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Send Us the Bill

Former Energy Secretary Bill Richardson was elected late last week to serve on the board of trustees of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Karen Golembeski, Richardson’s spokesperson, said he was […]

Sweden Lowdown

Police estimate that between 10,000 and 25,000 demonstrators will gather today in Gothenburg, Sweden, where U.S. President Bush will be called upon by European Union leaders to defend his rejection […]

Grain of Truth

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday that it had found no evidence that genetically engineered StarLink corn causes allergic reactions in humans. Blood tests of 17 […]

Lakes Inferior

The governors of the eight Great Lakes states are meeting next week with the premiers of Ontario and Quebec to consider ways to make sure that water from the lakes […]

They Get the Goldmine, We Get the Shaft

Mining regulations approved by former President Clinton and now under review by President Bush would give the federal government the right to reject a mining proposal on federal land if […]

Chain Gang

About two dozen Greenpeace activists chained themselves together to block a side exit at a military airfield when U.S. President Bush arrived for a NATO meeting in Brussels today. They […]

Angus Beef

Maine Gov. Angus King (I) told a National Academy of Sciences panel yesterday that the feds erred when they listed Atlantic salmon in eight of the state’s rivers as endangered […]

Driving Range

General Motors announced that it would take a 20 percent stake in a California company that has found a way to triple the driving range of hydrogen-based fuel-cell vehicles to […]

Take a Chill Pill

Between 50 to 80 percent of the Arctic ecosystem could be seriously damaged by 2050 if industrial development there doesn’t slow down, according to a new report published yesterday by […]

They're All Ears

The White House has decided to force California to use corn-based ethanol as an additive to make gasoline burn more cleanly, even though the requirement will probably boost prices at […]