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It's the Stupidity, Stupid

The Bush administration engaged in a bit of greenspeak yesterday, revealing that Vice President Dick Cheney’s secretive energy task force would recommend tax credits for consumers who purchase gas-electric hybrid […]

Sweet Boycotts Are Made of These

Celebrities and environmental groups in the U.K. kicked off a boycott of ExxonMobil yesterday, in protest of the company’s policy to oppose the Kyoto treaty on climate change and stall […]

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Mutant Fish

More than 60 environmental and fishing groups today are asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to delay sending the first genetically modified animal to market. Aqua Bounty Farms has […]

Dinosaurs Jr.

Wildlife across the globe faces the greatest risk of extinction since dinosaurs kicked the bucket, according to a report published by the Swiss-based World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the Washington, […]

The Genuine Nautical

Environmentalists are concerned about a plan by the Mexican government to build the country’s biggest tourism development in 20 years in Baja California. The development, Nautical Steps, would encompass more […]

Breathe, Breathe in the Air, Don't Be Afraid to Care

The European Commission yesterday launched a three-year investigation into how Europe can better combat air pollution. Many of the European Union’s existing air-quality rules are due to be revised in […]

I'm Gonna Git You Sucker

More than 15,000 farmers and their supporters gathered yesterday in Klamath Falls, Ore., near the California border, to protest the loss of irrigation water to fish protected by the Endangered […]

Forward, Marsh

Wisconsin yesterday became the first state to put into law a stronger set of protections for wetlands just four months after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling removed federal safeguards from […]

Full Metalclad Racket

A judge in British Columbia ruled last week that a NAFTA tribunal was right to award millions of dollars to a U.S. company that was prevented from opening a hazardous […]

Smithsonian and Lesson

After U.S. politicians on both sides of the aisle and scientists across the world raised the roof about a plan to close a wildlife conservation center in Virginia, the secretary […]