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Jaguars and Pumas and Tapirs, Goodbye?

Mobil has discovered a natural gas reserve in a pristine, biologically rich tropical forest in Peru, and the company has until February to do more exploration and analysis and decide […]

Polotix is Best When It's One-on-One

Al Gore, acknowledging that he has serious competition for the Democratic presidential nomination, said yesterday that he wants to debate Bill Bradley on environmental issues, among other topics. Most mainstream […]

Why's Youse Guys So Mad?

Violence and threats against federal employees who manage land in the West are on the rise, with nearly 100 incidents taking place in 1998, according to Public Employees for Environmental […]

Ebony Days for Ivory

Vietnam’s wild elephant population faces certain extinction unless action is taken to protect the animals, according to a study released yesterday by Fauna and Flora International, a British conservation group. […]

Banging Heads Over Hard Rock

Environmental regulations governing hard-rock mining on federal lands are applied unevenly and without necessary expertise, the National Research Council said yesterday in a long-awaited report. A committee of the council […]

Fish Don't Fry in the Kitchen, But Beans Do Burn in Brazil

Brazil’s southernmost state yesterday launched a big publicity push to keep farmers from illegally planting genetically modified soybean seeds smuggled in from neighboring Argentina. A black market is growing for […]

Is McCain Able?

GOP presidential contender John McCain yesterday called for cutting federal subsidies for oil, gas, ethanol, and sugar and using the money to fund a school voucher program. A major theme […]

If Not for the Courage of the Fearless Judge, the Minnow Would Be Lost

Enviros have won a big court case that could lead to the protection of more than 200 miles of streams in Arizona and New Mexico from mining, grazing, and development. […]

Motor Mouths

Federal regulators should crack down on pollution from power plants and factories and not put so much of the burden on cars, says AAA, the motorists’ advocacy group. The group […]

Label Pains

The U.S. is considering requiring that genetically modified foods be labeled as such, but no decision has been reached, a U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesperson said this week. Some reports […]