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Melting of South American Glaciers Leads to Sea-Level Rise Glaciers in the Patagonia region of southern Argentina and Chile are melting so fast that they are leading to a tiny but notable rise in sea level, U.S. scientists report in the latest issue of the journal Science. The glaciers are melting twice as quickly as […]

Swing, Voter Voter Voter

Former Clinton Officials Gear Up to Fight Bush on Environment A group of prominent ex-Clintonites — including former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and former EPA Administrator Carol Browner — are teaming up with enviros to raise money for a campaign that will bash Bush’s environmental record in swing states. The Environment 2004 effort (clever name, […]

Hey There, Tiger

ExxonMobil Contemplates Cleaning up Its Act It’s tough to think of a company with a worse reputation among environmentalists than ExxonMobil — so it comes as a pleasant surprise that the world’s largest oil and gas company may be preparing to change its tune. Historically, ExxonMobil has dismissed the importance and viability of renewable energy […]

A Chile Reception

Canadian Mining Company Halts Project in Patagonia Few places in the world are more synonymous with remote, rugged, and untouched natural splendor than Patagonia, so it was with relief that environmentalists learned that they had triumphed over a proposed mining project in southernmost South America — at least for the moment. For more than a […]

Navy Gravy

U.S. Navy Agrees to Reduce Use of Sonar System Linked to Whale Deaths In a sweet but possibly temporary victory for environmentalists, the U.S. Navy has agreed to dramatically decrease its use of a low-frequency sonar system that has been associated with the deaths of whales and other marine mammals. A court agreement announced yesterday […]

City Sickers

City Dwellers in Asia Face Rising Tide of Pollution-Related Illnesses Residents of urban areas throughout Asia will suffer from a broad range of serious health problems unless environmental conditions improve in a hurry, according to the World Health Organization. About 1.5 million Asians die every year from diseases related to air pollution, and many more […]

Gulf Clubbed

Gulf of Mexico Beset by a Bevy of Environmental Ills The Gulf of Mexico is in deep trouble, reports the Naples Daily News in an extensive 15-part series. Named last year by the U.S. EPA as the dirtiest coastal body of water in the U.S., the gulf takes a beating from leaking hog-waste lagoons, fertilizer […]

On Thin Ice

Sierra Nevada Glaciers Are Shrinking Glaciers that have topped California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains for the past 1,000 years are shrinking markedly and even vanishing altogether, according to research by scientists from Portland State University and the U.S. Geological Survey. Seven Sierra Nevada glaciers that were surveyed over the summer are smaller than they were a […]

Conan the Solarian

Schwarzenegger’s Environmental Policies Look Good — for Now Whether you’re gleeful, woeful, incredulous, or inconsolable about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s successful bid for the governorship of California, your inner environmentalist may have reason to take heart. What with championing solar energy, calling for green building design, promoting air and water quality, opposing further logging in the Sierras, […]

You Can’t Hide, You’re Hybridized

Hybridization Between GM and Non-GM Plants Inevitable, Study Finds Confirming the fears of opponents of genetic modification, cross pollination between modified and wild plants cannot be prevented and could lead to the creation of hybrid “superweeds,” according to Britain’s first national study of how genes pass from crops to weeds. The findings differ from earlier […]