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Richards estimates that a quarter of the 281 million acres of U.S. cropland of all kinds is now under some kind of residue management. Within two years, half the cropland will be tended that way because new farm legislation requires conservation. In order to enroll for crop-support payments, farmers...
"It is beyond science and technology now," says Bill Richards, the Ohio farmer turned chief of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, a branch of the Agriculture Department. "It is a cultural revolution." In the past year scs has named this new kind of farming "residue management," and its wide embrace...
The most lucrative gift was bestowed in 1986 when Britain declared a 150- mile fishing-conservation zone around the archipelago, later extended to 200 miles. Sales of fishing licenses to Asian and European fleets on the hunt for prized illex and loligo squid bring the islands annual revenues of $47...
The U.S. has been hammering at the "easy rhetoric" of other nations, but it has yet to accept the responsibilities of the world's largest economy. It has a strong story to tell in such concrete measures as the Clean Air Act, transportation legislation, a pending energy bill and an...
Anger at the U.S. did not overwhelm the feeling of elation that the summit was taking place. "This event is focusing world attention back on the environment as the most important issue of our time," said Russell Mittermeier, president of the Washington-based Conservation International. Activists see the summit not...