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Fig Leaf Bill: Let's Hope It Wilts in the Heat
Senators opposed to the Kyoto climate change treaty introduced a bill yesterday that would forego mandates for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in favor of voluntary, market-based programs. Sponsored by Sens. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), Larry Craig (R- Idaho), and Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the measure would allot $2 billion over 10 years to create a research, development, […]
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Village People Go on Tour
Women, men, and children from the remote Mexican village of Ejido Pino Gordo this month walked 36 hours to the Chihuahua state capital to stage a sit-in at the governor’s palace and protest the illegal logging of forest land surrounding their village. Government officials were caught off guard by the protest and the ensuing media […]
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Stinky Stuff Sows Selma Civil Split
In an unusual alliance, some Black Alabamans are being joined by their white neighbors in protesting a proposed garbage dump that would be within smelling distance of a stretch of road leading from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., where a pivotal civil rights march took place in 1965. And in an unusual split, some long-time civil […]
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Greens Parachute from Hijacked Panel
All of the environmental, consumer, and public interest groups on a food safety panel advising the EPA resigned in protest yesterday, accusing the Clinton administration of letting pesticide and agribusiness interests “hijack” a 1996 law aimed at protecting children from pesticides. The seven groups say the EPA won’t meet an August deadline set by the […]
