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‘Tis Better to Give
From the Enron scandal to environmental rollbacks, it seems like the headlines these days are dominated by greed, recklessness, self-interest, and shortsightedness. What’s a concerned citizen to do? How about […]
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10,000? Maniacs!
After two decades of struggle, Pennsylvania has finally secured legislation requiring the state to design and implement a water-conservation strategy. The Water Resources Planning Act, signed into law this week […]
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Sucker Punch
Thanks (or maybe no thanks) to a deal struck by the federal government and the Washington state Attorney General’s Office, some 170 barrels of highly radioactive plutonium waste will be […]
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Angelo the Ripper
Environmentalists scored a victory yesterday — albeit a fragile one — when the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that the Clean Water Act applied to attempts […]
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Milling for the Grist
Green-leaning former Vice President Al Gore has decided against running for president in 2004 — but never fear, Grist Magazine is keeping its hat in the ring. No, we’re not […]
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This Ain’t Rocket Science. Oh Wait, Yes It Is.
The U.S. Pentagon is a major source of perchlorate, the main ingredient of solid rocket fuel and a toxic chemical that can cause neurological problems and developmental damage in infants […]
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Kim Jong Ill
In a sign of the further souring of relations with Washington, North Korea announced yesterday that it would immediately restart a nuclear reactor that has been offline since 1994, when […]
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Cell-ebrate
Every year, hundreds of millions of new cell phones come into the world — and now, thanks to a deal brokered by the United Nations Environment Programme, when they leave […]
