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Dr. Jekyll and Formaldehyde

EPA Develops Industry-Friendly Wood-Products Regulation How does the song go? “It’s all the same; only the names have changed.” This time around, it’s the wood-products industry. Since 2002, the U.S. […]

A Different Kind of Giant Sucking Sound

China Hoovering the World’s Raw Materials China is huge, its economy is exploding, and its consequent hunger for resources is having profound effects on the world’s economy and environment. Sure, […]

New Spitz Review

Four Northeast States Sue Pennsylvania Power Company In the latest skirmish over the new-source review provisions of the Clean Air Act, four Northeastern states have announced their intention to sue […]

Home Run

California Considers Innovative New Enviro Laws Speaking of states picking up balls the feds are dropping: A pair of intriguing new eco-friendly bills are on the table in California. The […]

404 Error: Failure to Recycle

Computer Manufacturers Get Low Grades on Recycling Computer makers’ environmental programs generally stink, though U.S. companies — particularly Dell and Hewlett-Packard — are better than most, says an annual report […]

Justice of the Greenpeace

Federal Case Against Greenpeace Thrown Out of Court The U.S. government’s unusual criminal suit against Greenpeace USA was rather unceremoniously booted from federal court yesterday by U.S. District Judge Adalberto […]

Survival of the Weakest

Humans Affecting Evolution of Other Species Lay scientists tend to think of evolution as a glacially slow process, with changes measured in hundreds of thousands of years, not decades. However, […]

The Lawn and Short of It

Organic Lawn Care Taking Off With the U.S. adding some 2 million acres of residential property a year, lawns are becoming a significant environmental issue. In addition to sucking up […]

Ear Today, Ear Tomorrow

European Union Ends Ban on Genetically Modified Food The European Union today approved the import of a genetically modified, insect-resistant strain of sweet corn, thereby ending its six-year ban on […]

A Better Business Climate

Survey Finds Increasing Corporate Attention to Climate Change Climate change seems to be climbing the corporate agenda. An annual survey called the Carbon Disclosure Project — sponsored by a group […]