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Unjust Deserts

U.N. Warns of Spreading Deserts As you celebrate World Day to Combat Desertification today, remember it’s not just another excuse to buy Hallmark cards and fancy gifts. (Holidays are so […]

Show Them the Money

Russia’s Delay on Kyoto Masks Internal Financial Debates Russia’s will-she-or-won’t-she tap dance on the question of ratifying the Kyoto Protocol may be less mystifying than it appears to outside observers: […]

It’s the Real Thing

Climate Experts Say Global Warming Is Really, Really Real — Really A group of 10 leading U.S. climate researchers expressed frustration yesterday that despite overwhelming scientific evidence that global warming […]

The Summer of Gloves Off

Greenpeace Promises Summer of Forest Protests Stalwart enviro group Greenpeace has promised a summer of unprecedented activism and civil disobedience to protect old-growth forests in the U.S. “If Bush continues […]

Outbackwards

Australian Prime Minister’s Energy Package Pushes Oil and Gas Australian Prime Minister John Howard released a major white paper on energy policy this week, outlining a series of proposals that, […]

Readers sound off on Ronald Reagan, animal testing, and more

Ashok to the System Re: Tax On, Tax Off, by Dear Editor: If the NRDC’s Ashok Gupta really thinks we need leaders who can tell Americans why higher gas prices […]

This Is the Place … for Off-Roading!

Supreme Court Restricts Enviro Groups’ Ability to Sue Government In a unanimous decision handed down yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an effort by enviro groups to force the federal […]

Do You Have a Reservation?

Researchers Say Marine Reserves Cheaper Than Fishery Subsidies A vast, worldwide network of protected marine reserves would cost less than governments are currently spending to subsidize commercial fisheries, reports a […]

Flood, Sweat, and Tears

Flood Threat to Double Worldwide The number of people threatened by floods is set to double from 1 billion to 2 billion within a few generations if substantial preventative measures […]

Ben Cohen, ice cream maven and TrueMajority founder, answers questions

With what organizations are you affiliated? I work with Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, TrueMajority.org, and TrueMajorityACTION.org. What do your organizations do? BLSP is a group of more than 500 […]