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Ranch Dressing

Deep in cattle country, where enviros and ranchers often clash, the Sante-Fe-based Quivira Coalition says it is developing ways to ranch in an economically and environmentally sustainable way. Cofounder Jim […]

Riverdance of Joy?

U.S. EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman gave the go-ahead yesterday to a Clinton-era plan requiring General Electric to spend half a billion dollars to dredge PCB pollution from 40 miles […]

DeLay It on Thick

Republican leaders said yesterday they were hopeful that the U.S. House would vote to allow oil and natural gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Rep. Tom […]

Flat-bottomed Lizards, You Make the Rockin' World Go 'round

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton to reconsider her decision not to list the flat-tailed horned lizard as threatened under the Endangered […]

Smoke on the Water, Fire on the Hill

Four firefighters may have lost their lives last month in Washington state because of the Endangered Species Act, U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis (R-Colo.) charged yesterday. McInnis, chair of the House […]

Just Spray No

Despite a judge’s order to temporarily cease fumigating coca and poppy plants with the herbicide glyphosate because of environmental and health concerns, Colombia said yesterday it would not stop the […]

Dah-ling I Love You, Don't Give My Parks Avenues

The U.S. National Park Service should stop worrying so much about pleasing visitors and instead focus on protecting natural resources, says an advisory panel. In its report, which is slated […]

I've Been Working against the Railroad

Environmentalists in Hong Kong won an unprecedented victory this week when an appeals board rejected a plan by a government-owned railway to build a new line through Hong Kong’s largest […]

Closer-to-Home Toxic Hot Spots

Kernel Clink

The U.S. EPA indicated on Friday that it would not permit even trace amounts of genetically modified StarLink corn into human food. StarLink, which was previously approved for use as […]