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• Mud volcano caused by drilling. • California sues Whole Foods over carcinogen in soap. • Skyscraper on World Trade Center site will be partially powered by fuel cells. • […]

Give to Grist and make my face go away

I would hereby like to formally apologize to all Grist readers for looming over their browsers today like some sort of dystopic Ziggy. It’s part of our ongoing fundraiser — […]

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• Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” could be largest on record. • Toronto cyclists form first-of-its-kind union. • Melting Arctic could spur warmer temperatures inland. • Hybrid batteries in short […]

Japan sets emissions-reduction goal for 2050 but not sooner

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda announced Monday that Japan will aim to cut greenhouse-gas emissions between 60 and 80 percent by 2050, but did not give in to strong pressure […]

Former French prez launches foundation to preserve biodiversity

Former French President Jacques Chirac has launched a foundation aimed at preserving cultural and natural diversity that humans seem intent upon obliterating. The Chirac Foundation will provide funds to improve […]

Green groups sue feds to protect polar bears from oil-drilling effects

Two green groups are suing the Interior Department over its refusal to limit the impacts of drilling on polar bears, which were listed as threatened last month. The Bush administration […]

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• G8 nations vow to cut oil use. • Churchgoers grow less enamored with environmental regulation. • Farting livestock stymie New Zealand’s goal to be carbon neutral. • U.K. tries […]

E.U. has trash problem; Hamburg has trash solution

The European Union is running out of landfill space and faces a looming trash problem. All member nations have been directed to reduce landfill-bound trash 35 percent of 1995 levels […]

NPS considers returning half of Badlands National Park to Oglala Sioux

The National Park Service is considering returning the southern half of Badlands National Park in South Dakota to the Oglala Sioux tribe. Under the proposal, the northern half would remain […]

High oil prices affecting consumer goods, nearly everything else too

Oil prices surged $11 on Friday, hitting a new record high of $138.54 a barrel. Over the weekend the average price of regular unleaded gasoline around the U.S. also surged […]