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A Breed Apart

Plant Breeders Look to the Past for Seeds Suited to Organic Growing In the post-WWII era, as farmers leaned increasingly on monocultures drenched in pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, seed breeders […]

David Epstein sends dispatches from the Republican National Convention

David Epstein lives in New York and works as an intern for the New York Daily News. Tuesday, 31 Aug 2004 NEW YORK, N.Y. Inside Madison Square Garden, the Republican […]

Kim Jong Illin’

North Korea’s Environment Is in Sorry Shape Its rivers and streams are filled with industrial waste, its air is polluted, and its landscape is increasingly devoid of trees. Can’t tell […]

Well To-Do

Farmers Across Asia Emptying Underground Water Tables Farmers in India, Pakistan, Vietnam, and northern China are setting themselves up for drought and famine in decades to come by pushing wells […]

Don’t Be a Bad Sport

New Study Says Recreational Fishing Harms Endangered Species When it comes to overfishing and the depletion of stocks of threatened and endangered fish species, the focus is usually on commercial […]

The Glass Is Half Full — Just Don’t Drink From It

Most U.S. Lakes and Waterways Contaminated with Mercury, EPA Says U.S. EPA head honcho Mike Leavitt struggled yesterday to put a positive spin on the agency’s annual report on fish […]

The Leaser of Two Evils

New Report Belies Need for New Oil and Gas Leases President Bush has made increased domestic energy production, i.e., more oil and gas extraction from federal lands in the West, […]

Powder Puffery

New Report Blasts Ski Industry’s Voluntary Environmental Program The National Ski Areas Association unveiled its voluntary Sustainable Slopes Program in 2000 with great fanfare. “Regulations only help you avoid the […]

Let It LEED

Green Skyscraper Underway in NYC Since the United States Green Building Council, a nonprofit industry group, published its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building standards in 2000, […]

The Butterfly Effect

Illegal Logging Gangs Threaten Monarch Butterfly Reserve in Mexico A guerilla war is underway in Mexico’s idyllic Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, where millions of black-and-orange monarch butterflies alight every year […]