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A Man, a Plan, a Canal, a Liar?

Al Gore claimed yesterday that he was the person who had first drawn attention to the contamination at Love Canal, after receiving a letter from a worried high school student […]

Come, Sea the Turtles

The Surinamese Foundation for Nature Preservation (STINASU) has hatched a plan that is giving indigenous people a reason to protect endangered leatherback turtles. More than half of the world’s population […]

Waiting with Rebated Breath

Maine residents who buy low-polluting, high-mileage cars would be eligible for rebates of up to $3,000 under a bill that will go before the state legislature in January. And under […]

Biting the Hand that Feeds Them

Several officials in the Food and Drug Administration have disagreed with the agency’s conclusion that genetically modified foods should be regulated the same way as conventional foods and accused the […]

Wood Finnishing

Sustainable logging can prove more profitable than traditional logging, according to two reports released by the World Wildlife Fund. One report compares the performance of four Swedish forestry companies that […]

Protesters make themselves heard in Seattle

SEATTLE, Wash. The metaphor is irresistible. Between 8 and 10 this morning in downtown Seattle, the protesters owned the streets. Later in the day, they vied with police, back and […]

Dead in the Water

Scientists fear that an ecological disaster may be unfolding off the coast of North Carolina, following in the wake of Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd, which dumped some three feet of […]

God Help Us

A coalition of loggers in Minnesota is pursuing a novel legal strategy to open up national forests for timber cutting, claiming in a lawsuit filed last month that the U.S. […]

A Model Environmentalist

In the top news of the presidential race, ex-supermodel Christie Brinkley has thrown her support behind Al Gore, saying his “leadership on environmental issues has been inspirational.” Also, the Sierra […]

Brothers Grim

Enviros blasted Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) yesterday for his appointments to a new state Everglades commission, saying the panel is tilted heavily toward farm and development interests. The commission […]