Saving the Rain Forests

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Clearing the rain forests will aggravate global warming, and could cause coastal flooding and unpredictable weather patterns. The U.S. Agency for International Development warns of biodiversity loss and resource depletion if the destruction of the rain forest continues. Logging companies and plantation owners are the most obvious causes of deforestation. Straightforward conservation strategies have failed to stop deforestation.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, International relations, Protection and preservation, External debt relief, Debt relief, Rain forests, United States. Agency for International Development

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Traffic Congestion

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Traffic congestion appears to not improve despite billions of dollars spent on public transit systems and highway construction. Estimated costs of wasted fuel and time due to congestion approximate $74 bil annually. Congress may have to mediate the conflict between environmentalists who want to stop highway projects and city officials who insist the best solution is more roads.

United States, Management, Environmental aspects, Transportation policy, Traffic congestion, United States. Congress, Commuting, City traffic

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Regulating Pesticides

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The Environmental Protection Agency is imposing limits on two synthetic pesticides, further revising the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act. Lawmakers are struggling to establish safe pesticide levels. Analysts note synthetic pesticides are widely used in the home, on lawns, as well as by farmers.

Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Pesticides

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