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The Coroner Ruled It a Mass Suicide

Pollution may have caused the deaths of up to 50,000 flamingos on Kenya’s Lake Bogoria, which has the biggest concentration of flamingos in the world, conservationists say. Gideon Motelin of Kenya’s Egerton University conducted tests on some of the corpses littering the shores of the lake and found that they contained nine or 10 heavy […]

Will this odd bird be the passenger pigeon of the 21st century?

Conservationists have long been known for their staunch defense of cuddly and charismatic megafauna, and in recent years for their spirited battles on behalf of lowly, unseen creatures and enigmatic microflora. Now they’re going to bat for a species that doesn’t fit neatly into either of those camps and might best be described as, well, […]

Amelie Van Den Bos, Global Village of Beijing

Amelie Van Den Bos is program coordinator for Global Village of Beijing (GVB), and she is helping to organize Earth Day 2000 in China. Monday, 28 Feb 2000 BEIJING, China This week Global Village of Beijing (GVB) is fortunate to have Denis Hayes, chairman of the Earth Day Network, as a guest. GVB is a […]

Bradley Throws the Book at Gore

Democratic presidential contender Bill Bradley on Friday told Seattle residents that he would take on the “lords of yesterday,” the timber, agribusiness, and water industries that he said threaten the ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest. Stumping in Washington state in recent days in hopes of winning the state’s primary tomorrow, Bradley has repeatedly emphasized his […]

Zed, last of his species, in "Over the Watercooler"

Sigh-anide

Concern about cyanide pollution is sprouting up in spots around the world in the wake of a massive spill at a Romanian gold-mining operation last month that killed hundreds of tons of fish in the Tisza and Danube rivers and contaminated the drinking water source for 2 million people. Chinese authorities have shut down nine […]

Let's Make This Gas Ex

The controversial gasoline additive MTBE can cause headaches, fatigue, and eye irritation in some people, according to a study released Friday by Rutgers University researchers. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) cited the study in calling for a three-year phaseout of MTBE, which is added to gasoline to make it burn more cleanly but has been blamed […]

Roll Over, Colombia, Roll Over

Colombia’s rainforests and wildlife are becoming victims of the war over drugs. Since the mid-1990s, tens of thousands of acres of virgin rainforest deep in the Amazon have been chopped down to clear land for the planting of coca and opium poppies, the sources of cocaine and heroin. Additional ecological problems are caused when the […]

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

More than 70 tree species used to make popular musical instruments are at risk of going extinct, according the conservation group Fauna and Flora International, which has launched a new program to help preserve the trees. Species in trouble include the African blackwood, used for making clarinets and oboes; Brazil’s pau brasil, used to make […]

If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em

In a dramatic turnaround, British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday acknowledged what most people in his country have long believed: that genetically modified crops may pose risks to human and environmental health. “There is no doubt that there is potential for harm, both in terms of human safety and in the diversity of our […]