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Parking Violation

In a move that has provoked conflict in Congress, the Bush administration has instituted a two-year moratorium on expanding national parks, arguing that its first order of business should be […]

Shape Up or Ship Out

Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles (D) yesterday ordered a special session of the state legislature to hammer out what would become the world’s first comprehensive law to control waste discharges from […]

Congo Drummed

Mining in eastern Congo is bringing eastern lowland gorillas closer to extinction and destroying national parks, the World Wildlife Fund said yesterday. Thousands of miners are digging for the mineral […]

Governor Moonbeam, Mayor Sunbeam

An alliance of religious groups began a campaign this week to make California’s 50,000 congregations more energy-efficient and to encourage them to use renewable power. Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown (D) […]

Kawaguchi Lets the Good Times Roll

Japan’s new prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, has chosen the environment as a key policy area to focus on. Out of the gate, his environment minister, Yoriko Kawaguchi, has stressed the […]

Pesticide: Life on the Street

The amount of pesticide waste endangering people and the environment is five times greater than what had been thought only two years ago, according to a new report by the […]

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, […]