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Gold Mettle

Eight environmental activists tonight will receive the world’s most prestigious environmental award, the Goldman Environmental Prize. Awards of $125,000 will be given to Oscar Olivera, a Bolivian labor leader working […]

To Drill or Not to Drill. That Is Still the Question

Karl Rove, President Bush’s chief strategist, has told an oil industry lobbyist that Bush isn’t going to spend a lot of political capital to win congressional approval for drilling in […]

Nelson, Rockin' Fellah

Activists and Democrats took advantage of Earth Day yesterday to whale on President Bush’s environmental record. Earth Day Founder Gaylord Nelson, a former Democratic senator from Wisconsin, said, “Tragically, the […]

Trading Blows Over Whether Trading Blows

As police tear gassed and fired rubber bullets and water cannons at protesters in Quebec this weekend, President Bush spoke inside the protected halls of a conference center and told […]

Rhys Roth, Climate Solutions

Rhys Roth is a founder and codirector of Climate Solutions, whose mission is nothing less than to stop global warming at the earliest point possible by helping the Pacific Northwest […]

You Can Rhone, but You Can't Hide

Many rivers in Europe are in poor health and don’t come close to meeting the European Union’s environmental standards, the World Wildlife Fund said yesterday. The group found that 50 […]

Arresting Development

In a pre-Earth Day demonstration protesting President Bush’s environmental policies, 10 environmental activists were arrested yesterday at U.S. EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., after chaining themselves to the building’s entrance. […]

Christie Toad Whitman

The Bush administration has put on its green hat leading up to Earth Day. President Bush has said he would sign a treaty phasing out a series of nasty chemicals […]

Addled Ababa

Ethiopia said yesterday that about 3,000 tons of obsolete pesticides stored at almost 1,000 sites around the country are contaminating the environment and threatening public health. For example, at one […]

I Want to Ride My Bicycle

Taiwan President Chen Shui-ban biked to work today to mark Earth Day on Sunday. Top officials from Taiwain’s environment and transportation agencies, among others, pedaled with the president in the […]