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Pumices, Pumices

After a decade-long struggle, 13 Native American tribes and the Sierra Club have finally succeeded in closing down a strip mine in Arizona that supplied much of the pumice used […]

Ice Capades

Global warming was top-of-the-hour news last week because of a report in the New York Times that open water had been spotted at the North Pole for the first time […]

Burning Questions

As the U.S. endures its worst forest fire season in 50 years, some enviros and scientists are wondering whether climate change might be one of the catalysts. “It’s very difficult […]

Crash-Test Smarties

Automakers have long argued that to make fuel-efficient vehicles, they must compromise on safety, but a new report from the General Accounting Office contradicts that claim. The report, requested by […]

Money Does Grow on Trees

National forests are 10 times more valuable if used for recreation and to protect wildlife and water quality than they are if used for logging, mining, and grazing, according to […]

The Chemical Bothers

Phthalates, a family of chemicals used in everything from plastics to beauty products, have been detected in humans at levels that some scientists believe are worrisome. Researchers at the Centers […]

For Whales, LaDuke's a Hazard

During a weekend campaign swing through the Northwest, Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader outlined his views on a number of environmental issues. He called for a total ban on […]

Bangla-death?

About 25 million people in Bangladesh, nearly 20 percent of the country’s population, are at risk of injury or death from arsenic in their drinking water, according to the United […]

Editorial License

One good thing about the melting ice and open water found at the North Pole earlier this month — they spurred both the New York Times and Washington Post to […]

Steve Yanoviak, tropical biologist

Steve Yanoviak is a postdoctoral research associate at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., and he currently resides in Costa Rica nine months of the year, researching rain forest […]