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What Would Latke Do?
American Taxi in Santa Ana, Calif., has become the first taxi company in the nation to power its fleet exclusively with clean-burning natural gas, a move made in anticipation of proposed smog-fighting rules in the region. In April, the South Coast Air Quality Management District will vote on a proposed regulation for Southern California that […]
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Air Plan Crash
The administration of Texas Gov. George W. Bush (R) is going to have to get tougher on air pollution if it wants a new plan to pass muster with the feds, according to an early review from the EPA. The agency hasn’t yet rejected Texas’s plan, which seeks to cut pollution from vehicles and industries […]
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Can't See the Forest for the Treaties
Despite fiery opposition from Canada, U.N. negotiators on Saturday created a new international body, the U.N. Forum on Forests, to implement existing international agreements and conventions on forest protection. Canada argues that existing conventions are not working and wants the U.N. to begin negotiations on a new, comprehensive treaty on forest protection. Enviros oppose launching […]
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Impure As the Driven Snow
Snowmobiling is coming under increasing fire in the western U.S., not just from enviros but also from officials at a number of national forests and parks. Snowmobiles have been banned in recent years from some U.S. Forest Service land in Montana and northern Idaho, and they may soon be limited in Yellowstone National Park, the […]
