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Imagine revising Genesis. In the new version Noah stands on the gangplank to the ark, reviewing the species of the world pair by pair, deciding on a purely economic basis which creatures to save and which to consign to the deepening waters. He turns away the pests, the serpents and other species he deems useless to man or too costly to take along. If such a vision strains the imagination, consider the call by some Bush Administration officials to amend the Endangered Species Act. Their aim is to expand greatly the powers of a committee of political appointees that already...
...species. Modern man has no such option. Some species are already doomed, the incidental victims of logging, mining, dams and the fragmentation of their habitats. Almost daily we face another agonizing conflict between ecology and economics. In the Pacific Northwest loggers' jobs are pitted against the need to save ancient forests, the habitat of spotted owls. In the Southwest a $582 million water project is delayed because it threatens the squawfish. In Arizona a $200 million observatory was held up on behalf of some 150 rare Mount Graham red squirrels. Are all these species worth saving? And who among...
...Vietnam, U.S. troops bombed the land in order to save it. The same logic seems to have prevailed in the wake of the 11 million-gal. Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska last year. To help win multimillion-dollar court judgments against Exxon, federal and state officials have funded the deliberate killing of hundreds of healthy animals. The aim of all this destruction? To better estimate the destruction caused by the spill...
...occasional rejection deter him. "I can hear no, see no, in someone's face," he says. "I don't have to push to make it a yes. That's not my job." He says he learned an important lesson from his dying brother: "My responsibility was not to save him but to love him and give what I could. My responsibility is to love the children, to give joy and celebration, not to make them accept it. That's their choice." Fortunately for all concerned, most do accept the gentle medicine of Dr. Stubs with gratitude -- and giggles...
...fall and rise of world oil prices demonstrated, it was swinging wildly from one side to the other. Rumors of a dream -- the release of some hostages -- talk of possible deals, growing alarm at the costs of war, all sparked a flush of optimism that diplomacy could save...