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From: Richard Shedenhelm <MAINPER4%UGA.bitnet@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject:      BIBLIOGRAPHY RE: ENVIRONMENTALISM
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Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 21:59:56 GMT

To all subscribers:

Environmental concerns are among the most talked about today in the media
and public policy forums.  In this the regard, I have compiled a document
entitled "Critics of Environmentalism:  A Comprehensive Bibliography Covering
Philosophy, Economics, and Science."  If you are interested in receiving a
free copy via electronic mail, write to me at:
mainper4@uga.cc.uga.edu

Sincerely,
Richard Shedenhelm
mainper4@uga.cc.uga.edu
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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Two Found Guilty, Sentenced in Virginia Landfill Case
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Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 18:44:25 GMT

Here is a press release from the Attorney General of Virgina.
 Two Found Guilty, Sentenced in Virginia Landfill Case
 To: City Desk
 Contact: David A. Parsons of the Office of the Attorney General
          of Virginia, 804-786-3518

   RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 25  -- William Stover and H. James Taylor 
were found guilty and sentenced today by an Alleghany County 
Circuit Court judge for their roles in a scheme to skim more than 
$1 million from the business that operated the now-defunct
Kim-Stan landfill.
   Circuit Judge Duncan M. Byrd accepted plea agreements that were
worked out between Alleghany County Commonwealth's Attorney Chris
Alderson and attorneys representing Stover and Taylor.
   Under the terms of his plea agreement, Stover pleaded "no
contest" to one count each of embezzlement and conspiracy.  He was
sentenced to 20 years in prison, and fined $5,000.  The agreement
suspends the balance of his sentence after he serves eight years.
Upon his release from prison, Stover will spend five years on
supervised probation.
   Under the terms of his plea agreement, Taylor pleaded "guilty"
to one count each of embezzlement and conspiracy.  He was sentenced
to 15 years in prison and fined $5,000.  The agreement suspends the
balance of his sentence after he serves five years and 30 days.
Upon his release from prison, Taylor also will spend five years on
supervised probation.
   "Every now and then you run across a company that's an
environmental outlaw and, this was one of those companies,"
Attorney General Mary Sue Terry said today.  "In this case, when it
became apparent we were dealing with blatant and irresponsible
conduct, I directed a full criminal investigation.  Quite frankly,
I'm pleased with our results.  Before the end of this year, we also
will argue the pending civil case."
   Stover and Taylor were officers and owners of a Troy, Mich.,
company called Vertay Industries, which owned 50 percent of the
landfill operations.
   The Kim-Stan landfill, located on the outskirts of Clifton
Forge, shut down in May 1990 when Judge Byrd ordered it closed and
cleaned up at the request of Terry.
   About two months later, Terry requested the Virginia State
Police to assist her office in an investigation into possible
criminal conduct in the operation of the landfill.  She made the
request after Kim-Stan President Jerry Wharton alleged that Stover
had left Kim-Stan with debts of $1.8 million and no money to clean
up the environmental damage.  The investigation resulted in today's
convictions.
   By pleading "no contest," Stover cannot have today's criminal
conviction used against him as an admission of guilt in any civil
trial in which he might subsequently be involved.
 -30-


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From: Greenpeace (via Jym Dyer) <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
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Subject: NEWS: Radioactive Waste Added to British DoE Barricade
Followup-To: talk.environment
Date: 29 Sep 1992 06:17:52 GMT
Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
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[Greenpeace Press Release from Environet -- Redistribute Freely]

    GREENPEACE ADDS RADIOACTIVE WASTE TO LONDON DoE PROTEST

LONDON September 16, 1992 (GP) Twelve barrels of radioactive
waste from discharges at Sellafield have been delivered by
Greenpeace to the Department of the Environment, adding to the
six barrels and two skips full of toxic waste which have been
sitting outside the DoE's Marsham Street headquarters since
early this morning.

Greenpeace said this was in protest at the UK's announcement
yesterday that it will not support a ban on radioactive waste
dumping at sea, due to be proposed at a meeting of North East
Atlantic Environment Ministers in Paris next week.

The toxic waste was delivered to the DoE this morning to
highlight the other major issue being raised at the Ministers
Meeting -- the elimination of toxic chemicals, particularly
organochlorines.  Environment Minister, David MacLean MP, has
already stated that the UK will not support the phasing out
of toxic chemicals.

