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Raising a Stink

Rural Residents Join Fight Against Factory Farms Environmental groups who oppose industrial-style concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) on the grounds that they pollute air and water are finding support from […]

Just In: Timber Take

Bush Plan Likely to Up Old-Growth Logging in Northwest The Bush administration is changing the Northwest Forest Plan to make it easier to log old-growth forests on public land in […]

Depot Man

Office Depot Announces Plan to Go Green Office-supply giant Office Depot is teaming up with respected conservation groups in an effort to green its business practices. A new five-year, $2.2 […]

We Are the World Bank

Proposal to Limit World Bank Fossil-Fuel Investments Sparks Controversy The World Bank has not yet officially responded to an independent report released last year that recommends it cease investing in […]

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 […]