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Sweeter Home Alabama

Alabama PCB Suits End in $700 Million Settlement Monsanto Co. and its spin-off enterprise, Solutia, agreed yesterday to pay $700 million to settle state and federal lawsuits concerning five decades […]

Must Have Been Something in the Water

India Says Coke, Pepsi Products Safe to Drink Three weeks after an environmental organization created a furor in India by claiming that soft drinks made by Coca-Cola and Pepsi contained […]

Don’t Call the Sheriff

County Officials in Utah Steal Signs from National Monument The U.S. EPA might be protecting the air in national parks and wilderness areas, but who’s watching out for the land […]

Bass Ackwards

International Team Chases Illegal Fishing Vessel Across High Seas It’s kind of like “Pirates of the Caribbean,” only it’s set in the Indian Ocean. Australian and South African customs ships […]

Hazing Incident

EPA Settles Case Over Haze in National Parks Visitors to U.S. national parks and other wild areas should be able to breathe a little easier in the future, thanks to […]

Nafta-shocks

Thwarted by Environmental Rules, Mining Company Sues Under NAFTA Critics have long said the North American Free Trade Agreement spells trouble for the environment. Now, mining company Glamis Gold is […]

Pain in the Acid

Neighboring Nations to Blame for Acid Rain in Taiwan More than half of the acid rain that falls on Taiwan is the result of pollutants blown in from neighboring countries, […]

Blackout and Blue

Enviros Fear Blackout Will Bolster Support for Bush Energy Plan Last week’s blackout in the eastern U.S. and Canada caused food spoilage, water contamination, economic losses, transportation delays, and all […]

Thar It Blows

First Minke Whale Killed in 14 Years A team of Icelandic hunters who resumed whaling recently despite international protests killed a minke whale yesterday, the first in 14 years. The […]

Brad Rutherford, International Snow Leopard Trust

Brad Rutherford is the executive director of the International Snow Leopard Trust, which works to conserve the endangered snow leopard in Central Asia by addressing the needs of local communities […]