|
Support nonprofit, independent environmental journalism.
|
|
 Stories About: land degradation AND Mexico AND news AND politics AND ranching AND Texas AND water conflicts
| Headline |
Author |
Published |
Section |
Bordering on Ridiculous
Border-fence plan could wreak havoc on environment |
|
02 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Bordering on Ridiculous Border-fence plan could wreak havoc on environment Congress approved a plan late last week to build a 700-mile-long, two-layer fence along the U.S.-Mexico border in an attempt to keep out illegal immigrants, eliciting an overwhelmingly negative reaction from environmentalists and, well, folks with a firm grasp on reality. "The fence is a knee-jerk r ... |
|
| Topics: land degradation, Mexico, news, politics, ranching, Texas, water conflicts (all these topics) |
|
|
|
|
©2008. Grist Magazine, Inc. All rights reserved. Gloom and doom with a sense of humor®.