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99 and 44/100 Percent Bad

Elephant poaching is rampant in Africa despite a 10-year-old international ban on the ivory trade, Britain’s Environmental Investigation Agency announced on Sunday. Between April and December 1999, customs officers seized […]

Another Reason for Lobster Die-Offs

Betsy Taylor, Center for a New American Dream

Betsy Taylor is executive director of the Center for a New American Dream in Takoma Park, Md. Sunday, 16 Jan 2000 TAKOMA PARK, Md. This morning felt like winter. It […]

A Boy Named "Don't Sue"

It took a lawsuit to force Koch to clean up its act, but Texas Gov. George W. Bush (R) wouldn’t be interested in that sort of litigation as president. “I […]

My, What a Big Smile You Have

A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that some 300 transplanted Canadian gray wolves can remain in the northern Rockies, a decision hailed by enviros as a boon for species recovery […]

Temperatures in the 90s

Last year was the fifth hottest year ever recorded worldwide, and second hottest recorded in the U.S., despite a La Niña weather pattern that was supposed to cool off the […]

Slick Move, EPA

If climate change isn’t reason enough for you to want to give the boot to fossil fuels, take this: Koch Industries, one of the largest U.S. pipeline operators, has been […]

May We Take Your Order?

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) is drafting an executive order that would require the state government to conduct its business in an environmentally sustainable manner, another step forward in a […]

Star Fleet

Southern California air quality officials have proposed a controversial plan to gradually replace the 62,000 cars and trucks in government-owned fleets with state-of-the-art vehicles powered by electricity, natural gas, or […]

This Time We Really, Really Mean It — Really

A worldwide rise in Earth’s surface temperatures is “undoubtedly real” and appears to have sped up over the last 20 years, according to a major new report released yesterday by […]