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Breach of Decorum

To highlight its unhappiness with Japan’s decision to expand whale hunting in the North Pacific, the U.S. said yesterday that it will boycott two international environmental meetings being hosted over […]

Visibly Upset

Air pollution at national parks may be costing more than $4 billion in tourist dollars, according to a study commissioned by three environmental groups. Pollution in national parks in the […]

I've Got a Little List

The Sierra Club is running an $8 million campaign to promote candidates it likes (mostly Democrats with a few Republicans thrown in) and attack candidates it does not. The group’s […]

Yeah, I'm the Tax, Man

Automakers avoided $10.2 billion in taxes on 1999 models of SUVs, pick-up trucks, vans, and minivans because of a loophole in the law establishing fuel-efficiency standards, says Friends of the […]

Schoolhouse Rocks

Los Angeles is at the center of small surge in solar energy use. The L.A. Convention Center, which housed the Democratic convention earlier this month, has installed 15,000 square feet […]

Holey Ozone, Batman!

The ozone hole over the Antarctic will likely be larger this year than last, as ozone depletion has been usually severe so far this year, the World Meteorological Organization announced […]

A Pendley for Your Thoughts

Two property rights groups are challenging five new national monuments in court. The Mountain States Legal Foundation and the BlueRibbon Coalition claim that President Clinton exceeded his authority this year […]

Movin' On Up

Global warming could dramatically change a third of the world’s plant and animal habitat and drive some species to extinction by 2100, according to a report by the World Wildlife […]

Big Brother Is Watching

An eco-friendly bandit, Shiv Kumar, has eluded police for decades in the forests of north-central India, taking on illegal loggers and once gunning down a poacher for killing black bucks. […]

The Prisoner's Dilemma

Rodolfo Montiel Flores, a poor Mexican farmer and environmental activist who was arrested in May 1999 on what enviro and human rights groups say are trumped up charges, was sentenced […]