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Bouncing Baby Boycott

The first international conference of Green Party politicians and supporters voted unanimously today to launch a boycott against U.S.-based oil companies in retribution for President Bush’s decision to withdraw from […]

David Waskow, Friends of the Earth

David Waskow monitors the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations for Friends of the Earth U.S., where he is the trade and investment policy coordinator. Monday, 16 Apr […]

Meet the New Boss — Same As the Old Boss?

In a move that drew tentative approval from both environmental groups and the timber industry, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman yesterday named Dale Bosworth to head the U.S. Forest Service. […]

We're Going to Pump (Clap Clap) You Up

Florida’s Senate passed a measure on Wednesday that would relax environmental rules and allow untreated, partly contaminated water to be pumped into the state’s underground aquifers. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush […]

Fin and Dandy

Maryland became the first state to regulate genetically modified fish this week when Gov. Parris Glendening (D) signed a law that prohibits raising such fish unless they are in ponds […]

Case Clothed

The White House yesterday chose to stick with rules approved by the Clinton administration requiring more efficient clothes washers and hot water heaters. The regulation for clothes washers, which was […]

Super Models

Two studies published today in the journal Science provide some of the strongest evidence yet that global warming is here and humans are to blame. The studies, based on computer […]

Holy Mackerel!

Federal guidelines to protect women of child-bearing age and babies from mercury in seafood are inadequate, according to a report released yesterday by the Environmental Working Group and U.S. Public […]

Smoky Mountains

Concerned that North Carolina’s mountains are being choked by pollution from coal-fired power plants, all 50 members in the state’s Senate have asked President Bush to clean up the smokestacks […]

Sh*tty Group?

Students gathered in about 80 cities around the world yesterday to protest Citigroup’s role in funding environmentally destructive projects. At the company’s headquarters in New York City, demonstrators tossed the […]