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Mighty Don Young

The House overwhelmingly approved a major bill yesterday that would set aside $45 billion over 15 years to buy green spaces, protect wildlife, restore damaged coastal areas, and pay for […]

Bubba Drubbing

President Clinton went on the attack against Texas Gov. George W. Bush (R) yesterday, accusing him of being wrong-headed on the environment and other issues. During an interview on National […]

Not-So-Sunny Bonobos

Nearly a quarter of the world’s primate species are endangered by human activities, according to the World Conservation Union. The group — which is composed of 10,000 scientists, several hundred […]

Patently Absurd

In a decision hailed by environmental and development groups, the European Patent Office yesterday revoked a patent granted six years ago for an anti-fungal product derived from the neem tree, […]

Baa Baa Baa Bad to the Bone

Levels of radioactivity from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster are likely to remain high in parts of Northern Europe for 100 times longer than originally estimated, according to a report published […]

The Great Ice-Scape

Three gigantic icebergs broke off from the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica early this month and are now adrift, say scientists at the U.S. National Ice Center. The icebergs have […]

Black-and-Blue Panthers

A coalition of U.S. enviro groups sued three federal agencies yesterday for not adequately protecting the endangered Florida panther from sprawl. The panther appears to be making a comeback, but […]

Koala-ty, Not Quantity

The U.S. irritated Australia this week by listing the koala bear as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Although wild koalas are found only in Australia, the U.S. Fish […]

One Little, Two Little, One Billion Little Indians

India’s population is expected to hit 1 billion tomorrow, making it the second country to pass that mark. China, which now has an estimated 1.3 billion citizens, was the first. […]

Phnom-enally Bad

Uncontrolled logging is destroying Cambodia’s forests, fueled by greed, corruption, and incompetence, according to a report released yesterday by the Asian Development Bank. The bank recommended that the Cambodian government […]