May 30, 2002 -
Satellites Show Local Air
Pollution Has Global Reach - By Robert Roy Britt, Senior
Science Writer, SPACE.COM, Walking through the streets of the
Zambian capital of Lusaka in September of 2000, NASA researcher Anne
Thompson watched city workers pile a year's worth of dead leaves,
brush and garbage into newly dug trenches and torch it all. Residents
burned their own garbage in their backyards. Poorly maintained cars
sputtered by, belching thick smoke into the air...
May 2002
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Good For Fish and Fishermen - Environmental Defense
supports the use of innovative fishery management tools to help restore
ailing fish populations and provide more economic certainty for
fishermen. One highly effective tool is an Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ).
A well-designed IFQ program allows managers and fishermen to work
together so both marine life and the fishing community prosper...
Archive
of Environmental News - May
2002
