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Provinces step up response to massive forest fires
Forest fires burning throughout Indonesia have prompted six provinces to declare a state of emergency and deploy thousands of security forces, a disaster official said today.
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Forest fires burning throughout Indonesia have prompted six provinces to declare a state of emergency and deploy thousands of security forces, a disaster official said today.
When President Clinton required federal agencies to consider environmental justice in 1994, it was hailed as a landmark achievement for the movement. But Clinton's executive order didn't anticipate one of its biggest obstacles: the agencies themselves.
By Jeremy P. Jacobs in Greenwire
As rains brought some relief for firefighters in the Pacific Northwest, unfounded conspiracy theories linking historic wildfires to left-wing protesters raged.
By Jeremy P. Jacobs and Marc Heller in Greenwire
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When President Clinton required federal agencies to consider environmental justice in 1994, it was hailed as a landmark achievement for the movement. But Clinton's executive order didn't anticipate one of its biggest obstacles: the agencies themselves.
By Jeremy P. Jacobs in Greenwire
As rains brought some relief for firefighters in the Pacific Northwest, unfounded conspiracy theories linking historic wildfires to left-wing protesters raged.
By Jeremy P. Jacobs and Marc Heller in Greenwire