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Musseling In

Ecologists are getting a lesson in the dangers of exotic species as they watch the havoc being wreaked on New York’s Hudson River by the zebra mussel, a native of […]

40 Acres and a Stubborn Mule Named Lloyd

Environmentalists praised a Supreme Court decision yesterday to let stand a ruling that makes it more difficult for landowners to get compensated when government regulations prevent them from developing their […]

Halt! U'wa Goes There!

A Colombian court last week ordered Occidental Petroleum Corp. to halt temporarily all work on a large oil drilling project in a rainforest area that the native U’wa tribe claims […]

Magic Beans

Coffee roasters and importers met with environmentalists and other groups last week and agreed to develop a labeling system for Mexican coffee that would assure consumers that the beans have […]

All the Dams That Are Fit to Breach

An editorial in yesterday’s New York Times urged the federal government to protect threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead species by breaching four dams on the lower Snake River in […]

Jacqui Hellyer, Sydney Olympics

Jacqui Hellyer is manager of environmental communications for the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG). Monday, 3 Apr 2000 SYDNEY, Australia Well I’ve started the week on a […]

King of the World Meets Leader of the Free World

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio interviewed President Clinton on the topic of global warming Friday, for an Earth Day special that will air on April 22 on ABC. Clinton discussed his policy […]

GM-y Cracked Corn

American farmers are expected to plant 24 percent less genetically modified (GM) corn this year than they did last year, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture study released on […]

Brown Nosing

Presidential hopeful George W. Bush today will unveil a plan for cleaning and redeveloping brownfields, or polluted industrial sites, as part of an effort to give himself a greener tint […]

Tanzanian Devils

Environmentalists in Tanzania are mounting a campaign to rid the country of huge stockpiles of pesticides and other toxic leftovers, which officials say pose serious threats to citizens. Tanzania has […]