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Watershed Down

California Law Threatens Watershed Restoration Projects An obscure California law may threaten watershed restoration efforts across the state. At issue are the use of volunteers — a common practice by […]

No Chemical Left Behind

U.S. State Department Helping Chemical Industry Fight E.U. Regulation Last year, the European Union proposed a plan that would have forced all manufacturers to test industrial chemicals and report on […]

The Agony of Beef Eat

Amazon Deforestation Driven by Brazilian Beef Industry The explosive growth of cattle farming in Brazil seems to be the primary culprit behind an increase in destruction of the Amazon rainforest, […]

Freedom From Misinformation Act

Federal Judge Orders Release of Energy Task Force Documents The legal wrestling match between Vice President Dick Cheney and critics of his secretive energy task force took a dramatic turn […]

Critical Massey

Bushies Let Political Contributor Off Easy for Spill, Says Whistleblower The Bush administration suppressed an inquiry into a massive 2000 coal-slurry spill to protect a political contributor, says a whistleblower […]

Riders on the Storm

Massive Asian Sandstorms Threaten Environment, Health Massive sandstorms in Asia are on the rise and pose a growing threat to the environment and human health, say experts at the United […]

We Just Don’t Have Chemistry

Bush Administration Hampers Crackdowns on Toxic Chemicals For decades, the U.S. was a key player in international efforts to regulate the use of highly toxic chemicals, but under the Bush […]

Stop Us If You Think That You’ve Heard This One Before

Clean Water Act Violations Widespread, EPA Enforcement Down Violations of the Clean Water Act are rampant, but enforcement of the act by the U.S. EPA is down sharply in the […]

LEEDing Light

Green Building Is Booming Once a fringe movement, born of the 1970s energy crisis, green building is going mainstream with a vengeance. Through its four-year-old Leadership in Energy and Environmental […]

Rubber Ducking

On Family Planning, the U.S. Faces International Isolation As if the rest of its international agenda weren’t unpopular enough, the Bush administration is further isolating itself from the global community […]