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Norm!!!
The feds are expected to purchase two dams on the Elwha River on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state and begin planning how to demolish at least one of them, under an agreement reached between the Clinton administration and two Washington politicians, Rep. Norm Dicks (D) and Sen. Slade Gorton (R). Removal of the dams, […]
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I Am the Triax, I Speak for the Cars
General Motors is taking a step forward in the race to produce green cars with an announcement today that it has developed a new concept vehicle, called the Triax, that can operate with a range of power sources, including gasoline, hybrid, and electric systems powered by either batteries or fuel cells. In the meantime, U.S. […]
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Hot Under the Cholera
The Yamuna river, the largest tributary of India’s holiest river, the Ganges, is so severely polluted that it brings death rather than life to the people along its banks, breeding cholera, malaria, and other diseases. The government’s 1993 cleanup plan for the river, which focused on building more sewage treatment plants, has barely made a […]
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Pellets Palliate Pullet Pollution
Purdue Farms, the largest operator in the poultry belt in Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia, says it has an innovative new plan for dealing with the chicken manure that is blamed for seriously polluting the Chesapeake Bay and underground well water. Under the plan, praised by environmentalists, the company will build […]
