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This Leaves a Lott to Be Desired

Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and nine other GOP senators introduced a bill yesterday that would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil drilling. The measure, which […]

Chasing Tailpipe

The Clinton administration today will propose regulations that would force big cuts in emissions from new diesel trucks and buses and require that diesel fuel be almost free of sulfur, […]

And other words from readers

Re: Lean and Green Dear Editor: I read with interest your story on the family in Colorado that made the choice to live more simply and consume less in an […]

Soylent Bean

Brazil is in the process of deciding whether to allow the planting of genetically modified (GM) crops, and many observers believe that its decision could play a big role in […]

U'wa Ta Shame

A court in Colombia gave the go-ahead yesterday to Occidental Petroleum to drill for oil on rainforest land claimed by the U’wa indigenous tribe, overturning an earlier court decision that […]

Keeping Pollution at Bei-jing

A small but increasing number of Chinese citizens are filing lawsuits seeking compensation for the effects of pollution, some of them with help from a recently opened legal-aid center in […]

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 […]