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An Engine That Benz the Rules

German-American automaker DaimlerChrysler AG announced yesterday that it intends to invest about $1 billion in fuel-cell technology and become the first major auto manufacturer to market fuel-cell vehicles. By 2002, […]

Here Today, Ghana Tomorrow

Environmentalists in Ghana are working to establish six sanctuaries for giant sea turtles along the country’s Atlantic coast, and they hope the refuges will attract eco-tourists. The Ghana Wildlife Society […]

Say It Before You Spray It

New York would become the first state in which counties could require homeowners to post warning flags alerting neighbors when they use pesticides on their lawns, under an agreement reached […]

King Ralph?

Ralph Nader, who will officially capture the Green Party presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Colorado next weekend, is spreading his pro-environment, anti-corporate message with far more fervor than […]

Get on the Bus

The Los Angeles metro area made a national first on Friday by adopting sweeping rules that will require new transit buses and garbage trucks to be powered by electricity, fuel […]

The Beastly Gender Fax-Off Tally

Kate Smallwood is the campaign coordinator for the BC Endangered Species Coalition in Vancouver, British Columbia. An Australian with a highly questionable sense of humor, and a desire to shock […]

Turbine Time

Wind power is gaining ground in Massachusetts, particularly along the Atlantic coast where high-speed winds are common. A number of wind projects are under consideration in the state, including a […]

Brain De Palma

Even as new roads are built into the Amazon and ranching, farming, and logging continue to pose huge threats to the rainforest, some business and political leaders in the region […]

We've Got Spirit, How 'Bout You?

Enviros are campaigning hard to stop logging in the Great Bear Rainforest on the coast of British Columbia, Canada, a biologically rich area that is the only home of the […]

And other words from readers

Re: Won’t You Be My Nader? Dear Editor: I am disappointed to hear that Donella Meadows plans to vote for Ralph Nader and is encouraging her readers to do the […]