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Tapiring Off

Illegal logging is threatening Honduras’s Platano River Biosphere Reserve and other tropical forests that are integral parts of a biological corridor that winds through Central America from Mexico to Panama. […]

Fine Then, We Quit Too

Enviros are rejoicing after General Motors announced yesterday that it is quitting the Global Climate Coalition, an industry lobbying group that has denied the reality of climate change and fought […]

Sunshine on My Shareholder Makes Me Happy

Greenpeace said yesterday that it has purchased $241,000 of stock in the Royal Dutch/Shell oil company in an effort to pressure the company to build a huge solar panel production […]

Sulfuring Succotash!

In a controversial move, the EPA has decided to sharply reduce the level of sulfur allowed in diesel fuel, calling diesel emissions a serious health hazard. The agency’s announcement came […]

Muir Power to 'Em

A fierce ideological struggle within the Sierra Club is pitting moderates against radicals and polarizing some chapters of the group. For decades, the Sierra Club has been guided by moderate […]

Gray Matter

Logging trucks circled Sacramento streets yesterday to protest new, stricter timber rules proposed by California Gov. Gray Davis’s (D) administration, while Earth First! activists were arrested for protesting that the […]

More Powell to 'Em

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered yesterday near Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona at dueling rallies on the issue of whether to drain Lake Powell. Enviros, including the Glen Canyon Action Network, […]

Water, Water Everywhere, and Lots of Drops Do Stink

One billion people do not have access to safe water and 2 billion lack proper sanitation, according to a new report by the World Commission on Water for the 21st […]

Yakkity Yak — Yaku Talks Back

The small Japanese town of Yaku passed a resolution yesterday banning the construction of nuclear waste storage facilities within its borders, the latest sign of a growing grassroots movement against […]

Lynx 'N' Logs

A dozen environmental groups sued the U.S. government yesterday for failing to meet a deadline to protect the Canada lynx under the Endangered Species Act. The enviros accused the feds […]