Word: speciesism
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The last straw? On Thursday, the Bush administration announced it would seek to eliminate a provision of the Endangered Species Act that allows private groups to sue the Department of the Interior to add plants and animals to the official "endangered" list (and therefore make them subject to federal protection...
"This is very bad news," says a research scientist with the biological resources division of the U.S. Geological Survey, who specializes in endangered species research, and who, as a government employee, prefers to remain anonymous. "This move is far too extreme - and it's also ironic, considering Bush's campaign...
Forty Harvard students cleared 20 cubic yards of trash from the Alewife Reservation-100 acres of swamp, forest and fields housing hundreds of species of animals. They exhumed tires and shopping carts, a 300-pound safe, a steel gallon drum and even a kitchen sink.
Not anymore. As an authoritative report issued a few weeks ago by the U.N.-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change makes plain, the trend toward a warmer world has unquestionably begun. Worldwide temperatures have climbed more than 1[degree]F over the past century, and the 1990s were the hottest...
The "h" word began cropping up on cable yesterday. "Hostage" is one of the most loaded words in the American political lexicon. Using it is like throwing a grenade in any discussion, and those who do tend to be provocateurs - a species that looks at any dangerous situation as an...