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Leaf Me Alone

Reacting to mounting consumer unease about genetically modified (GM) foods, McDonald’s and other fast-food chains are quietly telling their french-fry suppliers to stop using Monsanto’s GM “New Leaf” potato, which […]

Fly in the Ointment

Friends of the Earth UK is urging vacationers to travel closer to home and to take trains rather than planes. A planeload of passengers flying from Britain to Florida and […]

That's Not Cool

Four dams on the lower Snake River in Washington state harm water quality and threaten endangered salmon, and breaching the dams may be the best way to comply with the […]

Banging Their Erasers

Contractors that operate U.S. government uranium processing plants in Kentucky and Ohio erased hundreds of environmental and safety problems from computer records in 1993 without government approval, according to court […]

Alternatives to Elephant Poaching

You Ottawa Be Ashamed

A coalition of environmental groups yesterday accused Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. of holding secret talks that could weaken environmental protection under the North American Free Trade Agreement. The enviros […]

I'll Have No Truck With Diesel

Under a landmark agreement announced yesterday, the three largest grocery chains in Southern California will buy 150 alternative-fuel big rigs to replace heavily polluting diesel trucks. The deal settles a […]

Growth Negligence

Halting the spread of new human settlements is the only way to save the world’s “biodiversity hotspots,” according to a new study published in the journal Nature. Nearly 20 percent […]

Everyone's Doing Their Mega-Bit

More than 20,000 people around the world are donating their spare computing power to aid a scientific experiment that is attempting to forecast the climate of the 21st century. The […]

Fishy Chips

Enviros are pushing for a moratorium on new chip mills in the Southeast, calling on Tennessee and other states to follow the lead of Missouri, which decided last week to […]