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A clean-energy advocate and former V.P. candidate answers questions

What environmental organizations are you affiliated with? Honor the Earth and White Earth Land Recovery Project. What do your organizations do? Honor the Earth’s mission is to create awareness and […]

Rashida Bee of Bhopal, India, fights against the company that devastated her community

Shukla (left) and Bee. Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize On the night of December 2, 1984, in the central Indian city of Bhopal, a massive poisonous gas leak from a Union […]

Interviews with the 2004 winners of environmentalism’s top prize

The winners: (clockwise from left) Eugene-Richard, Kochladze, Goldman (cofounder of the prize), De Carvalho, Grueso, Bee, and Shukla. Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize. The environmental movement often runs on the adrenaline […]

Return to Sender

California Bill Aims to Curb Waste from AOL Disks If a California legislator has her way, companies that send unsolicited CDs and DVDs through the mail to state residents — […]

Dis and Makeup

Most U.S. Cosmetic Companies Resist Calls to Phase Out Suspect Chemicals A growing controversy over phthalates — chemicals frequently used in cosmetics, including nail polish and fragrances — highlights dramatic […]

Where the Deer and the Sarin Gas Play

Rocky Mountain Arsenal Gives Birth to Wildlife Refuge Nearly 5,000 acres of the former Rocky Mountain Arsenal reopened this weekend as a national wildlife refuge. Located some 10 miles northeast […]

Readers sound off on green computing, ranching, and more

  Gotcha! Dear Editor: I wanted to commend you for making me smile today with your April Fools edition of the Daily Grist. After being outraged that the EPA would […]

From Worse to Bad

OMB Revises Science Peer-Review Proposal In response to a chorus of criticism, the White House Office of Management and Budget yesterday released a revised version of its proposed guidelines on […]

The Young and the Restless

Groups See Environment as Key to Getting Youth Vote With the coming presidential election expected to be squeaky tight, a host of groups are looking for an advantage in the […]

Don’t Cry for Weeds, Argentina

Genetically Modified Soy Stirs Up Trouble in Argentina Argentina’s adoption of genetically modified soy was touted as a big GM success story, propping up struggling farmers and the country’s sinking […]