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Club Feat

As part of a $3 million October campaign blitz, the Sierra Club announced yesterday that it will run TV and radio ads criticizing the environmental record of George W. Bush […]

Have You Herd?

Wildlife organizations this week are trying to increase pressure on the Clinton administration to stop killing bison that leave Yellowstone National Park in the winter in search of food. Monday […]

And other words from readers

A number of the following comments on campaign 2000 and Green Party candidate Ralph Nader are responses to a set of letters published previously.   Dear Editor: I read all […]

The Red Barren

According to a new “red list” released today by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), 11,046 plants and animals worldwide are at risk of extinction, up by more than 200 species […]

Hawaii K.O.

Hawaii may seem like a tropical paradise teeming with beautiful animals and plants, but what tourists don’t know is that many of the archipelago’s common species are non-native, and its […]

Dorm!!!

Northland College in Ashland, Wis., is giving 90 students the chance to live in one of the most eco-friendly dorms in the U.S. The $4.1 million Environmental Living and Learning […]

Heard It Through the Pipeline

With wholesale prices for natural gas doubling in the last year, environmental concerns are taking a back seat as energy companies make plans to build one, maybe two, pipelines to […]

The Nitro of the Living Dead

In the past few decades, industrialization, population growth, and the heavy use of chemical fertilizers have doubled the amount of nitrogen in circulation, contributing to environmental problems worldwide and possibly […]

Cape Crusaders

South Africa outlined a sweeping conservation plan yesterday to protect biodiversity and estuaries across 35,000 square miles of the Cape Floral Kingdom, a region in the southwestern part of the […]

Beachy Keen

Congress passed a bill yesterday to expand the testing of coastal waters for pathogens and encourage states to warn beach goers when water is contaminated, and President Clinton is expected […]