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Halt! Who Cuts There?

A federal judge on Friday halted 178 timber sales in western Oregon and Washington and Northern California after finding that they presented risks to threatened and endangered salmon. In issuing […]

Noble Prize

At a ceremony in Stockholm on Friday, scientists and activists from Ethiopia, Indonesia, Turkey, and the U.S. received Right Livelihood awards, commonly known as the “Alternative Nobel Prizes,” for their […]

Burning Japanese, I Really Think So

Even though Japanese citizens tend to throw out only half as much trash as U.S. citizens, Tokyo will be out of space for its garbage in 30 years, according to […]

Why, I Ottawa …

After two days of talks in Ottawa, a U.S.-led bloc of nations and the European Union yesterday failed to iron out disagreements over how to implement a climate change treaty. […]

Harry Potter and the Ozone Layer

As the holiday gift-buying frenzy picks up, no one really knows whether online shopping hurts or helps the environment. The nonprofit Center for Energy and Climate Solutions says such shopping […]

Great, Salt Lake!

Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt (R) created a special state office yesterday dedicated to blocking a proposal to store 44,000 tons of high-level nuclear waste on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation, […]

Leap, Frogs

Federal scientists have found that commonly used pesticides in California’s Central Valley are contributing to the decline of frogs in the state. The research found that the pesticides diazinon and […]

Battery Will Get You Nowhere

California air quality regulators once hoped that battery-powered, zero-emission cars would lead the charge for cleaner air in the state, but today they are shifting their allegiance to more commercially […]

Drive the Friendly Skies

Capitalist Pigs

In what could be a harbinger of things to come should George W. Bush become president, environmental groups and family farm advocates yesterday unveiled a campaign in which hotshot lawyers […]