Word: conservationism
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Such an exemption has been granted only once before in the act's 19-year existence. While environmentalists go to court to reverse the action, conservation legislation is winding its way through Congress to protect not only the owl also but the salmon, steelhead and other species dependent on the...
So it came to be more than three years ago that Lujan was made steward of the nation's natural treasures, overseeing some 440 million acres of precious wilderness, wetlands, parks and open expanses -- one-quarter of the U.S. landmass. By action and inaction, he has already left his imprint...
New houses faced the road, not south. Instead of turning a cold shoulder to winter winds, the north side had windows to admit light and a view. The 20th century brought cheap oil and labor-saving furnaces, and Americans neglected energy conservation until the 1973 oil embargo reawakened interest in...
Other analysts doubt that the aftershocks of a GATT failure would be so cataclysmic, and they point out that GATT rules were unable to solve America's trade problems with Japan in the 1980s. Some environmentalists argue that a strong free-trade regime will block individual countries from banning ecologically...
The Olympic Committee's letter also states that the organization "would appreciate your utilizing a different name for your conservation program; i.e., one that does not include Olympic terminology."