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Rue the Day

Paris May Ban SUVs From City Streets Parisian officials have determined that SUVs are no longer in vogue. The left-leaning city council yesterday passed a resolution that urges the capital’s […]

Those Were the Lost Days of Our Lives

Bush Pollution Plan Falls Short on Saving Lives More than 90 percent of the 23,600 deaths caused in the U.S. each year by pollution from old coal-fired power plants could […]

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 […]