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Hell Freezes Over?

In a recent preliminary ruling, the World Trade Organization upheld France’s ban on asbestos imports from Canada, a decision that has some enviros and labor rights activists wondering whether the […]

No-look Passes

One-third of major air polluters in the U.S. have not been inspected in the last three years, according to a new study by the Environmental Working Group, which found that […]

Labor's Love Lost?

Vice President Al Gore made efforts yesterday to unite environmentalists and labor unions, two crucial Democratic constituencies. Speaking in Grand Rapids, Mich., where he accepted the endorsement of the Sierra […]

Kira Schmidt, Bluewater Network

Kira Schmidt is campaign director of the Bluewater Network‘s Cruise Ship Campaign. Before joining Bluewater Network last year, Kira worked for three years as a team leader and writer/editor for […]

Welcome to the Club

The Sierra Club gave its formal endorsement to Al Gore today, with the group’s president, Robert Cox, saying that if Gore were elected, he would be “the most pro-environment president […]

Hey, Hey, Where're the Monkeys?

Machine-gun-toting commercial poachers in Africa are killing apes and monkeys at such high rates that some scientists fear a number of primate species could be exterminated from central Africa’s jungles […]

Han, Seoul, Oh!

The U.S. military offered an official apology to South Koreans today for dumping formaldehyde, a toxic chemical and suspected carcinogen, into the Han River, a main source of drinking water […]

Ill Will and Grace

The U.S. EPA is investigating why its officials ignored evidence for 18 years that W. R. Grace and Co. used vermiculite ore tainted with asbestos in its building products. An […]

Dams All in Distress

Since the precedent-setting breaching of the Edwards Dam in Maine last year, several other dams in New England have been removed or breached to help protect fish, and officials are […]

Enviros worldwide call for release of two Mexican activists

Forty-five of the world’s most prominent environmentalists have called for the immediate release of Mexican colleagues Rodolfo Montiel Flores and Teodoro Cabrera Garcia, who have been jailed and tortured after […]