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That's Big, Apple

To help with potential electricity shortages this summer in New York City, businesses and building owners controlling more than 300 million square feet of office space in the city said […]

Caught in the Jaws of Death

Marine scientists weren’t successful yesterday in freeing an endangered northern right whale off Cape Cod from a fishing line caught in its jaw. The jaw has become infected and the […]

Mitigation Blank

A program allowing developers in the U.S. to destroy some wetlands if they create new ones or restore old ones is failing, according to a panel convened by the National […]

The Children's Crusade

In an unusual move, ABC News yesterday said it would remove correspondent John Stossel’s interview with California children about global warming from an environmental special airing Friday night. A group […]

Risky Business

Even if the Bush administration has its head in the sand, many businesses in the U.S. are treating global warming as a reality. Atmos Energy Co., a natural-gas distributing company, […]

M'm M'm Good, That's What Campbell's Suit Is

A U.S. federal judge sided with environmentalists on Monday and reduced the authority of local officials to claim rights of way over trails on federal land. The ruling by U.S. […]

Donor Nobis Pacem

Despite a request from the watchdog agency of Congress, Vice President Dick Cheney has declined to identify the people who met privately with his energy task force. Some Democrats believe […]

Tuxedo Dysfunction

Penguin populations are declining around the world, and global warming may be to blame, researchers say. Warming ocean waters have been linked to toxic algal blooms, such as red tides, […]

Falling Timber

Logging on federal land in the Northwest has dropped to its lowest point since before World War II, the result of lawsuits, court orders, and agency delays. This year, forest […]

I'd Like to Be Under the Sea … Forever

Whoopie! — you can now plan to have your cremated ashes sunk in the ocean as part of an eco-friendly artificial reef. A Georgia company, Eternal Reefs, is promoting the […]