Word: extinctionism
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The Earth Summit has been billed as the environmental crossroads for humanity. Indeed, many are concerned that environmental problems are so large that they soon may pass a point where anything significant can be done. Of all problems none is more irreversible than the extinction problem; every time a , species...
Not since the dinosaurs were killed off, say biologists, has the world experienced an extinction "spasm" like the man-made one that will wipe out 10% to 20% of the earth's estimated 10 million species of plants and animals by the year 2020. Since at least 50% of those...
The goal of the United Nations-sponsored summit is dauntingly ambitious: to chart a course that will halt the steady degradation of the earth's air, land and water and protect the multitudes of animals and plants threatened with extinction. The organizers of the meeting, officially called the U.N. Conference...
George Bush is a survivor. Faced with political extinction in 1988, he promised voters "no new taxes" and won the White House in return. Two years later, he raised taxes in exchange for a budget deal. But when polls in Georgia showed that even country-club Republicans thought Bush was...
The Endangered Species Act, passed in 1973, unequivocally protects all endangered species from any human activity that would push them closer to extinction. This applies not only to cute little shore birds caught in oil spills, but also to rare species of beetles and other less cuddly creatures that happen...