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Sick and Tired

Recycling advocates hope the high-profile recall of 6.5 million Firestone tires will make people more aware of tire disposal issues and give a boost to recycling efforts. In 1999, 66 […]

Bob Massie, Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies

Bob Massie is executive director of the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES). Monday, 18 Sep 2000 OVER THE ATLANTIC It is Monday morning and I am currently sitting on […]

Sheik, Your Booty

OPEC nations argued on Friday that a final international accord on climate change should include a plan to compensate them in case efforts to cut greenhouse gases lead to a […]

You Can Wring My Bell

A variety of genetically modified corn not permitted in food has been detected in taco shells sold in U.S. grocery stores under the brand name Taco Bell, according to test […]

It's My Prague-ative

Up to 30,000 anti-globalization protestors, including many enviros, are expected to descend on Prague in the Czech Republic this week during meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. […]

Come on and Easement Down, Easement Down the Road

Almost one-third of Maine’s 15 million acres of forest have been put on sale in the last two years, and conservationists are worried that a good deal of forestland now […]

Stand and De-Liverpool

Citizens of East Liverpool, Ohio, are calling on Al Gore to make good on a 1992 campaign promise to crack down on a local hazardous waste incinerator, which is spewing […]

Everybody Cut Footloose

Enviros are asking drivers in 700 European cities to take part in a car-free day this Friday, hoping to spread awareness of the pollution and congestion problems caused by cars. […]

Cruisin' for a Bruisin'

Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles (D) blasted the cruise ship industry yesterday for polluting state waters and demanded that state and federal governments tighten “woefully inadequate” cruise ship regulations. Preliminary tests […]

Help Me, I'm Melting

In another sign that global warming is likely upon us, a study of ice cores from deep inside a glacier suggests that the last century has been the warmest in […]