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Wild, Wild West
The Clinton administration is planning broad steps to protect public land in the West during Pres. Clinton’s remaining time in office. In the coming months, the administration hopes to declare 1.5 million acres in Alaska as a wilderness area; 2.6 million acres in Utah as a wilderness study area; more than 500,000 acres in Arizona […]
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WHO Performs in Concert with Europe
Health concerns are likely to take center stage at this week’s gathering in London of European environment, transportation, and health ministers. The 51 European nations that are members of the World Health Organization are expected to take action to limit car use, promote cycling and walking, protect water supplies, and combat childhood asthma. WHO Director […]
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Goodbye Pennzoil, Hello Mazola
A new biodegradable vegetable-oil lubricant could completely replace petroleum-based motor oil in everything from cars to chain saws, say the Colo.-based inventors, who recently received a patent for their innovation. Meanwhile, two researchers from New York have won a patent for an environmentally friendly solvent that cleans clothes, an alternative to the toxic pechloroethylene (Perc), […]
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Grimace and Bear it
Western GOP governors are reconciling themselves to the notion that the Endangered Species Act is unlikely to be changed until after the 2000 presidential election. The governors, who were attending a Western Governors’ Association meeting this weekend, back a loosening of the law that would make it easier on landowners, but they don’t sense broad-based […]
