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A review of 'Totem Salmon' by Freeman House
In the wake of the federal government's much trumpeted decision in March to confer threatened and endangered status upon nine salmon runs in Washington and Oregon, Northwesterners will need to reevaluate their relationship with this once mighty species, a cultural icon as well as biological keystone. An ideal beginning would be to delve into Freeman House's Totem Salmon: Life Lessons from Another Species.
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TRI a Little Harder
Reported toxic chemical releases from industrial plants grew by 2.2 percent in 1997, following years of decline, the EPA announced yesterday. The increase was attributed largely to plants sending more metal wastes to landfills rather than recycling centers because metal recycling prices increased. Emissions have dropped almost 43 percent since the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) […]
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No Truth in Advertising
The Better Business Bureau is going after the nuclear power industry for running ads that the bureau says “have a strong potential to mislead customers.” The Nuclear Energy Institute, a trade association, has been paying for ads in national magazines and the New York Times that tout nuclear as the “clean air energy” and claim […]
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Kawasaki Lets the Good Times Roll
The Japanese government settled a 17-year legal battle yesterday with 500 citizens who have been made sick by air pollution. The plantiffs, who live along highways in Kawasaki, an industrial city just south of Tokyo, filed suit claiming that they suffered from asthma and other ailments caused by exhaust from passing cars and trucks. Last […]
