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"Lawmakers are always trying to change the world, but no matter how earnest or well meaning, they often end up doing something entirely different from what they intended..." The article is about airline deregulation, trucking regulation, superfund law, public housing, tax reform, endangered species act
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Thirty Mile Fire
Seattle Times investigates the death of four firefighters who "were trapped by wildfire in a pinched valley in north-central Washington State" on July 10, 2001. The series reveals that "despite obvious evidence of danger, front-line bosses misjudged the explosive conditions present that day ... [and] pushed firefighters to battle a blaze even though the fire threatened no homes or businesses." Numerous safety rules were ignored, and officials knew that firefighter fatalities follow a pattern, the Times reports. The main finding is that "a fire-fighting culture in which extinguishing fires - not safety - remains the top priority."
Tags: FOIA requests; Forest Service; wildlife; Endangered Species Act; protected natural areas; Okanogan National Forest Plan; decision-making under pressure; organizational behavior; meteorology
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The Last Indian Fighter; Slade Gorton is American Indians' Public Enemy No. 1
Former Senator Slade Gorton (R-WA), who supported natural resource industries such as timber and mining companies, was frequently at odds with the Native American community. This article is a good first step to learning more about Gorton's positions and issues facing Native Americans.
Tags: Department of the Interior; National Congress of American Indians; Boldt decision; fishing rights; salmon; Non-indian negotiating group; Endangered Species Act; ESA; timber; oil; gas; mining; campaign contributions; lobbying; Citizen's Equal Rights Alliance; CERA; Wise Use; Lummi tribe; casinos; treaties
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Sea Sick
Discover investigates why "killer whales that live near Seattle are dying too soon and too often." The report reveals that "there are three proposed culprits" causing the spate of premature deaths - "boat traffic,... reductions in certain preferred prey species ... [and] pollution." The story sheds light on a scientific finding that some whales are "carrying staggering concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), long lived industrial compounds that accumulate in fat and have been linked to cancer..." The author suggests that listing the killer whales under the Endangered Species Act can reduce some of the human-induce threats, but not the pollution.
Tags: biologists; orcas; Pacific Northwest; fish; health; contamination; marine mammals
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Crimes in the Name of the Environment
This ten-month investigation into "eco-terrorism" reveals millions of dollars in damage and threats to human life in the American West resulting from two decades of extremist acts ostensibly committed in the name of saving the environment. The report establishes a correlation between environmentalists and animal rights activists, previously considered two separate camps.
Tags: CAR terrorism; violence; sabotage; Pacific Northwest; arson; Vail; lynx; endangered species; John Zerzan; World Trade Organization; PETA; Animal Liberation Front; Earth Liberation Front; Fur Commission USA
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Campfire
This investigation revealed that millions of U.S. tax dollars are being spent each year to support the trophy hunting of rare African elephants. The reporters also discovered that tax dollars are funding a foreign lobbyist in Washington who is working to weaken the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Tags: VIDEOCLIP TAPE TRANSCRIPT big game hunting wild animals
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Since the day Bill Clinton took office, the national green organizations have made it a concerted policy to condone if possible and conceal if necessary every environmental misdeed perpetrated by the President and his party. The Progressive examines this issue and how the normal justifications for such a policy--that support extorts useful consessions--is inoperative in this case, since the record of the Big Green groups in winning any concession is an absolute zero. (May 1996)
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The Nation looks into Freeport-McMoRan, the U.S. multinational corporation that operates the world's largest gold mine and third-largest copper mine. Irian-Jaya, the western half of the island of New Guinea, is the site of Freeport's cruelest and, with mineral reserves worth an estimated $50 billion, potentially most lucrative exploits. (July 31, 1995)
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S.F. Weekly examines how windmills, long hailed as a nonpolluting, renewable electricity source, are killing thousands of birds worldwide. Among the victims are red-tailed hawks, American kestrels, turkey vultures assorted owls and federally protected species like Aquila chrysaetos, the golden eagle. It turns out the Bay Area--specifically Altamount Pass in the hills above Livermore--is the windmill bird-death capital of America. (March 29 - April 4, 1995)
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New Republic discloses how the Endangered Species Act is being attacked unfairly on all sides and faces extinction at the hands of Congress; critics claim that it costs the economy billions of dollars, deprives citizens of their property rights and doesn't protect species worth the trouble; analyzes the claims of wise-use advocates and others, Aug. 15, 1994.
Tags: DC CA Meyer ESA 6 pages