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Oh, Bilge!

Three environmental groups sued the U.S. EPA yesterday to force the agency to control the dumping of ballast water into bays, rivers, and lakes. More than 21 billion gallons of […]

Cat's Got Your Tongass

In a decision made public yesterday, a federal judge has halted all logging on roadless areas in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. The ruling came in response to a […]

What Would Dubya Do?

Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association

Ronnie Cummins is national director of the Organic Consumers Association and the author of the recent book, Genetically Engineered Food: A Self-Defense Guide for Consumers. Monday, 2 Apr 2001 SANTA […]

Something Is Rotten in the State of Denmark

A 550,000-gallon oil spill caused by the collision of a tanker and a freighter in the Baltic Sea reached the shores of Denmark yesterday. Strong winds broke the spill into […]

Taking a Charge in the Paint

In an effort to force Rhode Island to abandon its lawsuit against the country’s biggest lead paint manufacturers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has requested that state and Providence city […]

Surly, With Infringe on Top

A federal judge in Canada ruled yesterday that a Canadian farmer had infringed on Monsanto’s patent rights because plants from the company’s genetically engineered canola seed had been found on […]

The Bush Withdrawal Method

Loud international criticism of President Bush’s decision to withdraw from the Kyoto treaty on climate change continued yesterday, and a broad coalition of U.S. religious groups urged Bush to revisit […]

I'm a Loser, Baby, So Why Don't You Drill Me

President Bush acknowledged for the first time yesterday that he may lose the fight to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to drilling. In a press conference, the […]

Hogwash!

In a blow to environmentalists’ efforts to stop pollution from large hog farms, a North Carolina judge has thrown out two lawsuits against Smithfield Foods, the nation’s biggest pork producer. […]