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EV Riders

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) will decide next month whether to keep, change, or toss out regulations requiring that at least 10 percent of the new cars and light […]

Like a Bump on a Kellogg

While many European citizens are fighting bitterly against genetically modified (GM) foods, Americans have been more complacent and seem inclined to trust that the government and agribusiness corporations will keep […]

Some Say the World Will End in Fire …

With fires whipping across the interior West at a record rate this year, the U.S. Forest Service this week is proposing to Congress a $12 billion plan to use controlled […]

Rice and Shine

Farmers may be able to significantly reduce or even eliminate their use of pesticides by planting different strains of rice, wheat, or other crops in the same field, according to […]

… Some Say in Ice

U.S. scientists have found evidence that the Arctic has rapidly warmed over the past 40 years, a trend in keeping with predictions from climate change models. Snow cover in the […]

A Great Bear Rainforest By Any Other Name

The Great Bear Rainforest, the region of British Columbia between the northern end of Vancouver Island and the Alaska Panhandle, doesn’t actually exist on the map. International environmental groups came […]

Stock Tip: Buy Kleenex

The rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels that are leading to global warming may also worsen hay fever, according to a new study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to be […]

Red Hot Chile Cyclists

On the first Tuesday of every month, hundreds of “Ciclistas Furiosos,” or enraged bicyclists, take to the streets of Santiago, Chile. Riding as slowly as possible, waving flags, and blowing […]

Mr. Green Beans

Eli Wolcott is all abuzz about socially responsible coffee. The 20-year-old is teaming up with coffee workers in the remote hills of southern Mexico to improve their quality of life […]

Mr. Not-Green Jean

Canadian enviros on Monday blasted federal endangered species legislation introduced in April as far too weak, and criticized Prime Minister Jean Chretien for a lack of leadership on the issue. […]