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Lake a Virgin, Flooded for the Very First Time

Portugal will begin cutting down 1.3 million trees this month to make way for Europe’s largest human-made lake. The government says the 62,000-acre, 50-mile-long lake will provide water for arid […]

Talking 'Bout Power Generation

A coalition of unions, environmental groups, and consumer advocacy groups plans to unveil a plan tomorrow to tackle California’s energy crisis. The coalition members are concerned that labor and environmental […]

Credits Where Credits Are Due

In a report scheduled for release next month, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is expected to endorse emissions trading and protecting forests and planting new ones as effective […]

Drill Bitten

To open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil and gas drilling, President Bush will have to change the minds of seven Republican senators who are on the […]

River on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

The Spanish government approved a controversial plan last Friday to divert one of the country’s largest rivers in the north to the arid regions of southeastern Spain. Environmentalists say the […]

Where's the Boeuf?

Provoking a culinary controversy across France, a renowned Parisian chef, whose restaurant in the past has received a three-star rating from the Michelin guide, recently decided to slice meat out […]

There's a Rage in the Cage

Plans are underway in the U.S. to test the first genetically engineered insect in the wild. Researchers are trying to manipulate the genes of the pink bollworm moth — an […]

Them's the (Tax) Breaks

U.S. Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) will introduce legislation next week to increase domestic energy production dramatically and permit oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The bill […]

Barton Fink

Republicans in the U.S. House have reconfigured the House Energy and Power Subcommittee into the House Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee so that power production issues receive more weight when […]

Dung: Cry Out Loud

North America and Europe lead the world in releasing greenhouse gases and other forms of pollution, but India and Southeast Asia are catching up, according to a study published today […]