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Research and Destroy

It’s been a bad news week for whales. First, Iceland announced that it would begin hunting minke, fin, and sei whales again after a 13-year hiatus. The nation says the […]

Ceci N’est Pas Une Small Fine

The U.S. EPA has levied a $34 million fine against the Colonial Pipeline Company, the largest civil penalty the agency has doled out in its 32-year history. The company owns […]

Black and Blue Canyon

In a move that environmentalists and others fear could set a dangerous precedent, the U.S. Department of the Interior has ceded control over the waters in Colorado’s Gunnison National Park, […]

Tupperscare Parties

A chemical commonly used in food packaging and other plastics may cause miscarriages and Down’s syndrome, according to a study published this week in the journal Current Biology. Geneticists at […]

Not in to It

Far-flung Greenland doesn’t seem like it would be a danger zone for hazardous chemicals, but researchers from the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program have documented “unacceptable levels” of environmental toxics […]

Kathleen Frith, Center for Health and the Global Environment

Kathleen Frith manages communications and outreach for the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School. An American-Bermudian, she previously worked at the Bermuda Biological Station for […]

A Lulu for Lula

Brazilian enviros are up in arms over a federal move last week that will allow genetically modified (GM) soybeans to be sold in the country temporarily, through January 2004. GM […]

I Could Have Had a C8

Nothing sticks to Teflon, they say — but a key ingredient in Teflon could be sticking to you. A chemical manufactured by Dupont and used to make Teflon and other […]

Flexing Their Mussels

Roughly 1,000 miles of rivers and streams in Alabama could be protected as critical habitat for endangered species, under a new proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The […]

Older Europe

Population growth in Europe is slowing down — so much so that the absolute number of people on the continent could begin to decline in the near future, according to […]