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Florida's Sea World - humor - Harms' Way - Column The killer whale show at Sea World is making many friends for environmental education. Children learn that huge wild sea mammals will do many silly things for a bucket of herring and applause.
Environmental policy Using government economic instruments, such as tax expenditures and penalty taxation, is a growing environmental policy tool. Such green taxation was first theorized by A.C. Pigou in 1920, but has become popular recently as fiscally-strapped governments seek revenue-enhancing policy levers.
Overdevelopment of the Banff-Bow River region, Alberta Critics of continued development of Bow Valley-Banff region say it endangers the ecology, especially the vast density and diversity of wildlife. A federal task force headed by Univ. of Calgargy Prof Bob Page hopes to balance economic and environmental concerns in the valley.
Includes French language abstract A history of Ontario environmental policy identifies the Ministry of Finance as a key policy actor in many decisions, ranging from auto gas efficiency to beer industry protectionism. Rational environmental policy preferences were skewed by the province's need to raise revenue.
Alberta; Ontario Canadian environmental groups, including the Pembina Institute and the new Stop Environmental Deregulation in Canada (SEDIC), say the cuts in environmental enforcement are short-sighted. SEDIC says a public opinion proves that environmentalism is still supported by 78% of Canadians.
Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind.
English road opponents turn to direct action.
Newbury, Berkshire, England Protesters built a network of tree houses and underground tunnels, as well as chaining themselves to fences and concrete blocks, in an effort to stop a highway bypass outside Newbury. The road cuts through 2 archeological sites and 3 official Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
Hand pumps hit the big screen: 'Heritage Minute' gives Canadians quick development lesson.
Public service movie and TV series A recent 'Heritage Minute' described the success that the Canadian-based International Development Research Center enjoyed in the late 1970s with its invention of an inexpensive, non-rusting hand-pump. The 'IRDC' or 'Unimade' pump is now the standard in rural development worldwide.
Multinational pulp company SLAPPs suit against activist group.
Daishowa Paper; Friends of the Lubicon boycott Daishowa has been able to convince two Canadian appellate courts that its suit injoining the boycotters is a private, contractural action, and not a means of squelching their right to protest. Such lawsuits by firms against public participation are becoming more common in environmental politics.
New budget begins to renew tax disadvantages for energy efficiency and renewable energy production.
Canadian federal 1996 spending While the Liberal government has ended direct fossil fuel supply projects funding, it leaves intact a variety of fossil fuel tax incentives. However it has established a Renewable and Conservation Expense tax deduction for renewable energy projects.
Ontario's Environmental Bill of Rights weakened, but still valuable.
Ontario environmentalists need not despair due to the exemptions and exceptions added to the two-year old law by the new Tory government. The provincial Environmental Commissioner will continue to monitor and analyze all government policies, and post them on its computer bulletin board.
Ozone Discourses: Science and Politics in Global Environmental Cooperation.
Ozone Protection Workshop Kit.
Pathways to Sustainability: Assessing Our Progress.
'Multinational Monitor' list of corporate misconduct The Monitor criticized Shell for not protesting the Nigerian government's execution of nine political dissidents. Second on the list was Broken Hill Proprietary, an Australian mining firm whose toxic tailings have devasted the Ok Tedi River in Papua New Guinea.
James Tobin's tax on trading financial currencies - Letter to the Editor Currency speculation unnecessarily destabilizes national economies, encouraging growth as the ultimate value. A mere .25% or .5% tax would raise a half a trillon dollars annually, and encourage more capital to stay put and work in its native land.
Tories undermine conservation in Ontario.
The first budget of the new Conservative Ontario provincial government cut funding for conservation districts by 70%, and eliminated all capital construction money. Critics call the cuts regrettable, and say they combine with other Planning Act changes to stifle environmental protection.
Toward a more radical ecopsychology: therapy for a dysfunctional society.
Includes French language abstract - Cover Story Ecopsychology combines the disciplines of psychology and ecology, to improve modern humanity's relationship the rest of nature. It is a new discipline, guided by interdisciplinary theorists such as Theodore Roszak, Carl Anthony, and Joel Kovel, but it lacks methodological focus and purpose.
