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Owl in a Day's Work
Arizona has put the brakes on 53 planned state highway projects — nearly a billion dollars worth — because of a court order to protect the habitat of the endangered pygmy owl. The move by the state Department of Transportation followed an Oct. 8 court ruling that sided with enviros and prohibited the U.S. Army […]
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Don't Follow This Leader
While governments in Europe and Japan are considering far-reaching proposals to comply with the Kyoto climate change treaty, including raising taxes and promoting emissions-trading systems, strong treaty opposition in the U.S. could kill the agreement. Many observers say that even if the U.S. does ratify the treaty, the nation won’t be ready to begin making […]
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John Hoskinson, Surfrider Foundation
John Hoskinson is the communications director for the Surfrider Foundation. Monday, 18 Oct 1999 SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. Dear Diary: Today I got a pimple … YUCK! And Jenny Pitrizoni pulled my hair and said that I was ugly … Oh, wait … wrong diary. I’ll start again. I thought I’d start my week of entries […]
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Wonder Twin Powers: Deregulate
As electric utility deregulation gets rolling in California and Pennsylvania, enviros are anxiously watching to see whether consumers, who now have a choice about their power providers, will opt to pay a little more for renewable energy. In California, about 1 percent, or some 116,000 homes, have gone to green power since the market opened […]
