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Smelly Smelter Smitten

The air quality in Cairo should get a big boost now that Egypt’s largest lead smelting company has agreed to abandon its Cairo facilities for a new factory with modern […]

World Bank Defangs Watchdog

The World Bank has stripped residents of developing nations of one way to protest environmental damage done by bank-funded dams and development projects. The bank’s executive board bowed to pressure […]

Slower Pussycat, Don't Kill! … Don't Kill!

Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep have been awarded emergency protection under the federal Endangered Species Act, a move that could lead to the shooting of mountain lions that prey on the […]

One Fish, Two Fish, I Can Eat You, Fish

The seafood industry has teamed up with the World Wildlife Fund to create a seal of approval and a certifying system for seafood caught from sustainable fisheries. The Marine Stewardship […]

River (of Grass) Phoenix

The wildfires raging through 160,000 acres in the Florida Everglades are part of a natural cycle and will help renourish the ecosystem, forestry officials say. Most animals have survived, and […]

A Warm Welcome to Generation Y

College students are getting riled up over climate change, pressuring their schools to divest of financial holdings in companies considered responsible for global warming. Student governments and investment advisory committees […]

Warm Globally, Wet Locally

In other climate change news, a new federal study has found that the U.S. has gotten markedly wetter during the last third of a century, and while the rest of […]

Goodbye, Iron Curtain. Hello, Uranium Dump.

Russian and U.S. officials are expressing interest in a deal with a private U.S. company that wants store foreign nuclear power-plant waste in Russia. The company’s plan is to raise […]

Read My Lips: Lots More Salmon

Environmental groups are banding together with taxpayer advocates to argue that removing four dams on the Snake River not only would make sense for salmon but could save taxpayers billions […]

Bright Lights, Big City, Dead Turtles

Bright lights from cars and homes near Daytona Beach, Fla., may have to be dimmed to protect endangered sea turtles, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday. The court refused to throw […]