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Happy Earth Day! Anybody Got a Life Vest?

U.K. Report Warns of Rising Flood Dangers and Costs The U.K. government marked Earth Day with characteristic British cheer, releasing a report warning that much of the country is going […]

Earth to Public: Come In, Public …

Earth Day Prompts Flurry of Electoral Rhetoric; Public Yawns Earth Day during a big election year inevitably prompts a flurry of earnest talk about the environment and which candidate is […]

Action Heroes

How You Can Make a Difference for the Planet With today’s environmental problems so large, abstract, and intractable — see warming, global — you’re probably wondering what you, one individual, […]

Join the Club

Sierra Club Members Reject Immigration-Focused Candidates A record number of Sierra Club members voted in the group’s just-concluded board election and decisively rejected a controversial slate of candidates who had […]

The Sound of Science

“Sound Science” Movement Threatens Endangered Species Act Long-time opponents of the Endangered Species Act — perhaps the most efficacious, far-reaching environmental legislation in U.S. history — are back under a […]

King Mekong

Mekong Dams Could Wipe Out Some of Last Healthy Inland Fisheries Across the world, thirst for cheap electricity from hydroelectric dams has strained inland fisheries, and now one of the […]

Rudolf Amenga-Etego beats back the privatization of Ghana’s water supply

Amenga-Etego. Photo: Dave Wendlinger. The western African nation of Ghana, tucked under the chin of the continent, is dominated by the enormous Lake Volta, a sprawling reservoir that arcs through […]

No Campaign, No Gain

Kerry to Make Environment Central Campaign Issue As Earth Day approaches, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is publicizing his plan to make environmental protection a central campaign issue. This is […]

General Discontent

State Attorneys General Object to Environmental Exemptions for Pentagon The Department of Defense’s attempt to exempt itself from several landmark environmental laws has kicked up a storm of resistance at […]

Oh Say, Can You Sea?

U.S. Ocean Commission Calls for Action to Save Seas Our oceans are in trouble and we need to do something about it. This was the conclusion of the first comprehensive […]