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Gorillas in the Midst (of War)
The five-year-old war in Congo is taking a heavy toll on the nation’s wildlife. Officials in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park talk of “animal genocide” and estimate that about 100 of […]
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They'll Finnish the Report Annan
The head of a U.N. team investigating environmental damage in Yugoslavia said yesterday that the team has found no evidence that NATO bombing caused major ecological catastrophes. But Pekka Haavisto, […]
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Riders Knocked Out of Their Saddles
Senate Democrats knocked four anti-environmental provisions out of an Interior Department spending bill yesterday, including riders that would have blocked new energy-efficiency rules for federal agencies and permitted lead mining […]
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Carbon Sinking
Worldwide emissions of carbon from the burning of fossil fuels fell by 0.5 percent last year, the first drop since 1993, according to new estimates from the Worldwatch Institute. This […]
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Boyz 'n the Oxygen Hood
Children in poor, predominantly minority neighborhoods in New York City are as much as 21 times more likely than children from affluent parts of the city to be hospitalized for […]
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Frown and Bear It
Wild bear populations around the world are seriously threatened by poaching, pollution, and disappearing forests, according to a World Wildlife Fund report released yesterday. In Russia, home of the world’s […]
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Seedy ROM
In a project likely to revolutionize the study of biology and have important impacts on international environmental policy, a group of nations this month began setting up a database where […]
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I Don't Want My MTBE
An expert panel convened by the EPA plans today to recommend a substantial reduction in the use of MTBE, an additive that makes gasoline burn more cleanly, because MTBE poses […]
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Gdansk You Very Much
Poland could get up to $213 million annually until 2007 from the European Union to clean up its environment, with the funds going primarily to combating air pollution and improving […]
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What Have They Been Smoking?
Environmentalists are up in arms over a proposal by Florida drug enforcement officials to wipe out marijuana plants with a bioherbicide, a soil-borne fungus. The state Agriculture and Environmental Protection […]
