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The PricewaterhouseCoopers is Right
PricewaterhouseCoopers sees big bucks ahead in climate change. The financial consulting company has joined forces with EcoSecurities, a specialist in greenhouse gas mitigation, to develop financial advisory services to help […]
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Wyoming Jones and the Incinerator of Doom
Grassroots activism is infecting the well-to-do in Jackson Hole, Wyo., where rich and poor alike are rallying against a proposed federal nuclear waste incinerator in nearby Idaho. While many citizen […]
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No Island Is an Island
Several dozen small island nations, which have banded together to raise awareness about their plight as climate change threatens their futures with rising seas and increasingly violent weather, will get […]
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Razing Arizona
Fourteen months before voters head to the polls, a brawl is already brewing in Arizona over proposed ballot initiatives that aim to deal with sprawl. The Sierra Club is sponsoring […]
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Meanwhile, Kansas Wants a National Adam-and-Eve Day
An unusual coalition of environmentalists, big business, labor organizations, and consumer advocacy groups is banding together against proposed legislation that would make it harder for the federal government to preempt […]
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Stop POPs Before We Drop
Talks began yesterday in Geneva on a global treaty to control or ban 12 toxic chemicals known as “the dirty dozen,” including DDT, dioxin, and PCBs. Enviros are pressing negotiators […]
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Once More into the Breach
Federal officials are considering delaying a recommendation on whether or not to breach four dams on the lower Snake River to help save salmon. Some breaching advocates are saying the […]
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How About Genetically Modified French Waiters?
French Pres. Jacques Chirac said yesterday that France will stand firm in its opposition to genetically modified foods at the ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization, to be held […]
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Norwaves
Norway’s state oil company, Statoil, is considering a massive project that would convert unwanted offshore oil platforms into pollution-free power plants that derive electricity from the movement of ocean waves. […]
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Super, Market to the World!
In a blow to proponents of biotechnology, Archer-Daniels-Midland, one of the largest grain processors in the U.S., is telling its corn and soybean suppliers to begin segregating genetically modified crops […]
