November 07, 2002 -
Conservation Groups Fear Republican Congress - Environmental
News Service, By Cat Lazaroff, WASHINGTON, DC, Forest protection
groups are holding rallies and other events across the country today to
protest Bush administration plans for fire management on public lands.
The groups fear that Tuesday's elections, which boosted Bush's power to
make policy, will lead to the undermining of forest protections - a fear
shared by many environmental groups as Congressional power shifts away
from some of conservation's strongest advocates...
November 19, 2002 -
Wireless Transmission in Earth's
Energy Future -
EcoISP, WASHINGTON, DC, -
Wireless energy transmission
could be part of a clean,
abundant energy future says The
Millennium Project of the
American Council for the United
Nations University. To meet the
world's growing appetite for
energy without environmental
damage, electricity would be
converted to microwaves, beamed
over long distances by
satellite, and then reconverted
back to electricity...
November 12, 2002 -
California Coast, Now Online
- By Kendra Mayfield - WiredNews,
Equipped with
a digital camera, an Apple PowerBook and a Robinson R-44 helicopter,
Kenneth Adelman and his wife are taking high-resolution pictures of
every mile of the California coastline, 500 feet at a time. These
detailed images are posted on the Internet as part of the California
Coastal Records Project, an aerial photographic survey intended to
create a permanent record of the state's 1,100-mile coastline as it is
today. The photographs record every beach, landmark and high-rise
development on the coast -- from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Los
Angeles airport...
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