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While acknowledging that predictions of global warming are highly uncertain, the panel insists that should not be used as an excuse for delaying action to lessen its possible effects. The panel concluded there is a "reasonable chance" that by the middle of the next century global temperatures will rise anywhere from 2 degrees F to 9 degrees F. That threat, the panel declared, is "sufficient to justify action...
...inevitable next step. Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Minnesota, points to a handful of cases in the past five years in which judges have tried to require women to take oral contraceptives or to force men to take drugs that lessen their sexual drive. "There are judges out there who will try to use Norplant," says Caplan. Others worry that some developing countries will force the contraceptive on women without their full consent in a misguided attempt to keep population growth down...
...kill dolphins and other marine mammals. McDonald's addressed a major solid-waste problem by switching from polystyrene to paper wrappings for its fast foods. Conoco decided to use double-hulled tankers in an effort to reduce the risk of oil spills, and it has made a commitment to lessen the impact of its exploration operations on rain forests and other sensitive ecosystems. The Houston-based oil company made the happy discovery in Gabon that shrinking the size of drilling areas and roads to minimize damage to forests saved money as well as trees...
...seizure of Kuwait, he will be master not only of the supplies from that nation and his own Iraq, but also, through invasion or bullying, of the oil pumped out of Saudi Arabia, the gulf sheikdoms and other states. Of course, the U.S. should have acted long ago to lessen its dependence on foreign oil. Of course, it should do everything it can in that direction now. So what? For the immediate future, a reliable supply of oil at affordable prices is vital to any modern economy. It just is, and the loftiest moral and ecological disapproval cannot change that...
...Justice Department has urged the Federal Reserve Board to reject Simon's latest deal on the ground that it would substantially lessen competition among Hawaii's banks. In its application, First Hawaiian, which has 58 branches, said it would sell three offices outside Honolulu once the merger was approved. Bank officials had hoped the step would help eliminate antitrust objections to the purchase of First Interstate. Even if the Federal Reserve ultimately approves the merger, Justice could go to court to block the deal...