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Up With People

The U.S. EPA has decided to adopt a policy of ignoring experiments conducted on humans by pesticide companies when setting legal limits for the chemicals in food and water, officials […]

A Lawn Time Coming

The environment committee of Canada’s House of Commons has proposed a nationwide ban on “cosmetic” pesticides used on residential lawns to make them look greener and to kill dandelions, reflecting […]

Amy Souers, American Rivers

Amy Souers is online editor for American Rivers in Washington, D.C. She is on a two-month cross-country road trip exploring America’s rivers. Monday, 5 Jun 2000 WERNERSVILLE, Penn. Today I […]

Green Danube

Four Eastern European nations — Bulgaria, Moldava, Romania, and Ukraine — signed an agreement yesterday to increase the protected land in the Danube River delta to more than 2.5 million […]

Jumbo-sized Problems

India’s population of elephants is moving toward extinction because of widespread poaching, loss of habitat, and brutal training methods, according to Maneka Gandhi, the nation’s Minister of Social Justice and […]

Pac Mentality

Political action committees (PACs) and executives connected to the nuclear power industry have been channeling money to the campaign coffers of GOP presidential candidate George W. Bush, according to an […]

Worm and Fuzzy

Charismatic, “cuddly” animals in Britain are getting a disproportionate share of conservation money, while insects, worms, and other invertebrates are being neglected, according to a new report by the Wildlife […]

Pulp Fact

The Southeastern U.S. has become a new battleground for forest wars in the U.S. Whereas most previous conflicts over logging centered around forests on public land in the West, enviros […]

Dim Summary

China’s environment remains in sad shape, marked by severe air and water pollution and a number of other problems, according to an annual assessment released today by the Chinese State […]

Dis-heart-ening News

Moderate air pollution may trigger sudden death in people with existing heart problems, according to a number of new scientific studies. The finding suggests that heart attacks, not lung disease, […]