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Whoah, Corn Doggy

A vegetarian-foods subsidiary of Kellogg’s announced a recall in the U.S. on Tuesday of all its meatless corn dogs after tests confirmed that some of them contained a genetically engineered […]

One Big Happy Nuclear Family

The U.S. nuclear power industry said yesterday that it produced more power in the year 2000 than ever before. The announcement came just one week after Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) […]

Butter Fly-cicles

The deaths of millions of monarch butterflies this month in Mexico may have been caused by a winter freeze, not pesticide-spraying by loggers, as one environmental group alleged last week. […]

This Leaves a Lott to Be Desired

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) said this week that he’s prepared to take on Sen. John Kerry if the Democrat from Massachusetts follows through on a threat to […]

"Read My Lips"

After conservatives and industry raised a fuss, President Bush reversed a campaign pledge for the first time yesterday and said he would not seek reductions in carbon dioxide emissions from […]

Greens' Day

Germany’s Greens emerged unusually unified this week from their party congress in Stuttgart, just a few weeks before two key state elections. The Greens, a partner in Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s […]

Cannon Bawl

The Interior Department under Gale Norton is quietly getting behind congressional efforts to roll back former President Clinton’s legacy of national monuments. Today, for instance, the National Park Service is […]

Right On!

Northern right whale births are at the highest level on record, according to researchers flying over calving grounds off the coasts of Florida and Georgia. The researchers have spotted 24 […]

Franco, My Dear, I Don't Want a Dam

More than 100,000 protesters gathered in the streets of Madrid on Sunday in the latest of a series of protests against a massive $23 billion water diversion project in Spain. […]

Driving in Circles

Your letters about our three-part automobile series showed that Grist readers are all over the map on this issue. Here’s a taste of the letters we received about Detroit Sucks, […]