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Drug Busting

Enviros Sue USDA Over Biopharmaceuticals A coalition of green groups and consumer advocates took the U.S. Department of Agriculture to court yesterday in an effort to halt experimental planting of […]

Chromium and Punishment

New Jersey Wins $17 Million Settlement in Chromium Case A 20-year battle over chromium pollution in northern New Jersey came to an end yesterday when three companies agreed to pony […]

The Non-Peace Non-Dividend

U.K. Cuts Funds for Amazon Protection to Pay for Operations in Iraq In the latest evidence that war is bad for the environment, biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest stands to […]

Feel the Burn

Wildfires Likely to Worsen as Planet Warms From Southern California to the French Riviera and beyond, big wildfires have dominated headlines this year — but you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. […]

Gold Substandard

Unlawful Gold Mining Threatens Brazilian Amazon Illegal gold mining in the rivers of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is on the upswing and could mean bad news for the environment. Thousands of […]

Mike Simpson, One Sky

Mike Simpson works on international environmental projects with partners in West Africa and Latin America. He is the executive director of One Sky — The Canadian Institute of Sustainable Living […]

Heartbreaker

Air Pollution Boosts Heart Attacks, Says New Study Evidence keeps coming in to show that air pollution kills. New research released on Sunday found that during the 18 highest air-pollution […]

Readers stump for their candidates of choice, and more

  Re: Go, Wes, Young Man Dear Editor: Many of us are concerned that Wesley Clark lacks an understanding of environmental issues. Aside from all the nice things Clark has […]

Big Mess on Campus

Widespread Environmental Violations Found at Colleges Colleges and universities are normally thought of as hotbeds of environmental activism — but now, it turns out that some of them are hot […]

Fish Less Foul

Strict Environmental Laws Yield Drop in Mercury Levels in Everglades Mercury levels in the wildlife of the Florida’s Everglades have declined by at least 60 percent over the last decade, […]