"The Government's use of our rivers and seas for toxic and
radioactive waste reinforces the UK's reputation as the Dirty
Man of Europe.  It now seems unlikely we will ever lose this
mantle."  said Tim Birch, Greenpeace Campaigner.
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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: US Teargas firm faces suit for West Bank deaths
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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 22:40:12 GMT

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** Topic: UNITED STATES: Teargas firm faces s **
** Written  9:25 pm  Sep 29, 1992 by pnmideast in cdp:mideast.action **
From: <pnmideast>
Subject: UNITED STATES: Teargas firm faces s

/* Written 12:05 am  Sep 29, 1992 by newsdesk in cdp:ips.englibrary */
/* ---------- "UNITED STATES: Teargas firm faces s" ---------- */
Copyright Inter Press Service 1992, all rights reserved.  Permission to re-
print within 7 days of original date only with permission from 'newsdesk'.

Title: UNITED STATES: Teargas firm faces suit for West Bank deaths

washington sep 25 (ips) -- manufacturers of a lethal tear gas used
by israeli troops in the occupied west bank must face trial in a
lawsuit brought by family members of eight palestinians killed by
contact with the gas, a u.s. federal court judge ruled friday.

in a landmark decision, judge william standish denied the
motion of federal laboratories of pennsylvania and its parent
company transtechnology of los angeles to dismiss the case on the
grounds that it raised a ''political'' question the court is not
competent to decide.

the suit was filed last december by the new york lawyers'
group, the centre for constitutional rights (ccr) on behalf of the
families of eight palestinian victims of cs gas produced by the
two companies.

it charged that the companies sold cs gas to israel despite
their knowledge that israel's use of their product had resulted in
several civilian deaths during the palestinian 'intifida' which
broke out in dec. 1987.

a number of palestinians reportedly asphyxiated after cs
canisters were thrown into their homes. despite this, the
companies continued selling the gas to israel, according to the
ccr.

''u.s. companies should be held liable when they knowingly
assist in the commission of gross human rights abuses, whether
those abuses occur in the u.s. or abroad,'' said ccr attorney and
university of pittsburgh law professor, jules lobel.

under standish's ruling, which was rendered in pittsburgh, the
case will now proceed to a new stage where the defendents are
obliged to respond to questions as to their knowledge of the use
to which the gas was being put in israel.

''the case is important not just for this company and these
victims, but for people all over the world who are injured by u.s.
products,'' beth stephens, a ccr attorney, told ips in a telephone
interview friday. (end/ips/ip/jl/yjc/92)

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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Today's Quote...
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Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 08:35:14 GMT


"I remember the one who was executed, Lim Seng, and I hoped by his
death there [would] be less narcotic addiction in our country, but
today we have more. There is now a Narcotic Command, the whole Command
to deal with narcotics addiction. So therefore the life of that man
that was snuffed out to discourage drug addiction has been lost in
vain..." --Teodulo Natividad, author of the 1972 Dangerous Drugs Act,
Philippines

[From "When the State Kills...The death penalty: a human rights issue"
by Amnesty International]


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From: Carr%UTXVM.bitnet@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu
Subject: Grotesque behavior of journalist
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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 21:29:18 GMT


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From: New Liberation News Service <nlns@igc.apc.org>
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To: prog-pubs@fuggles.acc.Virginia.EDU
Subject: Grotesque behavior of journalists

/* Written  4:54 pm  Sep 26, 1992 by dmorse in cdp:media.issues */
/* ---------- "Grotesque behavior of journalists" ---------- */
According to the London Times, Sept. 9, members of a CBS news crew in Somalia
were "singled out for condemnation by the International Medical Corps. In
Baidoa they were accused of eating biscuits and drinking mineral water
in front of starving children whom they knocked off their feet with
their camera tripods."


The story was written by Sam Kiley in Nairobi.  Other quotes from the
column:  "Aid workers such as David Shearer of the Save the Children Fund
and Stephen Tomlin of the International Medical Corps have been struck
by the flood of journalists [since June] and by the insensitivity prevailing
among many of them.
     "Television crews and photographers have come close to being shot
for brandishing their equipment at gunmen, who resent having their
pictures taken, and at least five have been stripped and left in the
street.  Other crews arrive uninvited at aid worker's houses and,
as Miss Pouline Dodds of the International Committee of the Red Cross said,
"drink the fridge dry and eat all the food'."

