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Go with the Flow

After decades of disputes, eight states and 30 Indian tribes along the Missouri River have agreed on a compromise plan to share the river’s flow. The plan would, among other […]

De-beige-ing China

In an effort to clear Beijing’s thick smog before the 50th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China next month, the city plans to shut down furnaces, outlaw bonfires, and […]

Grow with the Flow

A state commission in Arizona yesterday backed a change to the state’s constitution that would let the state set aside some of its trust land for conservation instead of selling […]

Hondurans Flushed over Sewage Problems

Honduras is urgently seeking $220 million in aid to repair its sewage system and stop the open flow of human waste through the streets of its capital Tegucigalpa. The city’s […]

More Problems Unvailed

The Vail ski resort in Colorado is in environmental hot water again and could get slapped with millions of dollars in fines for building a temporary dirt road that is […]

Can't See the Forest for the Buildings

Many urban areas across the U.S. have lost about one-third of their trees in the last 25 years, in large part because of suburban sprawl and development, according to a […]

Ambushed

A lawsuit filed yesterday accuses GOP presidential front-runner George W. Bush of trampling the free-speech rights of environmentalists who protested in front of the Texas governor’s mansion. The enviros, who […]

Well Hello, Dalai

The World Bank said yesterday that it will launch a full investigation into a controversial Chinese project that would resettle some 58,000 poor farmers onto environmentally sensitive land in a […]

This Little Carbon Went to Market

The Sydney Futures Exchange is setting up a market in Australia in carbon sequestration credits, or units of carbon dioxide that have been absorbed by trees. Industries will be able […]

A River Runs Sioux It

The EPA yesterday settled a lawsuit and agreed to study why children have taken ill after playing in a river that runs through a South Dakota Indian reservation. The Oglala […]