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Environment’s future looking less gloomy
Environmental Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
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.
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Why Digital Dividers are Out of Step
Technology Op-Ed
4.19.2002
Despite a recent Department of Commerce (DOC) report showing that the time is right to dump digital-divide rhetoric, some activists still cling to the idea that there is a gap between technology "haves" and "have-nots" that requires government help.
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U.S. Environment Continues To Improve, Annual Earth Day Report Finds
Press Release
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.
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Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley
Technology Op-Ed
4.11.2002
Hollywood and Silicon Valley are at war over how to stop illegal copying of digital property such as music and movies. Recently, a California senator and congressman supported plans to intervene in favor of the movie moguls. While the politics of these announcements might be entertaining, the results could be disastrous.
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A dangerous principle for The City to follow
Environmental Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
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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Teacher Unions and Collective Bargaining
KQED Commentary
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
4.2.2002
Up in the State Legislature, the California Teachers Association is sponsoring legislation that one long-time Sacramento columnist has termed the most dangerous education proposal of the year. The bill, AB 2160, would expand the scope of collective bargaining to include non-wage-and-benefit issues such as curriculum, textbooks and academic standards. The battle over the bill is likely to be bloody.
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