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Bank Robbery?

The World Bank overruled U.S. objections yesterday when it approved a loan to China that includes $40 million for resettling 58,000 poor Chinese farmers onto fertile lands historically inhabited by […]

Read My Lips: Yes, No, Maybe

EPA Administrator Carol Browner has decided not to vie for an open Senate seat in her native Florida. Maybe. See what you make of this statement by EPA spokesperson Kim […]

It's a Drought, It's a Flood … It's Superdisaster

The rising number of natural disasters brought on by climate change is seriously threatening developing countries, and more “superdisasters” are in the works as the world’s poor concentrate in ever […]

A Lung Time Coming

Nine Latin American cities, which together are home to some 68 million people, yesterday called for a regional alliance to fight smog. The cities’ senior environmental officials signed a declaration […]

Whodunnit? Wedunnit

Humans produced most of the gases that have eroded the Earth’s ozone layer, according to a study published in today’s issue of the journal Nature. A team of scientists from […]

Clouding, the Issue

High-altitude clouds of ice crystals were spotted on Tuesday by scientists in Colorado and Utah, the farthest south such clouds have ever been seen in the Northern Hemisphere, suggesting that […]

Don't Let Them Eat This Cake

France yesterday called for the sales of all new genetically modified foods to be suspended in the European Union until they are clearly labeled, but EU officials said it’s unlikely […]

Pilot Crashes into Senate

Republican Senate leaders yesterday accused the Clinton administration of violating a congressional ban against carrying out the Kyoto climate change treaty by planning a pilot program with Russia to jointly […]

Removing Heavy Metal from the Radio

The European Union is weighing a proposal that would require electronics makers to take responsibility for their products once their useful lives are over, with the intent of encouraging companies […]

Virginia Slim on Pollution Controls

Environmentalists have won a court order forcing the federal government to act more aggressively to protect Virginia waterways from pollution. A federal judge ruled that Virginia officials have been lax […]