    Well, we wanted more media coverage of Somalia, but not this.
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From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (misc.activism.progressive co-moderator)
Subject: The Decline of America: The Way Out (1): National Women's Agenda '92 
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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 16:00:24 GMT

The Decline of America: The Way Out (1): National Women's Agenda '92 

(note the email address for Womens International News Gathering 
Service below -- they should have more info --Harel 
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Topic 202       WOMEN RADIO LISTENER ALERT!  
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From: George Gundrey <ggundrey@igc.org> 
Subject: WOMEN RADIO LISTENER ALERT!   
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From wings Wed Aug 26 00:10:47 1992  
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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 00:10:45 PDT  
From: WINGS <wings@igc.org> 
Message-Id: <9208260710.AA24469@igc.apc.org>  
To: cnstaff, ggundrey, hmuskat, hrcoord, nlns, queerplanet  
Subject: RADIO LISTENER ALERT - PLEASE RE-POST  
Status: RO  

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  
WOMEN RADIO LISTENER ALERT!     PLEASE POST IN NEWSLETTERS AND BBSes  
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  

   "The National Women's Agenda: What Women Want and How They Plan  
to Win It" is a program being released to public and community radio  
stations via satellite on September 10 (at 2 p.m. Eastern Time).  
Please write or call your local stations and ask them to carry  
this program and when it will air. The show is sponsored by  
national women's organizations and features organizers and  
Congresswomen reviewing women's major legislation and how to  
make it central to the election.  

   Cassetttes will still be available after the release date from  
WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service, PO Box  
5307, Kansas City MO 64131. (816)361-7161  
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *   
MORE INFORMATION IN PRESS RELEASE & ARTICLE FORM ARE AVAILABLE  


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From: "Eric Rehm - DECwest Engineering" <rehm%rust.zso.dec.com@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject: Teenage Pregnancies reduced through information and contraception
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Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 22:00:32 GMT


From DEC's internal news service:

VNS TECHNOLOGY WATCH:                           [Mike Taylor, VNS Correspondent]
=====================                           [Littleton, MA, USA]

    The US has a high rate of teen pregnancy for an industrialized country,
    seven times that of the Netherlands. An exhaustive analysis that
    "refutes the myth that giving teenagers contraceptives makes them
    promiscuous," says John Hopkins University pediatrician Janet Hardy,
    co-author of the study. Entitled Adolescent pregnancy in an Urban
    Environment, the book examines 20 years of pregnancy-prevention
    efforts. One of the successful programs, it reports, was a three year
    demonstration project involving 2,000 junior and senior high school
    students in Baltimore. Pregnancy rates dropped dramatically among the
    teenagers in the program. At the same time, the average age at which
    they first had sex rose by nearly a year compared with similar teens.
    "Without a doubt, providing both information and contraception helps
    adolescents act more responsibly," concludes Hardy.
    {Business Week Sept 21, 1992}

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From: nyt%nyxfer%igc.apc.org@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (NY Transfer News)
Subject: Kohl makes deal to deport Romanians /ww
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Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 19:19:29 GMT

   Via The N.Y. Transfer News Service 718-448-2358, 718-448-2683

Kohl makes deal to deport Romanians

Conservative Party Chancellor Helmut Kohl's response to the
racist outbreak in Germany has been to give in to reaction. His
government announced Sept. 17 that it has concluded an agreement
with Romania that is expected to lead to deporting thousands of
Romanian citizens from Germany back to Romania. Most are Roma and
Sinti or Romany people, called "gypsies," a name they consider
derogatory.

It appears the agreement allows the Kohl regime to get around the
German law guaranteeing lengthy consideration for every appeal
for asylum. The issue is sensitive given Nazi Germany's record of
exterminating as many as 500,000 Romany people during World War
II as part of the holocaust. This new agreement is a sop to the
German neo-Nazis, and shows the racist attitudes within the
ruling party.

(Copyright Workers World Service: Permission to reprint granted
if source is cited. For more info contact Workers World,46 W. 21
St., New York, NY 10010; "workers@mcimail.com".)


     The N.Y. Transfer News Service 718-448-2358, 718-448-2683
 nyxfer@panix.com * All the news that doesn't fit * nytransfer@igc.org
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From: Christic Institute <christic@igc.apc.org>
Subject: Flood Relief Fund
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Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 01:32:30 GMT

/* Written  7:57 am  Oct  1, 1992 by peacenet in cdp:pn.alerts */
/* ---------- "Flood Relief Fund" ---------- */
From: <peacenet>
Subject: Flood Relief Fund

From hrcoord Mon Sep 28 08:00:05 1992
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
>From pnmideast Sun Sep 27 23:29:21 1992
From: <pnmideast>

