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    Sippin’ on Spin and Juice Dear Editor: I was astonished to read in Amanda Griscom’s column that many major environmental groups opted out of the protests in New […]

My Pet Goat

Masai tribes eye white settler land in Kenya The Masai tribespeople of Kenya are running out of land for their herds of goats, cows, and sheep, and they are starting […]

Water Racket!

Noise in the ocean is killing sea creatures The world’s oceans are getting noisier and it’s killing the creatures that live there, scientists say. One major culprit is oil and […]

States of Grace

States take the lead on renewable energy With the climate for renewable energy rather inhospitable at the federal level, states are taking the initiative. For example, a proposal before the […]

Hugh and Cry

Questions raised about influential conservation software In recent years, many large conservation plans — including the biggie that led Australia to ban fishing on a third of the Great Barrier […]

Assault and Pepper

Trial of “Pepper Spray 8” may deadlock again In 1997, protesters locked themselves together with metal sleeves to protest Pacific Lumber Co.’s plans to log old-growth forests in California’s Humboldt […]

Ghostwriter in the Machine

More language in proposed mercury regs found to echo industry memos Language in the Bush administration’s proposed mercury regulations has been found to almost precisely mirror passages in memos written […]

And You Thought the Food Was Bad

Water on many airplanes is contaminated Happy National Clean Hands Week! While more than 90 percent of folks say they wash their hands after using the bathroom, researchers have discovered […]

Ocean’s 212

Government ocean commission calls for sweeping reforms The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, concluding two and a half years of studying oceans, coastal areas, and the Great Lakes, delivered its […]

Gridding Our Loins

New energy sources await a smarter energy grid Newsweek has a dandy package of stories on the future of energy. Aside from an interview with ExxonMobil CEO Lee Raymond, in […]