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Oh, Fudge

EPA May Have Exaggerated Numbers on Safe Drinking Water The U.S. EPA may have fudged the numbers when it announced in a June report that “94 percent of the population served by community water systems were served by systems that met all health-based standards.” Internal EPA documents suggest that the true number may be markedly […]

Impaired Judgement

Judge Who Struck Down Roadless Rule May Have Ethics Conflict The federal judge who struck down the Clinton-era roadless rule last month may have violated ethics laws, according to two legal watchdog groups that filed a formal ethics complaint yesterday. The groups say the judge should have recused himself from hearing the case because he […]

Power to the Pueblo

Enviros Rejoice as Utility Drops Plan for Strip Mine in N.M. After a bitter 20-year fight, enviros and members of the Zuni Pueblo tribe had cause to celebrate yesterday, when an Arizona utility abandoned plans to build a large coal strip mine and railroad near a salt lake in western New Mexico that the Native […]

Send in the Marine Reserves

Marine Hotspots Could Be Key to Saving Endangered Ocean Species Rainforests and savannah watering holes have long been recognized as biodiversity “hotspots,” where a wide array of species live and interact. Now, scientists have pulled together compelling data pointing to the existence of marine hotspots as well — ocean locations where a large number of […]

Connaughton in the Act

Bush Environmental Advisor Plays Powerful Behind-the-Scenes Role He might just be the most powerful environmental player you’ve never heard of. James Connaughton, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, is credited with (or, in some circles, accused of) being the architect of the Bush administration’s environmental policy. In large part, his role consists […]

That’s Terror-bull

Rules Aimed at Curbing Funding for Terrorists Could Hurt Nonprofits Small environmental groups and other nonprofits around the globe could see important funding sources dry up as the U.S. government tries to stop the diversion of charitable funds to terrorist groups. The Treasury Department, which says crooked Islamic charities are major financiers of global terrorism, […]

Choke-a-cola?

Coke and Pepsi in India Reported to Contain High Pesticide Residues A dozen varieties of soft drinks sold by Coca-Cola and Pepsi in Delhi, India, contain “dangerously high” levels of pesticide residues, according to tests conducted by the Center for Science and Environment, a Delhi-based nonprofit. CSE accused the companies of drawing their source water […]

Anna Hewitt, Shelburne Farms

Anna Hewitt is an apprentice in the market garden at Shelburne Farms, a sustainable farm and nonprofit environmental education center in Vermont. Monday, 4 Aug 2003 SHELBURNE, Vt. I’m up early on a Monday morning. The sky is just beginning to get light when my alarm goes off. Today is a harvest day and the […]

Cow-a-bunga

Enviro Coalition Buys Out Large Grazing Permit in Wyoming A coalition of conservation groups has agreed to pay $250,000 to a Wyoming rancher to buy out her federal grazing permit, a deal that will keep cattle out of a 137-square-mile area that abuts Grand Teton National Park. The land is home to grizzly bears, wolves, […]

Tundra-struck

Warming Climate in Alaska Causes Headaches for Oil Companies In an ironic twist, oil companies operating on Alaska’s North Slope are finding their work impeded by a warming climate. The companies depend on long stretches of hard freeze during which they can haul heavy drilling equipment over tundra, but those cold periods are shrinking. In […]