A Game Of Greener Than Thou

Babbitt-led settlement would have sugar industry and taxpayers share cleanup costs for agricultural pollution harming south Florida ecosystems.

Babbitt caved in to Big Sugar’s demands because of political connections. Why not make the polluters pay to clean up after themselves completely? (MATRIX)

New “Climate Change Action Plan” aims to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by 2000 through voluntary measures.

Cooperation hasn’t worked in the past. Bolder steps are needed now–like tougher fuel-efficiency standards for autos and the means to make industry comply. (NC)

It isn’t owls versus jobs, but owls and jobs. Compromise plan reduces cutting in old-growth forests by 75 percent.

Allowing 25 percent of old-growth cuts to continue is like cutting off one arm of a baby rather than all four limbs. Old growth can’t be replaced. (CHESLEY–PHOTOGRAPHERS ASPEN)