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Feeling Sheepish
Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep gained endangered status Monday, eight months after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had given the species a temporary, emergency listing. An estimated 125 bighorns remain in the 400-mile-long Sierra Nevada range, less than half the population of 15 years ago. The bighorn herds have been devastated by hunting, domestic sheep […]
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Pay the Bill
Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Bradley attacked corporate pork yesterday, announcing that as president he would work to eliminate tax shelters, loopholes, and subsidies that favor big companies, including those engaged in environmentally destructive practices. Bradley specifically said he wants to cut benefits to mining companies that drill on public land and pay small royalties, oil […]
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Into Thin Air
A federal court has struck another blow to EPA’s clean-air efforts, ordering the EPA to change a rule that would have expanded a program to require the use of reformulated gasoline, which burns more cleanly than conventional gasoline. The rule, issued in September 1998, would have allowed up to 80 municipalities not in violation of […]
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No Kidding
Far too little is known about the health risks facing kids in the U.S. from the use of pesticides at schools, according to a General Accounting Office report conducted at the request of Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.). About 2,300 cases of pesticide-related exposure in schools were reported to poison-control centers from 1993 to 1996, and […]
