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Alexander and the Wonderful, Beautiful, No Bad, Very Good Day
Alexander Nikitin, a retired Russian naval captain, was acquitted last week of treason and espionage charges, which were brought against him after he disclosed information about nuclear safety hazards aboard […]
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Bye 2K
Sure, that Butterfly lady, Julia, has decided to come down from her tree after Pacific Lumber agreed to stay its chainsaws for the grove; it looks like the planet really […]
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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Dioxin-free Packaging
Earlier this year, ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s began using new packaging made from unbleached, chlorine-free paper produced without generating dioxin. Ben & Jerry’s materials state that the only […]
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I Wish They All Could Be California Goals
Hundreds of California cities and counties are falling short of a goal to reduce by 50 percent the amount of garbage they dump in landfills by 2000, much to the […]
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We're American Airlines, Something Toxic in the Air
Under threat of indictment, American Airlines pleaded guilty yesterday to illegally storing hazardous waste at the Miami airport and transporting hazardous and poisonous materials improperly on its passenger jets for […]
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So Sewage Me
The British Columbia attorney general’s office has quashed a joint effort by a Canadian environmental group and a labor union to end the dumping of toxic sewage into the Strait […]
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Dam-age Control
Breaching four dams along the Snake River in southeastern Washington — a move favored by enviros — would help a wide range of animals and fish in addition to endangered […]
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Barking Up the Right Tree
To celebrate the coming of a year with three zeros in it, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday kicked off the “Millennium Green” campaign, which aims to plant 250 million […]
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Hot Toddies
The year 1999 has been the planet’s fifth warmest since consistent global record-keeping began in 1860, Britain’s Meteorological Office reported today. Temperatures around the world in 1999 were about 0.33 […]
