World & Nation
President Bush, who pledged during his campaign to be an “environmental President,” has set a new, more aggressive agenda on pollution problems during his first six months in office but largely has failed to change the pro-development course steered by President Reagan on public lands.
Aug. 6, 1989
Science: The research will cost $3.5-million and focus on losses in Long Island Sound. Fishermen blame pesticides; the state says a parasite is the cause.
Sept. 30, 2000
Obituaries
Goodwin, who led the Nature Conservancy and negotiated the conservation group’s first land purchase in California, was 96.
July 23, 2007
Supreme Court kills global warming suit
June 21, 2011
California
The U.S.
Dec. 20, 1994
In a move heralded by environmentalists, President Bush on Thursday pledged to create an ocean sanctuary that virtually guarantees one-quarter of California’s coastline permanent protection from offshore oil and gas drilling.
June 19, 1992
The black cherry saplings growing in a clearing in Mohawk State Forest never had a chance.
July 7, 1990
In the great spruce forests south of here, the state of Alaska has begun killing wolves by the dozens--trying to reduce predators and save caribou for human hunters.
Jan. 3, 1994
About 250 Indians representing 30 North American tribes gathered in Haddam Meadows State Park, Conn., for a weekend “powwow” that drew an estimated 10,000 persons to demonstrations and exhibits on the surviving native American cultures.
Aug. 26, 1985
Nation Now
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Aug. 15, 2011