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Beating Their Breasts

There’s a small but growing movement among breast cancer activists to focus on the environmental factors thought to contribute to the disease. “Women who for years thought the answer was […]

Woo Is Me

Speaking yesterday before a crowd of more than 30,000 in Madison, Wis., Al Gore stressed the importance of tackling global warming in one of the most spirited speeches he’s given […]

The Grim Reefer

More than 25 percent of the world’s coral reefs have been destroyed by global warming, pollution, and destructive fishing techniques, and most of the rest could be dead in 20 […]

She Shoots, She Scores!

A majority of members of the U.S. Congress voted more often over the past two years to weaken environmental laws than to strengthen them, according to the League of Conservation […]

Moral Fixation

By 2100, the average world temperature could rise between 2.7 and nearly 11 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a new draft report by the U.N.-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This […]

Tunnel Vision

China is drawing up plans to use nuclear explosions, in violation of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, to blast a 10-mile tunnel through the Himalayas in order to build the […]

And other words from readers

Your letters on Ralph Nader keep coming and coming. Here are a few of the latest missives. (And if you just can’t read enough on this juicy topic, check out […]

Brussels Sprouts

The prime minister of Belgium set a goal yesterday of increasing the number of organic farms in his country by 60 percent a year for the next four years, with […]

All in the Family

In a move that could boost efforts to limit population growth, Republicans in Congress agreed yesterday to lift a restriction that now bars international family planning groups that receive some […]

Scorn Flakes

StarLink corn, a genetically modified variety that has been grown in the U.S. but not approved for human consumption, has made its way into foods in Japan, threatening to set […]