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Phunny Pharm

Pharming Again on the Rise The practice of splicing human genes into common crops to produce proteins for use in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals — known as biopharming, or pharming […]

Kids These Daze

Kids’ Brains Harmed by Chemicals, Report Says Children’s brain development is being impaired by some of the more than 70,000 human-made chemicals on the market, says a new report from […]

Crimes of the Heart

American Heart Association Deems Air Pollution Bad for Heart It’s official: Air pollution is not only bad for your kids, your lungs, and your view — it’s bad for your […]

The Abominable Snowmobile

Court Upholds EPA Snowmobile Regs, But Requests Further Info Gosh, we haven’t written about snowmobiles in weeks! Yesterday a federal appeals court gave us another excuse to do so when […]

Dispatches from an international dialogue on science and sustainability

Michael Levitin is a freelance journalist based in Barcelona. This week he is attending the World Forum of Cultures’ Dialogue on Science, Knowledge, and Sustainable Development. Tuesday, 1 Jun 2004 […]

We Will, We Will Block You

Conservative Groups Block International Sea Treaty The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea — a comprehensive international accord governing the use of oceans for shipping, fishing, mining, and […]

Truckin’ A

New Trucking Company Touts Eco-Friendliness A new California trucking company hopes to demonstrate that progressive policies can be profitable. Long Beach-based Allied Port Transporters is founded on a set of […]

The Lease You Can Do

Most Oil and Gas Leases on Public Land Are Not Productive Almost 75 percent of the 40 million acres of public land leased for oil and gas development in the […]

Red Hot and Green

Renewable Energy and Green Technology Hot The renewable-energy market is entering a new era, growing independently of fluctuations in fossil-fuel energy prices. While every story on renewable energy still must […]

Get behind a critical climate change bill

I’m changing the climate — ask me how!