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Red Rain Is Coming Down

China is urging cities to shut down old coal-fired power plants, factories, and unlicensed coal mines to cut emissions of sulfur dioxide, which cause acid rain to fall on 40 […]

Micro-Softie

Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen yesterday donated $3.4 million to protect 25,000 acres of the Loomis State Forest in northern Washington state. In July, enviros raised $13.1 million to buy the […]

Norm!!!

The feds are expected to purchase two dams on the Elwha River on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state and begin planning how to demolish at least one of them, […]

Thirty-three

• percent by which energy-efficient windows can cut cooling and heating bills • percentage of the world’s population living in countries experiencing moderate to high water stress • percentage of […]

I Am the Triax, I Speak for the Cars

General Motors is taking a step forward in the race to produce green cars with an announcement today that it has developed a new concept vehicle, called the Triax, that […]

Hot Under the Cholera

The Yamuna river, the largest tributary of India’s holiest river, the Ganges, is so severely polluted that it brings death rather than life to the people along its banks, breeding […]

Pellets Palliate Pullet Pollution

Purdue Farms, the largest operator in the poultry belt in Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia, says it has an innovative new plan for dealing with the […]

Owl in a Day's Work

Arizona has put the brakes on 53 planned state highway projects — nearly a billion dollars worth — because of a court order to protect the habitat of the endangered […]

Don't Follow This Leader

While governments in Europe and Japan are considering far-reaching proposals to comply with the Kyoto climate change treaty, including raising taxes and promoting emissions-trading systems, strong treaty opposition in the […]

John Hoskinson, Surfrider Foundation

John Hoskinson is the communications director for the Surfrider Foundation. Monday, 18 Oct 1999 SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. Dear Diary: Today I got a pimple … YUCK! And Jenny Pitrizoni pulled […]