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Belgium Waffles on Nukes

A plan to gradually eliminate nuclear power in Belgium is threatening the nation’s fledgling government — an alliance between Liberal, Socialist, and Green parties — before it even takes office. […]

Yucky Truckies

Government regulators are planning to clamp down on diesel trucks, buses, and other vehicles, which make up only 2.5 percent of vehicles on the road but account for 26 percent […]

Stop Your Blubbering

Norway, which since 1986 has flouted an international ban on commercial whaling, has stockpiled about 500 tons of blubber from thousands of minke whales, which it hopes to someday sell […]

Hyperlinks Save Lynx

Last-minute gifts from technology millionaires and others throughout Washington state have helped raise enough money to spare a major wilderness area along the U.S.-Canadian border from logging. Donations of $3 […]

Wave Bye-Bye

If climate change continues unchecked, it could destroy the world’s great coral reefs within a century, according to a new report conducted by German and Australian marine scientists and released […]

Post-NATO Baby Care

Pancevo, Yugoslavia, a city 10 miles northeast of Belgrade, seems to have suffered the worst environmental damage from NATO’s bombing campaign. Doctors privately recommended that all women who were in […]

Pop, the Question

A U.N. conference on Friday agreed to a plan to curb world population growth, including controversial recommendations for sex education at all school levels, confidential contraceptive advice for teenagers, and […]

Greens See Red

A leader of Germany’s Green Party warned German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder yesterday that the Greens may desert his coalition if it does not honor a pledge to phase out nuclear […]

Orrin't You Angry about This?

Pres. Clinton plans to nominate as a federal judge a Utah Republican who is bitterly opposed by environmental groups, administration sources said last week. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), chair of […]

Bloomin' Hell!

In the worst fish kill in Maryland in more than a decade, at least 200,000 fish have died in the past week along two tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. Officials […]