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• Corporate boards go green. • California condors will go extinct unless lead bullets banned. • Big-box stores go for solar. • Chem industry tries to convince consumers that BPA is safe. • Villages won’t move for Sudanese dam. • Is there lead in your garden?

GM prepares to roll out Cadillac Escalade Hybrid

We’ve all been there: You want to go green, but you also want to keep rollin’ the streets in the biggest, blingiest vehicle possible. What’s an eco-minded luxury-SUV driver to do? Well, stress no more: The 2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid, billed as the first luxury hybrid SUV, will hit showrooms later this month. The hybrid […]

Bush admin tries sneaky attack on endangered-species protections

The Bush administration is trying to push through changes to the Endangered Species Act that would — surprise! — be detrimental to endangered species. Under regulatory changes proposed Monday, tens of thousands of projects funded, built, or authorized by federal agencies each year would be exempt from currently mandated independent reviews. Instead, the administration has […]

Cleanup funding inadequate for Bush-designated marine monument

Remember when President Bush designated the world’s largest protected marine area in Hawaii in 2006? Environmentalists cheered, fish clapped their fins, and Bush aides crossed “burnish green reputation” off the presidential to-do list — but the aftermath has been underwhelming. Tons of debris drift into the 140,000-square-mile Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument each year, posing a […]