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Superadobe, Super Abode

If the president of Senegal has his way, the West African nation could one day be home to a model eco-town that mitigates the problems caused by both poverty and […]

Babbittry

Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt announced today that he will become the chair of a company that plans to develop massive water projects in the Middle East. Babbitt, a lawyer […]

Fewer Living Through Chemistry?

Much of the post-Sept. 11 anxiety about future acts of terrorism has focused on the threat of biological or nuclear disaster — but an attack on a U.S. chemical plant […]

Home Builders, Habitat Wreckers

In what appears to be yet another triumph of industry over everything else, the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service announced this week that it would temporarily revoke habitat protection for […]

Salem Switch Trial

Thumbing its nose at a reputation for endless rain, Oregon is poised to become the first state to boast solar panels on its capitol building. Next month, about 850 square […]

Girl, You’re Gonna Carry That Wait

In a statement that shed light on internal and external frustrations with the U.S. EPA, Agency chief Christie Whitman predicted yesterday that power companies being sued by the government for […]

Radio-inactive?

An agreement struck this week between the U.S. Department of Energy and Washington state will restore the original timeline and budget for the cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Following […]

Don’t Lose Hope

For marine life, Mt. Hope Bay might be the most inappropriately named place on Earth. In the 13-square-mile stretch of water straddling Rhode Island and Massachusetts, 15 fish species have […]

Parker De-poseyed

The head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers resigned yesterday after being told he would otherwise be fired for remarks he made criticizing the Bush administration budget proposal. In […]

Lighten Up

How’s this for a good way to scare up a few votes? As debate heats up in the Senate over the energy bill, the White House criticized the Democratic proposal, […]