Environment
Court Upholds Clean Air Act
The Supreme Court ruling on the most significant environmental case in years upholds the way the federal government sets clean-air standards.
Portland Area Emissions Rise 7 Percent
Portland was the first U.S. city to adopt a strategy in 1993 to reduce greenhouse gases. But emissions continue to rise.
Ohio's Dirty Secret: Brownfields
The Ohio EPA, has started to clean some of its brownfield sites, but the list of brownfield properties is no longer public.
Bishops Sound The Alarm For Environment
U.S. and Canadian bishops call for better stewardship of the environment of the vast Columbia River watershed.
Sprawl: Wildlife Enemy Number One
A new report finds that urban sprawl is the most dangerous threat to native animals and plants and their habitats.
Cleaner Air Or Better Classrooms?
Officials are considering a rule to take polluting school buses off the street, but opponents say it will only take more money from schools.
Wreckreation: Selling The Nation's Natural Resources
It's been called "wreakreation" and "ecotainment." How will it impact the nation's natural landscape?
The Limits Of Growth
Donella Meadows,the world-renowed environmentalist will be remembered for her seminal work 'The Limits to Growth' and her contributions to environmentalism.
Fed Approves Underwater Pipeline
A pipeline that would carry natural gas under the Gulf of Mexico from Alabama to the Tampa Bay area has won initial approval from a federal panel.
Clinton Land Designation Will Stand
President Bush won't revoke former President Clinton's designation of millions of acres as national monuments.
U.N. Global Warming Study Forecasts Crisis
U.N. report warns irreversible large-scale climate change will cause sever economic losses from natural catastrophes.
Preservation Lands Being Threatened
Increasingly government agencies are looking at state held land, often enviromentally senstive, for new projects.
French Fry Oil Used To Power A Mercedes
Looking for alternative energy sources, students at Humbolt State live on 4% of the average home's energy.
Environmental Extortion On CA Coast
In a move that conservationists say is a trap, Hearst Corp. says that it has a compromise to get its resort approved.
Are Truck Emissions The Real Enemy?
A debate over the danger of diesel emissions and what to do about them is raging between environmentalists and truckers.
From Dump To Wetlands In Jersey City
The National Geographic chronicles the conversion of a dump to a thriving wetlands just minutes from New York.
A Strategy For Conservation Success
The Missouri Department of Conservation explains its new strategic plan.
New Concept: Environmental Water
CALFED has begun a new program to acquire water for endangered species and hold it in reserve for when endangered species need it most.
Preserving California's Coastline
County officials and activists will lobby for millions in state conservation dollars to saving precious coastal wetlands.
Fern Fronds Ferret Out Toxins
Scientists discover a fern that soaks up arsenic from soils; it may have the potential clean up thousands of contaminated soils.
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