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Numb and Dumber
Sixty-nine percent of voters think Vice Pres. Al Gore would do a good job of handling the environment as president, according to a new USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll. Fifty-seven percent reject the notion that Gore’s views on the environment are too extreme. Unfortunately for Gore, though, 64 percent say he “doesn’t inspire” them (read: he’s boring). […]
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Court: Burn, Baby, Burn
A federal appeals court ordered the EPA yesterday to put on hold a regulation that would require 22 states to reduce their production of smog-causing gases that drift into other states. The three-judge panel issuing the decision did not question the merit of the regulation, but delayed its implementation pending a lawsuit filed by a […]
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Wails from Japan
Japan will seek to remove some whale species from the international endangered species list in hopes that it can resume commercial whaling, the nation said yesterday at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Grenada. The U.S., Britain, Australia, and New Zealand stand staunchly opposed to a resumption of commercial whaling. Similar requests from […]
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A Bad Acid Trip
Romania is being hit with acid rain and increased water and air pollution as a direct result of NATO’s bombing campaign in Yugoslavia, the Romanian environment ministry said yesterday. Air pollution from fires following the bombings has caused acid rains in areas of Romania along the Yugoslav border. The ministry said that environmental damage has […]
