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Help Me, I'm Melting
In another sign that global warming is likely upon us, a study of ice cores from deep inside a glacier suggests that the last century has been the warmest in 1,000 years in the high Himalayan mountains, with the last decade found to be the hottest period of all. The study, published today in the […]
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Try Not to Breathe
Calling for the creation of an international database on air pollution and its health effects, the World Health Organization said this week that the people most at risk from air pollution don’t live in the industrial world but in developing countries. As many as 1 billion people around the world are exposed regularly to pollution […]
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The Cisco Kid Was No Friend of Mine
Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader lambasted Cisco Systems Inc. yesterday over its plans to construct a $1.3 billion campus on one of the last open spaces in California’s Silicon Valley, saying it would contribute to pollution, traffic congestion, and sprawl. Nader, who owns more than $1.1 million in Cisco stock, called on Cisco shareholders […]
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Due for a Shell-acking
A U.S. court of appeals ruled yesterday that a lawsuit accusing Royal Dutch/Shell of assisting in the torture and murder of Nigerian environmental activists can be heard in the U.S., rather than in England. The plaintiffs, including at least one resident of the U.S., contend that the Shell division based in Nigeria took land for […]
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A Campaign Stuck in Park?
Standing on a scenic cattle ranch in the battleground state of Washington yesterday, GOP presidential nominee George W. Bush pledged that he would increase funding for national parks by $3.75 billion over the next five years so that the parks could tackle a major maintenance backlog. “A Clinton-Gore administration has chosen to expand the public […]
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In the Navy, You Can't Put Your Mind at Ease
Forty-one environmental groups banded together yesterday to criticize an effort by the U.S. Navy to exempt two military bases in California from provisions of the Endangered Species Act. Navy officials say they need the exemptions for national security reasons and claim they will implement their own species-protection efforts. In a formal letter to the U.S. […]
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That's Hard Corps
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has the conflicting responsibilities of protecting the country’s wetlands and developing taxpayer-funded water projects, often justifies such projects with questionable technical studies and proceeds with them despite significant environmental costs, concludes the Washington Post in an exhaustive five-day series on the agency. Because of its past record and […]
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A Worm Welcome for Olympic Athletes
The Olympic Games about to kick off in Sydney will be the greenest ever. Many of the facilities are solar-powered, a water-recycling system is in place, the torch is energy-efficient, the plates and eating utensils are biodegradable, and 80 percent of the waste generated during the games is expected to be recycled or composted by […]
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Great, Britain!
Sales of organic food in Britain could increase tenfold within the next 10 years, from 1 percent of all food eaten in the country to 10 percent, Carlo Leifert, director of the Organic Support Centre at Aberdeen University, said yesterday. His prediction comes as British supermarkets are starting a price war aimed at lowering the […]
