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We're American Airlines, Something Toxic in the Air
Under threat of indictment, American Airlines pleaded guilty yesterday to illegally storing hazardous waste at the Miami airport and transporting hazardous and poisonous materials improperly on its passenger jets for the last five years,. The company will pay $8 million, the largest environmental fine ever levied against an airline, as well as make changes to […]
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So Sewage Me
The British Columbia attorney general’s office has quashed a joint effort by a Canadian environmental group and a labor union to end the dumping of toxic sewage into the Strait of Juan de Fuca, an international body of water off the northern coast of Washington state and the southern coast of B.C. Victoria and other […]
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Dam-age Control
Breaching four dams along the Snake River in southeastern Washington — a move favored by enviros — would help a wide range of animals and fish in addition to endangered salmon, according to a report being released today by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The report says that of four options being considered to […]
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Barking Up the Right Tree
To celebrate the coming of a year with three zeros in it, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday kicked off the “Millennium Green” campaign, which aims to plant 250 million trees, nearly one for every American. The project — which is being orchestrated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the EPA with much of […]
