Word: conservationism
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Scandalous Act. The commission is sure that capitalism can coexist with conservation. To crusaders like Mike McCloskey, executive director of the Sierra Club, that idea is elusive and unrealistic. As he sees it, more logging, grazing and mining on public lands can only benefit the few at the expense of...
The real need is for a "wholly new approach," says the Northern Environmental Council, which comprises 21 conservation and civic groups in the upper Midwest. The council recommends an ad campaign urging citizens to reduce power demands by turning off unnecessary lights. It also wants to link the Midwest'...
A scare story? Not quite. Today, the authoritative "red data book" of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources lists 835 "endangered species and subspecies" that hover on the brink of extinction. Among their habitats and situations:
Last week Governor Nelson Rockefeller signed two bills banning the sale of certain rare furs and hides in New York State. Manhattan Furrier Jacques Kaplan is keeping in step with public sentiment by showing mink furs treated to look like tiger and leopard skins in his fall collection. On the...
Conservationists fear that the limit may have already been passed. Biologist David Ehrenfeld writes in his new book, Biological Conservation: "All species are potential Humpty Dumpty's. The processes of evolution, as we know them, will not put them together again on this planet once they are destroyed." Even...