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Environment’s future looking less gloomy
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 4.26.2002
Think our natural resources are going to hell? Not according to the latest data. Stories such as the “ten most endangered rivers,” or the “ten worst cities for smog” often make news even though misleading or distorted. It is therefore useful to consider a more upbeat top-ten list of environmental trends, all based on the latest government data.
U.S. Environment Continues To Improve, Annual Earth Day Report Finds
Submitted on 4.17.2002
San Francisco, CA — Environmental quality continues to improve dramatically in the U.S., according to the Index of Leading Environmental Indicators 2002, released today by the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute (PRI). Authors Steven Hayward and Julie Majeres show that environmental quality has been improving since the first Earth Day 32 years ago, despite the public perception that it is getting worse.
A dangerous principle for The City to follow
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 4.2.2002
Ten years ago, when the other George Bush was president, the 1992 Rio Declaration on the Environment and Development produced a doctrine known as the “precautionary principle,” which some want San Francisco to adopt as a basis for public policy. That would be an unwise move for a number of reasons.
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