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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

Bombard Deer?

Lockheed Martin plans to do its part to help curb global warming by bombing the earth with saplings. The company will convert warplanes, initially developed to drop landmines, and use […]

Sea Sick

Marine life is increasingly threatened by diseases, in part because of climate change and pollution, according to research published in the journal Science. Pollution from chemicals like organochlorides can weaken […]