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Eats, Shoots and Leaves

China Finds More Giant Pandas than Expected Good news on the endangered species front (and you didn’t think there was such a thing!): A comprehensive survey has found 40 percent […]

Cobra Power

Hydrogen-Powered Sports Car May Sex Up Clean Energy The hydrogen revolution got an injection of sex appeal yesterday with the launch of the Hydrogen Shelby Cobra, a version of one […]

Prime Cut

California Plans Sizeable Cuts to CO2 Emissions from Autos California is moving right along with plans to cut carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles and hence make a dent in global […]

Declaration of Dependence

ExxonMobil Chief Says U.S. Can’t Shed Dependence on Mideast Oil The head of ExxonMobil — the bete noire of oil companies, from enviros’ perspective — declared this week that the […]

Raise Your Hand If You’re Insured

Insurance Industry Wants Action on Climate Change While the oil industry may be willfully blind to the dangers of fossil-fuel use and climate change, the insurance industry certainly is not. […]

Mr. Mercury Goes to Washington

Bush Foes Intend to Make Mercury a Campaign Issue Enviros and Bush adversaries are plotting to make mercury an issue in the presidential campaign. Controversy has been swirling around the […]

Hair-Raising News

Shampoos and Other Personal Products May Pose Health Risks Do you know how toxic your shampoo is? Many personal-care products contain ingredients whose health effects are untested or, worse, ingredients […]

In for the Long Haul

Supreme Court Opens U.S. Roads to Mexican Trucks In a victory for the Bush administration, the Supreme Court yesterday unanimously ruled that Mexican trucks can haul their goods throughout the […]

Life Intimidating Art

Feds Go After Artist Critical of Biotechnology The FBI is using the Patriot Act to go after an artist whose work calls into question the safety and morality of genetic […]

My Big Fat Greek Olympics

Enviros Say Athens Olympics Will Fall Short of Green Mark The Olympic Games in Athens this summer will be anything but green, says a new report released by the World […]