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Got Water?

At least 3.5 billion people, more than half of the world’s current population, are expected to experience water shortages by 2025, according to a new report by the World Resources […]

Chain Reaction

Enviros and human rights advocates chained themselves to the door of the Mexican attorney general’s office on Wednesday, calling for the release of two environmental activists who have been jailed […]

Getting Something Off Their Chests

A few environmental activists in California are trying a new tactic to bring a halt to the logging of ancient redwoods — “Goddess-based, nude Buddhist guerilla poetry,” or, in laywoman’s […]

Risky Business

Fifty-six percent of Americans believe the environmental risks of drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska outweigh the potential benefits, and only 29 percent say opening […]

Top Tense List

George W. Bush was grilled on air pollution in Texas and a number of other serious issues last night by none other than Dave Letterman. Letterman, who had Bush as […]

Fuels Rush In

Arizona is facing a major budget crisis because of a well-intentioned but poorly designed law that gives residents big incentives and tax breaks for buying vehicles that run on alternative […]

Oiled Again!

Work began yesterday on a multibillion-dollar pipeline that will carry oil from Chad through Cameroon to Africa’s Atlantic coast, a project bitterly opposed by environmentalists and human rights advocates. The […]

Best of the Wurst

Hoping to gain the high ground on climate change, the German government announced new steps yesterday that are aimed at making sure the country fulfills its pledge to reduce its […]

This Sends Shivas Down Our Spine

India’s highest court gave its approval yesterday for a large hydroelectric dam on the Narmada river, a project that had been stalled for six years because of a lawsuit filed […]

Butterfly in the Ointment

A coalition of environmental groups, including Greenpeace, notified the U.S. EPA yesterday of intent to sue, contending that the agency could harm a number of endangered species such as the […]