News Forum Archives: September 2004
Is Nothing Sacred?
By Tai Moses
AlterNet.orgJohn Kerry and George Bush have deeply differing views –- and values –- when it comes to our natural resources and the quality of our air, land and water.
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Organic Farming Studied As Demand Rises
By Jonathan Drew, Associated Press Writer
September 26, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Organic farming sounds simple no chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides or genetically engineered plants. But succeeding at it can be complicated. A recent wave of research at universities around the country seeks to take some of the guesswork and financial uncertainty out of the practice.
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Bush Record: New Priorities in Environment
September 14, 2004
By Felicity Barringer
New York Times
Every fall, after raising their young near Teshekpuk Lake and the Colville River, tens of thousands of geese and tundra swans leave the North Slope of Alaska for more southerly shores. Some end their journey at the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in the flatlands of North Carolina.
Both habitats could be transformed if current Bush administration initiatives come to pass. The birds would have oil rigs as neighbors in Alaska and be greeted by Navy jets simulating carrier takeoffs and landings in North Carolina.
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Two authors fear world’s future grim
They say society must change ways
By James Bruggers
The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky
Two leading thinkers brought their visions of sustainable cities and farms to Louisville yesterday.
But first, architect Williams McDonough and author Wes Jackson offered a grim view of the future if people don’t change what they described as a destructive mindset.
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Pollution triggers bizarre behaviour in animals
By Andy Coghlan
New Scientist
03September04
Hyperactive fish, stupid frogs, fearless mice and seagulls that fall over. It sounds like a weird animal circus, but this is no freak show. Animals around the world are increasingly behaving in bizarre ways, and the cause is environmental pollution.
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