/* Written  5:34 pm  Sep 26, 1992 by asiddiqu@diana.cair.du.edu in cdp:soc.culture.ar */
/* ---------- "FLOOD RELIEF FUND" ---------- */
This is an appeal to all for humanitarian aid to "Flood affected people of
Pakistan". Recently, as you all might have known that Pakistan has been struck
by the worst floods of its history- the damage has been unprecedented where overtwo thousands are dead, about three million have been uprooted, the communication infrastructure has been severely damaged, more than 50% crops have been destroyed and disease is spreading in affected areas. The people of Pakistan are contributing a great deal of help, but damage being so vast requires our assistance.
Within USA, flood relief account has been opened at number of places where contributions can be deposited. In Denver (Colorado USA), the following people are
collecting flood relief fund. Contributions can be made in cash or through a
check payable to "Pakistan Flood Relief Fund".
1. Syed Nasir Ali (Phone:303-337-3093)
2. Tariq Niazi (Phone:303-363-0827)
	Address: 11494 East Center Ave.
	Aurora, CO 80012 USA
3. Mian Nawaz (Phone:303-680-5420)
With regards and love
May God Bless you all
Altaf.


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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: WBAI: collapse of banking radio program
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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 00:32:29 GMT

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** Topic: collapse of banking radio scandal **
** Written  8:22 pm  Sep 27, 1992 by wbai in cdp:media.issues **
From: WBAI Pacifica Radio <wbai>
Subject: collapse of banking radio scandal

NEW YORK RADIO STATION WBAI TO PRESENT THREE HOUR BANKING 
EXPOSE: 'THE COLLAPSE OF BANKING.'

Pacifica's WBAI, New York continues it tradition of producing 
ground-breaking investigative radio journalism with this 
three hour documentary  in time for the presidential 
elections, "The Collapse of Banking."  Produced by WBAI 
Program Director, Andrew Phillips, coproduced and reported by 
Dennis Bernstein. The program will be available on the NPR 
satellite Thurday, October 1st,  channel 6 - 1300-1559 EST 
and on tape from Pacifica Program Service. 1-800-735 0230. 
Encourage your public radio stations to carry this program.

The program includes an extensive interview with author Pete 
Bruton whose new book: "The Mafia, CIA and George Bush"  will 
be released before the elections - available through  SPI 
Books, Shapolsky 212 633 2022.  Bruton received a six-figure 
advance for this book from Simon and Schuster who then 
refused to print it. Now it will be published by Shapolsky, 
William Greider, "Who Will Tell the People," Tim Anderson, 
"National Law Journal" and Bush cabinet insider, Stephen 
Pizzo, ""Inside Job: The Looting of America's Savings and 
Loans," Ed Gray  former head Federal Home Loan Bank Board,. 
Martin Maher Wall Street advisor and author more than finance 
20 books and others,

BCCI , the S&L collapse, "Iraqgate," the junk bond schemes of 
Michael Milken, the CIA and the Mafia all contribute to this 
impending collapse. Small banks will fail first and the FDIC  
has insufficient resources to cover the losses. Meanwhile the 
dollar continues to weaken against the Deutschmark and Yen 
and world recession deepens. 

This series is part of  WBAI's ongoing commitment to bring 
the best of progressive investigative radio reporting to the 
widest possible 
audience. 
Contact: Andrew Phillips, Valerie Van Isler 
212. 279 0707
718. 398 21744
ends...

                                                                 


                                                                               
         

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From: New Liberation News Service <nlns@igc.apc.org>
Subject: A WORD ABOUT BIAS...
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Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 05:28:22 GMT

/* Written 10:23 pm  Oct  1, 1992 by nlns in cdp:alt.news-media */
/* ---------- "A WORD ABOUT BIAS..." ---------- */
This is from the editorial box of a progressive student newspaper at MIT,
*The Thistle*. They can be reached at <thistle@athena.mit.edu>.

A Word About Bias
	This newspaper is biased. Bias is not a deplorable state; rather
it is a human condition. People are biased in all that they speak and
write. The words or euphamisms we use, the actions we choose to report
on and those we relegate to the "unnewsworthy" file, are expressions of
our bias. In this culture, the term "unbiased" is misused to mean the
viewpoint of the majority. The danger arises when the mainstream begins
to label opposing viewpoints as being biased and thus somehow less
accurate, academically uncredible, and socially unacceptable. In this
way, the unstated biases of the majority have the greatest influence on
the readership. Since most Americcans want to be in the know and part of
a larger group, if not part of the mainstream, we tend to accept the
majority's "unbiased" opinion as the truth, while ignoring those minority
opinions labelled as "biased."
	We feel that an openly stated viewpoint is a more equitable
position to hold. It informs the reader that the human who is presenting
this information has an outlook on the world which may color the presentation.
This stand is an honest one, which is the most we may hope for.
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