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It’s time for the entire world
to lower
income taxes and raise environmental taxes
As Americans are filing their income taxes, many of their
counterparts in several European countries are benefiting
from a steady decline in income taxes as governments lower
taxes on income and raise taxes on environmentally destructive
activities — like burning gasoline or coal. [More]
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Oceanic
Institute: Protecting Coral Reefs
Coral reefs have always been an important component
of human existence in Hawai‘i. These reefs once provided
the majority of the protein for the Hawaiian people, but overexploitation
and severe degradation of our coastal environments has led
to declines in many of Hawai‘i’s most-valued fish
species. My research interests focus on the conservation of
coral reef ecosystems including species-habitat interactions,
the ecological impact of fishing on the marine community, and
the integration of mapping and monitoring of coral reef ecosystems
to examine the efficacy and design of marine protected areas
(MPAs). We are examining a number of important resource species
such as moi, o‘io, ulua, and uhu so that we can better
understand important life-histories phases and develop methods
to rebuild these and other species of concern. [More] |
Alan Friedlander
Courtesty OI
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Earth
Talk: Norton successor likely to continue disastrous environmental
policies
Dear EarthTalk: President Bush recently replaced
Interior Secretary Gale Norton, who resigned, with Idaho
Governor Dirk Kempthorne. What was Norton’s environmental
legacy and what can we expect from her successor?
—Kiernan
Romano, Ronkonkoma, NY [More] |
As
former Secretary of the Interior, Gale Norton, and U.S.
Senator Larry Craig look on, Governor Kempthorne signs
a Memorandum of Understanding
that will give the state the authority to manage the wolf population
in Idaho.
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China learns to communicate
Severe industrial waste dumping, serious factory spills,
deadly water pollution. In the past, all were considered
state secrets in China. The public had no right-to-know.
The government would announce the incidents, if at all,
only well after the fact, all in the name of maintaining
a stable society. But, according to East-West Center senior
fellow ZhongXiang Zhang, not anymore. [More]
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