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 Archive
of Environmental News - December 99
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Environmental
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Earth
View - A fascinating, real-time look at our
home from above...
The
century’s top environmental health leaders
- "As the countdown to the millennium builds, it’s time
for a look back. MSNBC asked a couple dozen Your Environment
readers — editors, journalists, physicians, lawyers, food
and nutrition specialists, environmental policymakers and
grant makers — to cast their nominations for the most
influential figures in the field of environmental
health..."
Dealing
with Dead Zones - "Is the fertilizer that's used to grow
corn in the Midwest also damaging the industry and environment of the
Gulf of Mexico? Areas in the Gulf develop seasonally low oxygen levels
that cannot sustain shrimp, crabs and other marine life. Six recent
government reports from the Committee on the Environment and Natural
Resources point to nutrient runoff discharged from the Mississippi
River as the culprit behind the ecological change..."
Suffering
Seas - What do dead whales have in common with blooming algae
and scrawny polar bears? They're all sinister signs of how global
warming is damaging the marine food chain, say biologists in a new
report released by the World Wildlife Fund and the Marine Conservation
Biology Institute.
ARCHITECTURE
IN THE INFORMATION AGE -
"The new Conde Nast office tower at 4 Times Square, which
generates its own power through photovoltaic and fuel cell
technologies, demonstrates a revolutionary integration of
architectural design and ecological efficiency..."
Clinton
Considers Monument Proposal -
" Seeking to expand protections for ``lands we hold sacred,''
President Clinton promised today to consider adding four sites to
the list of national monuments in the American West. Interior
Secretary Bruce Babbitt presented the sites to Clinton, who
announced the recommendations but reserved any final decision until
next year..."
Wild
Weather -- NPR's John Nielsen reports if you think the
weather gets weirder every year, you're in good company. After
studying weather records back to 1900, the federal government's
leading weather experts say the climate is changing, and pollutants
in the upper atmosphere are playing a role in that change... (In
Real Audio)
Is
Your Cell Phone Killing You? - "There's more data
suggesting problems with the radiation from cell phones than the FDA
had when it banned silicone breast implants. Are we all at risk?
It's the must-have accessory of the late 20th century. It confers
status and power. It gives you access to the world wherever you are,
whenever you want. But what if it's producing a tumor in your brain
the size of a golf ball?"
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