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Timber Sales Get the Ax
The feds broke the law when they awarded nine timber contracts in the Northwest that failed to protect rare and endangered species as stipulated under the Northwest Forest Plan, a […]
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Is It Time for Recess Yet, Mr. Vice President?
Vice Pres. Al Gore yesterday warned a group of fifth graders that more heat waves are likely in the future because of global warming and told the kids that Republicans […]
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Jamie Lennox, Alliance for the Wild Rockies
Jamie Lennox is membership coordinator for the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and a board member of the Wild Rockies Legislative Action Fund. He previously worked for the Missoula Independent, […]
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Bright Lights, Big Donations
GOP presidential hopeful George W. Bush is winning over big business with help from a college chum, Thomas Kuhn, head of the Edison Electric Institute, an electric utility trade group. […]
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I've Seen Fire and I've Seen Rainforests
A thick, hazy smog caused by the burning of rainforests in Indonesia is spreading across Southeast Asia this week, reminiscent of the 1997 smog that caused rampant health problems and […]
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A Hot New Trend
The hot, dry weather that is now plaguing much of the U.S., and which has killed 182 people, appears to extend what federal scientists say is a trend toward more […]
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Bay Watch
The San Francisco Bay looks and smells a lot better these days than it did 30 years ago, in part because municipal sewage and industrial waste are no longer dumped […]
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The E in E-Commerce Ain't Energy
Emissions of carbon dioxide in the U.S. remained almost flat last year, rising only 0.4 percent, despite a booming U.S. economy that grew almost 4 percent and gasoline prices that […]
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A Fine French Whine
Pollution is the top worry for French citizens, with 85 percent of respondents in a recent poll saying they are concerned about the problem. The Paris area has had severe […]
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A Drought of Good Sense
A House subcommittee this week took up Rep. Joe Knollenberg’s (R-Mich.) quest to repeal part of a 1992 law that gave the feds license to require that new toilets be […]
