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Cry Me a River
A massive cyanide spill that has spread through rivers in Romania, Hungary, and Yugoslavia is being billed as the worst environmental catastrophe since Chernobyl. The Jan. 30 spill from a Romanian gold-mining operation has eradicated virtually all river life on 250 miles of the Tisza River, and has now made its way into the Danube, […]
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Hangers — On!
Hangers Cleaners is trying to edge out dry cleaners with a new eco-friendly cleaning system that uses biodegradable soap dissolved in liquified carbon dioxide, a substance considered so safe it is used to inject the fizz into soft drinks. Traditional dry cleaners rely on an industrial solvent, perchloroethylene (perc), which is believed to cause cancer […]
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Lone Sharks
Sharks are in trouble, with their populations in serious decline around the world in large part because of overfishing, according to marine scientists gathered at a conference in California. More than 100 million sharks are caught each year by crews from 125 nations, and only four of those — Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the […]
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Air Bradley Vs. Hot-Air Gore?
Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Bradley attacked Al Gore yesterday on Gore’s signature issue, the environment, accusing him of being all talk and no action. Bradley, speaking in San Francisco, ticked off a list of environmental promises that Gore had made before the 1992 election that the administration had failed to follow through on. He also […]
