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Flashbacks From Bad Acid Trip
Environmental regulations in North America have succeeded in cutting acid rain, but many North American lakes and streams damaged by the phenomenon still have not recovered, according to new research published today in the journal Nature. In contrast, the study, which was conducted by 23 prominent scientists, found that lakes and streams in Europe have […]
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Kick Some Asthma
Smog in the eastern half of the U.S. sends some 53,000 people to the hospital and 159,000 to the emergency room each summer, and it triggers more than 6 million asthma attacks, according to a new study released by three environmental groups. The Clean Air Task Force, National Environmental Trust, and U.S. Public Interest Research […]
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Couch Potatoes Getting Baked
Three environmental groups today are launching an $11 million-dollar “public education” campaign in the U.S. about the health dangers and physical costs of climate change, with the aim of putting the environment on voters’ minds before the 2000 elections and putting the heat on Congress for its lack of action on the issue. The groups […]
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Mess Transit
Many top enviro groups made a last-minute appeal to Pres. Clinton yesterday to veto a transportation spending bill with a provision that would prevent the federal government from even studying the possibility of raising fuel-efficiency standards for new cars and light trucks. But White House officials said they expect Clinton to sign the bill. Enviros […]
