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NAFTA Panel Finds Widespread Damage From Air Pollution
Canadian Press, The Province, 5 September 1997. Air pollution drifting across North America is wreaking havoc on human health and the environment. In Canada, Mexico and the U.S. widespread fallout from acid rain, smog, pesticides and highly toxic chemicals such as mercury, is severe enough to demand immediate cuts in emissions.
Environment Quickly Degrading Along U.S.-Mexico Border
EarthVision Reports, 12 May 1999. A new report calls on the Mexican and U.S. governments to take immediate action to avoid a severe environmental collapse on the shared border. Future population and economic growth only possible in context of a regional development plan. Cross-border air pollution and dwingling water supplies.
Everyone Should Celebrate The Makah Whale Hunt
By Billy Frank, Jr., Chairman Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, Being Frank, [11 June 1999]. Calls for a celebration of the fact that the gray whale populations have recovered to the historic levels required to sustain hunting by the Makah people. Argues for a natural balance rather than a culturally insensitive absolute ban.
Independent Water Entrepreneurs in Latin America: The other private sector in water services
A report by Tova Maria Solo, 25 September 2003. In the Latin America and Caribbean region (LAC), it is estimated that 76 million of the region's 510 million people do not have access to safe water. Small scale providers of water supply and sanitation services extend access to underserved communities, mainly poor, urban households outside the reach of public utilities in many developing countries.