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...means that the U.S. has to guarantee itself an unlimited domestic supply of atomic fuel. But even this advantage may not justify the costs. "There won't be a shortage of conventional uranium for at least 50 years," says Jan Beyea, a physicist on the staff of the Audubon Society. "Certainly there is no urgent rush to get into breeder technology." President Jimmy Carter, worried about the proliferation of plutonium, tried to stop Clinch River. Even Budget Director David Stockman, while he was a Michigan Congressman, opposed Clinch River, contending that the Government should not underwrite nuclear development...
...AUDUBON SOCIETY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS by John K. Terres...
Thoreau observed that man's urge to understand the natural world is often thwarted by his passion "that all things be mysterious and unexplorable." Former Audubon Magazine Editor John K. Terres offers a refreshing alternative: a 7½-lb., kaleidoscopic catalogue of the appearance, habitats, songs, ranges and nests of 847 avian species found in North America. Terres finds no need to overstate the complex marvels of the feathered world outside the window...
Searching for sources, environmentalists customarily quote writers like Henry David Thoreau or John Muir. But these days the heads of organizations like the Audubon and Wilderness societies are resorting more and more to Dr. Johnson...
...enacting such landmark legislation as the Clean Air and Clean Water acts, and a series of bills designed to protect endangered species. In 1980 the nation's legislators even created a "superfund" to clean up toxic-waste dumps. The new Administration plans to reverse much of that. Says Audubon Society President Russell Peterson, Reagan is "trying to turn back the clock...