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Escargot Cargo Embargo
In an effort to curb the environmental degradation caused by exotic species, the U.S. government today will begin regulating the water that cargo ships dump when they enter U.S. ports. Ships will be asked to empty out their ballast water at least 200 miles off the U.S. coast to prevent invasive animals, microorganisms, and bacteria […]
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Torpedo the Dams — Full Speed Ahead!
The Edwards Dam in Augusta, Maine, will be breached on Thursday in an effort to restore fish populations in the Kennebec River, as debates rage across the U.S. over proposals to knock down dams for the sake of fish. About 75,000 large dams block American rivers, and small dams block thousands more. Proposals to breach […]
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Snap, Crackle over Population
A U.N. population conference of 180 nations is running into problems as a small group of conservative Catholic and Muslim developing countries is splitting from the majority on family planning, abortion, and sex education in schools. The conference, a follow-up to the 1994 Cairo population meeting, today is supposed to present an updated action plan […]
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Keep on Pushing My Dove over the Borderline
The Mexican and U.S. governments are combining forces for the first time to try to save a watershed, the Upper San Pedro River Basin in northern Mexico and southwestern Arizona. The area, the last aviary migration zone in the southwestern U.S., is a stopping point each year for 4 million migratory birds, representing 400 bird […]
