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...ignorance, arrogance and greed that those who must prove their case are not those who call for forest protection, but those who call for business as usual," says Richard Brown of the National Wildlife Federation. Less than 10% of the ancient forest that once covered the Northwest remains. From Alaska to British Columbia to Oregon, forests that predate the 13 Colonies are being sacrificed for plywood, planks and pulp. The rapidity with which these primeval stands are being cut down has driven a handful of environmental extremists to sabotage timber-industry equipment, tie themselves to trees slated for harvesting...
...crack pipe that costs 3 cents to produce can retail for $8 -- and the risks of jail are low. Though a 1986 federal statute makes it a felony to import, export or conduct interstate trade in paraphernalia, no federal law bans its manufacture. Moreover, while all states except Alaska have passed laws to control the sale of paraphernalia, the crime is typically a loosely enforced misdemeanor. "These guys simply do not face an equivalent risk for the harm that they are producing," says Richard Wintory, director of the National Drug Prosecution Center...
...Earth Day Alaska is being sponsored in part by ARCO, which destroys Alaskan land and wildlife in order to drill and transport...
...attorney suggested he might even try to persuade Exxon to reinstate his client as skipper of an oil tanker. As unlikely as that now seems, no one can dismiss the surprising reversal of perception that last week's verdict seemed to confirm. Said Mei Mei Evans, coordinator of an Alaska-based coalition of environmentalists called the Oil Reform Alliance: "Exxon and Hazelwood are just two agents in a very complicated and very flawed system of extraction and transportation of petroleum...
Candidates try to prove their toughness by calling for more executions. -- Democratic neoliberals are looking for a new theme song. -- Hazelwood is ordered to help clean up Alaska...