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In the grip of a three-year drought, Israel too is far from secure, despite its formidable conservation technologies. An expected 750,000 Soviet emigres will probably settle in the cities, where the use of pure water is the highest. At the same time, 750,000 Palestinians in the Gaza...
Such gamesmanship has made this budget summit a dismal failure. The two sides should have been discussing real cuts and constructive taxes, such as higher gasoline taxes or a broader levy on energy in all forms, or both. But though an energy tax would raise billions quickly, encourage conservation and...
Government officials have often spurned complaints from low-income residents about the hazards posed by landfills and incinerators. To bolster their credibility, waste-management firms have hired dozens of former officials of the federal Environmental Protection Agency and private conservation groups. Former EPA chief William Ruckelshaus, for example, is now...
However, environmentalists are anything but happy. Local conservation groups, along with such national organizations as the Rainforest Action Network, the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council, call the geothermal project unsafe and unnecessary. Moreover, they argue, the drilling rigs, power plants, transmission lines and roads in the plan...
Finally, while they share the pro-geothermal group's abhorrence of burning oil to produce electricity, those opposed to the project believe that other technologies, including wind and solar power, should be given higher priority than geothermal. And by far the best way to reduce oil use, they say, is...