Assault and battery on Capitol Hill

Article Abstract:

Environmental groups have staged protests to denounce Pres. Clinton's approval of the salvage logging. The rescissions bill would allow the logging of diseased and damaged logging. It would also suspend environmental laws through Dec. 1996 to expedite salvage logging in national forests.

Laws, regulations and rules, Logging

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Moving mountains

Article Abstract:

Residents in a Huntington Park, CA, neighborhood are worried that the recycling industry is harming air quality. The local government, which hopes recyclers will help improve economic conditions there, is trying to discredit the air-quality results of the local environmental group.

Environmental aspects, Huntington Park, California

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After NAFTA

Article Abstract:

The economic benefits of NAFTA remain unfulfilled, almost two years after it was implemented on Jan 1, 1994. Instead, a number of problems have indicated its failure. These include job losses, the growth of plants at the maquiladoras, labor problems and environmental contamination.

Economic aspects, Pollution, Offshore assembly industry

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