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Hungary to Join EU? Czech Your Laws, Polish Your Record

The six countries next in line to join the European Union are likely to run up against serious problems as they try to comply with EU environmental laws, possibly delaying […]

Rising Sunshine

Japan adopted its first freedom of information law last week, giving citizens the right to request information on everything from how the government evaluates environmental hazards to how it spends […]

Mayonnaise on Rye, Hold the Tuna

Citing mercury levels found in canned tuna, a coalition of environmental and health care groups is urging that pregnant women avoid eating canned tuna and that preschool kids eat no […]

Protestors Blubber Over Hunt

The Makah Indians had an unsuccessful day of whale hunting off the coast of Washington yesterday, the tribe’s first hunt in more than 70 years. The Makah expect to harpoon […]

Seine Thoughts on Nukes

Cracks are beginning to show in France’s strong base of support for nuclear energy. For the first time, politicians, including Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, are talking about cutting back on […]

Watt's Up with Clinton?

The Clinton administration is likely to nominate as a federal judge a Utah conservative whom environmentalists have compared to James Watt. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who chairs the Senate Judiciary […]

Borderline Psychosis

The U.S. and Mexico will need better land-use planning along their border over the next 20 years to avoid a host of serious environmental ills, according to a new report […]

Caspar, the Friendly Town

The 300-some residents of Caspar, an unincorporated village in northern California, have drawn up detailed plans for a model sustainable community that would run largely on solar power and include […]

Top Secret: You Could Die

The Clinton administration proposed a bill Friday that would let Americans living near dangerous chemicals know the casualty estimates for a worst-case accident in their region, while attempting to keep […]

Going, Going … Gabon

Even as gorillas and chimpanzees in Central Africa are being wiped out by hunters, scientists are sounding the alarm that the animals need to be saved because they may be […]