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Gore to Mine Environmental Vote
Promising to “put protection of the environment at the center of my presidency,” Vice Pres. Al Gore said yesterday that he would spend $2 billion over 10 years to combat urban sprawl and preserve open space if he were elected president. Gore, speaking at a fundraiser in Malibu, Calif., proposed offering $1 billion in tax […]
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Over Their Dead Bodies
Sometime this year, the dead bodies of three men who worked at a government uranium plant in Paducah, Ky., will be exhumed and tested for radiation from such deadly elements as plutonium and neptunium. The tests are part of a $10 billion class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of workers at the plant, which alleges that […]
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A Bunch of Bull
A group of rural Nevadans crusading against federal protection for the bull trout compared their rebellion to the Boston Tea Party during a congressional field hearing held on Saturday in Elko, Nev. The Nevadans, backed by Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-Nev.) and Rep. Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-Idaho), want to rebuild a road that was washed out in […]
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This Gives "School Board" a New Meaning
A bill passed by the House this month that is intended to assure adequate funding for rural school districts may encourage more logging on public lands, say opponents. Under current law, communities near national forests get money for schools from federal timber sales in surrounding areas, and as timber cutting has declined in recent years, […]
