Word: extinctionism
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Largely as a result of this relentless slaughter, the populations of some shark species have plummeted an estimated 80% over the past decade. "At the current rate," predicts marine biologist Merry Camhi of the National Audubon Society's Living Oceans Program, "some species will reach ecological extinction within 10 years...
Until now, the worst threat most creatures of the sea had faced at fishermen's hands was so-called commercial extinction. Whenever local populations of a particular fish plummeted, boats simply targeted some other species or moved to more distant waters. The depleted stocks almost always recovered. But now, experts...
The greatest threat to free speech these days is coming from the most unlikely quarter: journalists. It's happening--where else?--on the Net. A self-appointed council of "industry representatives," including people from the Wall Street Journal, the Newspaper Association of America, CNET, Wired and--no surprise!--Microsoft, is...
WASHINGTON: National Endowment for the Arts advocates saw their agency take a step closer to extinction today after the House slashed the $10 million remaining in the NEA budget and voted overwhelmingly to block the states from inheriting the agency's grant-making powers. Left without a penny for even...
HARARE, Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana, healthy elephants look like millions in lost ivory sales. Not any more. As delegates burst into "God Bless Africa," the U.N. Convention on Trade in Endangered Species voted overwhelmingly to relax the seven-and-a-half year ban on ivory trade to allow...