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Environmentalists target controversial logging practices in California
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 19th, 2013
Mongabay: The Sierra Club has launched a campaign against clear-cutting by a logging giant in California. Two weeks ago the environmental group sent a letter to Sierra Pacific Industries asking it to disclose the area of forests it has clearcut over the past five years and intends to raze this year. Sierra Pacific, which is led by Red Emmerson, is one of the largest landowners in America. “Sierra Pacific has made a lot of claims about how they are committed to sustainable and responsible forest management....
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More Pigs Found in River
Posted by New York Times: David Barboza on March 19th, 2013
New York Times: The number of dead pigs found in a river near Shanghai rose to more than 13,000 over the weekend. Last Friday, the figure stood at about 7,500. The authorities, who are in the middle of a weeklong effort to collect the carcasses, are still trying to determine how the pigs died and why they ended up in the Huangpu River, which winds through Shanghai. The government has insisted that there is no evidence of an epidemic and that the food supply is safe. City officials also say the river meets national...