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Man Oh Manatee

Manatees in Florida’s waters are dying at a record rate, causing concern that the state’s small population of the marine mammals may be in trouble. One hundred manatees died in […]

Juvenile Delinquents Eat Lead

Millions more children than earlier thought might have mental impairments linked to lead poisoning, a finding that suggests that the federal government’s current recommendation for acceptable blood-lead levels is much […]

Grazing Cain

In a sweeping decision that affects more than 150 million acres in the western and central U.S., the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the Clinton administration did not violate the […]

Onward Christian Soldiers

Climate-related disasters in poor nations are caused by greenhouse-gas emissions from wealthy nations and should no longer be termed “natural disasters,” argues the UK organization Christian Aid in a report […]

Turning Over a New Reef

The world’s coral reefs made a partial rebound in 1999 after a bad year in 1998, but they are still threatened by climate change and overfishing, according to the group […]

The Firm

The text of a bill being pushed by Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) that would weaken regulation of pesticides is almost a word-for-word duplicate of a draft written by a consulting […]

Following Suits

Friends of the Earth and other enviro groups are moving forward with a lawsuit arguing that the U.S. Forest Service has violated laws that require it to consider the full […]

Salmon Day, My Prince Will Come

During a campaign swing through Portland, Ore., Vice President Al Gore on Friday said that as president he would use hard science to quickly resolve the controversy over how to […]

News Flash: SUVs Get Low Gas Mileage

Ford Motor Co. admitted yesterday that SUVs are bad for the environment because they guzzle more gas, contribute more to global warming, and spew more smog-causing pollution than cars. In […]

It's a Hardrock Life

Hardrock mining companies and electric power plants are the worst toxic-chemical polluters in the U.S., according to EPA Toxics Release Inventory data unveiled yesterday. In all, the EPA found that […]