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Howard’s Beginning

Howard Dean Calls for Renewables, Fuel Efficiency, Global Cooperation Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean delivered the first major environmental speech of his campaign in San Francisco yesterday, calling for increased use of renewable resources, better fuel efficiency, and the elevation of the U.S. EPA to a cabinet-level agency. Specifically, Dean said that as president, he […]

Pigs in Open Space

Developers Preserve Open Spaces to Lure Clients and Please Regulators Multimillion-dollar houses, spas, golf courses, tennis courts, open space — sounds like the old Sesame Street game of “one of these things is not like the others.” But it turns out that untrammeled wilderness is one of the hottest new amenities people look for in […]

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and husband Brad Hall discuss their eco-friendly hideaway

Long before they joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live,” before she played Elaine on “Seinfeld” and he became a writer/producer for shows ranging from “The Single Guy” to “Frasier,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus and husband Brad Hall were devout environmentalists. Now they are key players in Hollywood’s green vanguard. Over the past decade she has been […]

4 X 4 X 10 Mpg

Popularity of Pickup Trucks Spreads Beyond Farms Once upon a time, the humble pickup truck was the vehicle of choice for hard-working, down-home, country-music kind of guys. These days, the pickup, in ever swankier incarnations, is coveted by a far broader audience, from stockbrokers to soccer moms — a trend that has sobering implications for […]

Their Own Private Park Service

Former Interior Secretaries Excoriate Plan to Privatize Park Service “Radical,” “reckless,” “hellbent” — those were some of the words Bruce Babbitt and Stewart Udall used to describe the Bush administration’s plan to privatize much of the National Park Service. Prior to this week, the two former secretaries of the Interior Department — both of them […]

The Sahara Club

Global Climate Change Heats Up Africa It’s the cruelest of ironies: Africa, the continent that contributes the least to global climate change, is suffering the most from its effects, according to a study conducted by scientists at Great Britain’s Hadley Center, one of the world’s leading facilities for climate-change research. And here’s another irony: Part […]

The Fine Line

British Polluters Undeterred by Penalties Some of the biggest and best known companies in the United Kingdom are also some of its worst polluters — but neither financial penalties nor shame seem able to keep them in line, according to the Environment Agency’s fifth annual Spotlight report on the environmental violations of companies in England […]

It Was the Salmon Mousse

Farmed Salmon Found to Contain PCBs Okay, so you’ve read the latest word on mercury in tuna and changed your diet accordingly. But wait! We’re sorry to report that you might have to alter your fish intake yet again, in light of new findings that farm-raised salmon contain high levels of PCBs. In a study […]

The Story of O

Ozone Hole Reaches Turning Point, Scientists Say For the first time, scientists have found evidence that worldwide efforts to halt the destruction of the ozone layer are working. Although the protective atmospheric layer has not begun repairing itself, the rate of its destruction has slowed considerably, presumably thanks to the global phase-out of ozone-destroying chemicals […]

Glowing Recommendation

Report Favors Nuclear Power to Cut CO2 Emissions Pick your poison: nuclear power or global climate change? Former CIA Director John Deutch and former Undersecretary of Energy Ernest Moniz came out in favor of the former yesterday, with the release of a report they spearheaded that found that increasing global nuclear power production would reduce […]