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Animal species on the brink of extinction can be given a second chance through protection and captive breeding--even if preserving a habitat conflicts with economic interests. A company in Taiwan planned to build a rapid-transit line right through the only major remaining breeding ground of the rare pheasant-tailed jacana. There was an outcry, but it was the only economically viable route. Environmentalists worked with the company to come up with a solution--moving the breeding ground. Water was diverted back into nearby wetlands that had been drained by farmers, and suitable vegetation was replanted. In 2000 five...
...time the Gilberts' dog found my elbow three days later and brought it home with a telling corn husk attached to it, Mr. Harvey had closed it up. I was in transit during this. I didn't get to see him sweat it out, remove the wood reinforcement, bag any evidence along with my body parts, except that elbow. By the time I popped up with enough wherewithal to look down at the goings-on on Earth, I was more concerned with my family than anything else...
...second phase, the project would build designated bus lanes to speed up bus service in what is called a bus rapid transit system...
...years, support for an urban ring has grown. This spring, the Conservation Law Foundation, an influential environmental group known for suing the state to clean up Boston Harbor, added its name to the list of supporters when it published a paper calling for the development of urban ring transit...
...glorification. Lourdes Lopez, an administrative sales assistant for M&T Mortgage, was appalled by the excessive media coverage of his passing. “He was a murderer, for God’s sake,” she said in the New York Post. Retired New York City Transit Authority worker Bill Gobler had similar feelings. “I don’t consider him a hero. People liked him because of his image, but when you’re killing people, you can’t be a good guy,” he said in the Daily...