandwagon — sort of. Next month, the company will launch a new magazine, Real Simple, that is aimed at women who want to simplify their overextended lives. The magazine’s founders have changed the familiar mantra of “less […]
