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Cut the Crap

Congress could save taxpayers $50 billion by cutting environmentally harmful projects and subsidies, according to a report released yesterday by the Green Scissors coalition, which includes enviro and government watchdog […]

Wizards of Oslo

The Norwegian government announced yesterday that it is giving a 37 percent boost to funding for renewable energy projects, citing a large increase in the number of project proposals. Meanwhile, […]

Greens Against Genes

Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and other enviro and public interest groups are trekking to Montreal, Canada, planning to raise their voices against genetic engineering as U.N. talks on the […]

Slackers

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, following its usual pattern, recently missed two deadlines for deciding whether species should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, and enviros are taking […]

Bradley Nets a New Endorsement

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) on Wednesday endorsed Bill Bradley for the Democratic presidential nomination, accusing Al Gore and the Clinton administration of having “taken a hike” on restoring Northwest […]

Huge Tracts of Land

A number of U.S. enviro groups are pushing plans to preserve and restore vast stretches of land in an effort to combat the “islandization” of wildlife habitat, or the fragmentation […]

Gee, an Air Quality Website. Thanks a Lot, Britain.

Britain announced a new strategy yesterday to clean up its air, focusing on changes to the transportation sector such as encouraging the development of cleaner fuels and automotive technology. The […]

Searching for a Cod Peace

The fish wars heated up on the East Coast of the U.S. yesterday as the New England Fisheries Management Council angered the fishing community by voting to tighten fishing restrictions […]

French Against Frying

France unveiled a plan to fight global warming yesterday, with the aim of cutting its greenhouse gas emissions 10 percent from 1990 levels by 2010 to meet its goals under […]

The Rio World

Some 250,000 gallons of oil were spilled Tuesday into the waters off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the worst ecological disaster to hit the region in 25 years. The oil, which […]