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India Ick

Pollution in India is likely to rise to alarming levels by the middle of the century unless drastic steps are taken, according to a new study by the Tata Energy […]

You Scumbag! (And We Mean That As a Compliment)

Scientists say they have found a way to make pond scum power your car, though it may take another couple decades to perfect. Two teams of researchers have discovered how […]

Go Tell Aunt Road-y, the Old Lawsuit Is Dead

A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by Idaho that sought to derail the Clinton administration’s plan to protect some 50 million acres of roadless national forest land from […]

We'll Cross That Elevated Bridge When We Come to It

Americans may have to make serious changes to cope with global warming, including altering the way water is managed in the West, beefing up public health programs, and building higher […]

Men at Work

Australia is chopping down its forests faster than any other industrialized nation and has cleared about 2.5 million acres of trees in three years, the Australian Conservation Foundation said yesterday. […]

Farmageddon

Farmers in the U.S., Canada, and Argentina are expected to slash their plantings of genetically modified (GM) crops by 20 to 25 percent this year because of growing uncertainty in […]

Why Frogs Croak

After more than a decade of puzzling over what is killing off frog species around the world, scientists are now postulating that there is no one factor to blame but […]

Now We're Really Fed Up

The federal government is polluting the nation’s waterways at a record rate, violating the Clean Water Act six times as often as it did in 1993, and at a higher […]

Air and Space Museums

The Clinton administration is planning to protect up to 4 million acres of open space in the West by creating a new class of protected public lands, tentatively called national […]

Sher and Sher, I Like

In another sign that anti-dam sentiment is spreading across the U.S., a bill introduced in the California legislature yesterday would require the state to draw up a list of dams […]