Exelon's nuclear power plant in Byron, Illinois. Only ten of 18 nations surveyed by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) last year have disposal options for low-level nuclear waste and none has options for all classes of such waste.
(Photo: Scott Olson / