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Wetlands pit developers against ecologists
"Often, these areas are the last breath of open space for growing urban communities," said Dan Stotter, a Eugene environmental lawyer who attended the wetlands seminar. "They provide an escape hatch." The fight over wetlands is only going to grow more intense, Stotter said. Because they cost more to develop swampy ...
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Mine clearance services, security and UXO detection and clearance - MineTech International - MineTech's MT140 blows away mechanical performance barriers
Although designed to deal with anti personnel mines, the strength of the structure will give protection even over an exploding tank mine. The cab breaks with tradition by introducing a solid sealed floor, an escape hatch and rusher valves, which will open should a blast penetrate the cab. Unlike many demining vehicles, the fuel tank has ...
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[ Computer Take Back Campaign ]
It is estimated that South Korea exports about 1.8 million used computers to China a year, providing a convenient escape hatch for Korean computer manufacturers to avoid paying for steep recycling and disposal costs in Korea.” The activists however, lauded the recent decision by Korean electronics giant Samsung to phase out hazardous chemicals used in its ...
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Larry Brand Flouts the Grant System
And in the case of nitrogen, Jones gave the government an escape hatch; it could avoid more lawsuits, something that was critical to the state of Florida following the phosphorus debacle. Collins, who is the chairman of the district's resources advisory commission, says when he was appointed ...
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Journey North: Loggerhead Sea Turtle Updates
TED is put about halfway down the funnel-shaped net. The TED has some angled bars and an escape hatch. Thanks to Rose, Ashley, and Steph from Scott Young Public School in Ontario Canada who told us ... go through the net it will hit the bar and the flap will open and the turtle will escape but the shrimp will not. Isabell Jaggard Academic Resource Center Tallahassee, FL From ONTARIO: TED is a equipped ...
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Scuba Diving - MarineBio.org
May 25 all 33 men are rescued by a new diving bell, the McCann-Erickson Rescue Chamber. The chamber fits over an escape hatch on the submarine; when the chamber and submarine hatches are opened the men enter the bell under one atmosphere of pressure. Four separate trips are used to rescue the men. The submarine is later salvaged and renovated, ...
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Pollution UpDate 09.16.2000
EQB on the request. At the June 20, 2000, meeting DEP initially spoke against our petition, because the EQB had just acted on regulations, and EPA had left open a non-regulatory escape hatch for DEP (see the "Lets Make a (Bad) Deal" in the 4th paragraph above). After some discussion, the EQB voted to ...
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Update041197
Despite DEPs past insistence about the antidegradation fight being "words on paper," these words can translate into real protection for our waters. Thats why DEP added language that amounts to a regulatory escape hatch. A couple of weeks ago, the EQB voted to, in effect, raise utility rates for all Pennsylvanians so that the coal ...
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WWF - Sustainable fishing: Reducing impacts
We are also promoting the use of turtle excluder devices (TEDS) in shrimp trawls. TEDs are ... pass into the main part of the net, but allow up to 97% of caught marine turtles to escape with only a minimal reduction in shrimp catch. For example, we assisted in initial TED trials in Mozambique ...
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Hop to It - Irish Frog Survey - What Kills Frogs?
Out of a clump of spawn containing 2,000 eggs, 95% of the eggs may hatch. Only 1-5% of the tadpoles make it through metamorphosis and only a handful of the original 2, ... The American bull frog, a pet in Britain is a danger to native frogs. Once these or others escape they displace natural amphibian populations by hunting them or mating and producing hybrids. The release of exotic species ...
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