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A Billion Air

In a deal with Florida state regulators, Tampa Electric Co. (TECO) yesterday agreed to spend $1 billion over 10 years to reduce pollution spewing from its smokestacks. The two parties […]

Roadless Hogs

Nearly 70 environmental groups yesterday petitioned the National Park Service to ban all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles, and snowmobiles in 23 parks where off-road vehicles (ORVs) are now allowed. The groups also […]

Oh, What a Feeling

For the first time in years, the U.S. auto industry is beginning to pay attention to the price of gas. A 31 percent jump in gas prices this year, to […]

Truck Stopped

A federal judge yesterday temporarily blocked the Energy Department from trucking plutonium fuel across Michigan to Canadian nuclear reactors, ruling that the DOE needs to conduct a more comprehensive environmental […]

Smart Is As Smart Does

All that talk of “smart growth” aside, the rate at which the nation’s privately held farmland, forests, and wetlands are being lost to development has more than doubled since 1992, […]

One Foot on the Gas, the Other Foot on the Brake

Hold the confetti. It’s true that Ford Motor Co. has withdrawn from the Global Climate Coalition, an industry group that vigorously opposes mandatory measures to control greenhouse gas emissions. In […]

Even a Luna-tic Knows When to Come in From the Cold

Brrr, it’s getting cold outside. And Julia Butterfly, the 25-year-old who’s been stationed for two years in a redwood slated for logging by the Pacific Lumber Co., is hinting that […]

The (States') Right Stuff

The Supreme Court today is hearing oral arguments about a Washington state law regulating oil tankers that imposes safety and environmental guidelines more stringent than federal ones. Intertanko, an organization […]

Wear Have You Been All My Life?

You don’t have to run ads with waifs in underwear to win industry recognition! Patagonia this week is receiving a prestigious apparel industry award for its work in environmental activism, […]

Dealing a Wild Car

In a blow to companies that deny the seriousness of climate change, Ford Motor Co. has ended its association with the Global Climate Coalition, an industry group that vigorously opposes […]