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Knocked Out of Our Census

Population Growth Rate Slowing, But Growth Still Notable The world’s population growth is slowing, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released yesterday. From 2001 to 2002, the population grew […]

Free Falling

Federal Judges on Board of Anti-Environmental Group Speaking of questionable judicial behavior, three federal judges are serving as directors on the board of an industry-funded foundation that regularly opposes environmental […]

Memo Random

GOP Memo Reveals Electoral Strategy on Environment GOP leaders in the House of Representatives, worried that Democrats are going to “hit us hard on the environment” in the coming election […]

An ecological educator answers questions

What environmental organization are you affiliated with? Audubon Expedition Institute at Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass. What does it do? AEI offers higher education that fosters ecological awareness and personal […]

Readers sound off on Priuses, Nader (yes, again), and more

  Prius: Quiet, but Not Diminutive Re: Hy Jinx Dear Editor: I read the New York Times story about the Toyota Prius at the Oscars before I saw it in […]

I’d Like to Buy the World a Fiasco

Pollutant Taints Coke’s Bottled Water in U.K. Coca-Cola’s attempts to enter the burgeoning U.K. bottled-water market have gone, shall we say, less than swimmingly. The story begins with the debut […]

CO2 Much

A Decade After First Climate-Change Treaty, CO2 Still on the Rise Ten years ago this week, the U.S. hopped on board the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, the first […]

Ingrate Britain

European Industry Protests Plans to Cut CO2 Emissions European industry groups are protesting aggressive efforts to cut carbon-dioxide emissions. In the U.K., a draft national plan targets reductions of 20 […]

Unencumbered Lumber

Consumers Have Eco-Friendly Wood Choices The growing trend toward eco-friendly consumer products has reached the wood flooring industry. Eco-conscious consumers, builders, and architects who want to lay or refurbish wood […]

Just Another Brick in the Wall

New Studies Suggest Onset of Sixth Major Mass Extinction New evidence suggests that the Earth is on the verge of its sixth major mass extinction — the last one having […]