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Hey, What's 26 Million Cars Between Friends?

In what’s being billed as one of the biggest enforcement actions in U.S. history, the federal government yesterday sued seven big electric companies in the Midwest and the South, accusing […]

Australian for "Dirty"

Australia has bumped the U.S. out of the way and assumed the dubious distinction of the world’s worst per capita greenhouse gas polluter, according to an analysis of U.N. statistics […]

California Screamin' … On Such a Winter's Day

California is likely to be hit hard by global warming in the coming century, according to a new study by scientists in the state. The study, sponsored by the Ecological […]

Feds Make No Dam Cents

A federal study of the economic impact of breaching four dams on the lower Snake River in Washington state overestimated potential negative effects and underestimated the positive, according to a […]

The Dirt on Pesticides

4.1 billion pounds of pesticides are used throughout the world each year 30 times more pesticides are used today than were used in 1945 30 percent of insecticides are believed […]

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish — That's All

Tighter fishing limits are needed in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank fishing grounds in New England on everything from cod to winter flounder to meet new conservation goals […]

U.S. Department of Frankenculture

The U.S. Department of Agriculture frequently approves the use of new genetically engineered crops based on unsupported claims and shoddy studies by seed companies, say many scientists who have studied […]

A Tarriffying Story

A new White House study argues that logging around the world would increase by no more than 0.5 percent if the World Trade Organization liberalized global trade in forest products, […]

Bonn Fire

Emissions of carbon dioxide, the primary cause of climate change, would be cut by 4.6 percent if eight major developing nations scrapped their energy subsidies, according to a report released […]

Mr. Smith Stays in Washington

In a move that worries enviros, Sen. Bob Smith, a New Hampshire conservative who recently bolted the GOP, then rejoined it on Monday, was elected yesterday by Senate Republicans to […]