Connecticut Woman Battles to Save 200-Year-Old Beech
Branford Connecticut Mrs Theodore Stebbins a Yale art professor's wife spent days in a 80 to 100 foot beech tree to block its removal for a new David Trouts house neighbors joined protests. Tree cutters halted as Stebbins clung to branches signaling with a horn. The Trouts say the lot together with an adjacent parcel forms an informal waterfront park and the tree must be felled to build their home. The historic tree's protection hinged on a former verbal pact among locals now void after sale.
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Citizens Groups and the Nuclear Power Controversy critique
AEC hearings on nuclear plants are a charade says Steven Ebbin and Raphael Kasper in their study funded by NSF. They argue industry and licensing boards ally, hearings favor lawyers over truth, and citizen input is late and underfunded. They propose five year advance plans, public funding for groups, broader hearings, and independent assessment centers funded by Congress and states.
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Speed limit cuts save lives in UPI survey
A nationwide UPI survey links reduced speed limits to a sharp drop in traffic fatalities, citing a one third to one half reduction in many states. California pressures to revert to 65 mph despite statewide gains, while Utah and Nebraska report striking declines and lawmakers debate permanent 55 mph limits.
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