Word: rios
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Trying to repeat his brave defense of American economic interests against environmentalism at Rio, Bush represents himself as the laissez-faire man. But what was courageous in Rio is short-sighted now. Regulations like the Endangered Species Act similarly pose a conflict between environment and economy, and Bush has rightly pointed out the absurdity of saying to American businesses, "You can't build a factory here because we're protecting the grass." What Bush fails to realize, however, is that not all environmental regulations conflict with business interests...
That reach may, in some countries, extend too far. In Brazil, where the more laid-back, samba-tinged rap of Rio is dueling for prominence with the harder- edged street anthems of Sao Paulo, hypercharged groups like Sons of the Ghetto decry the injustices of the social system. The most popular song is the work of an 18-year-old middle-class kid who calls himself Gabriel the Thinker. Only days after its release, the piece was the most requested number on a local radio station. Last month the government forced the station to take it off the air. Gabriel...
Senator Gore, who led the congressional delegation that attended the Earth Summit in Rio, is the Senate's most committed and knowledgeable environmentalist. Last spring Houghton Mifflin published Gore's best-selling Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit, a call for Americans to take urgent action in the face of a global ecological crisis...
...member panel that, in the name of reducing government impediments to business, has worked to loosen environmental regulations on everything from wetlands to air pollution. The council was influential in persuading President Bush, virtually alone among world leaders, not to sign a treaty to protect endangered species at the Rio conference. The Administration's argument: that the treaty would harm the U.S. biotechnology industry...
...world leaders united at the Earth Summit in Rio last June, and the Bush administration ignored their recommendations. Let's make sure the Harvard administration doesn't ignore our demands...