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Plowshares Into Swords

California’s Agricultural Industry Gears Up to Fight for GM Crops The nascent movement against genetically modified crops in California has spurred the state’s agricultural industry to action. Ballot measures banning […]

Peter Huhtala, an oceans defender, answers questions

Peter Huhtala. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I work with Pacific Marine Conservation Council, a West Coast nonprofit that brings together commercial and recreational fishers, marine scientists, environmentalists, […]

Dain Bramage

Chemical Pollutants May Be Leading to Rise in Neurological Diseases The number of people suffering from neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s has risen sharply in industrialized countries, and according […]

Look, Over There! A War!

With Public Attention Elsewhere, Bush Rolls Back Regulations The Bush administration, critics say, has taken advantage of the public’s distraction since 9/11 to govern via regulatory initiatives and rollbacks — […]

Regulatus Interruptus

Rule Helps Industry Weasel out of Regulations, Enviros Say Speaking of regulations: The Data Quality Act — written by an industry lobbyist and tacked onto a massive appropriations bill in […]

Heaven Can’t Wait

Climate Stability Possible with Current Technology, Researchers Say Stabilizing global emissions of carbon dioxide and forestalling the worst consequences of global warming are possible with current technology, say Princeton researchers […]

Killer Waves, Dude

Researchers Predict Hotter, Longer Heat Waves So, having learned that we can meliorate climate change, we flip a few pages over in the latest issue of Science to find out […]

Tribes and Tribulations

Indigenous Tribe in Ecuador Resists Big Oil Ecuador is one of South America’s poorest countries, and like many poor countries, it is in considerable debt to developed nations. Fifty percent […]

Does a Bear Fit in the Woods?

Enviros Protest New Forest Service Grizzly Habitat Plan Grizzly bears in the six national forests around Yellowstone National Park — the largest grizzly ecosystem in the lower 48 states — […]

Takin’ Care of Business

Business Starts to Get Real About Global Warming It’s no secret that a broad consensus exists in the scientific community: Climate change is a real, human-caused problem that needs to […]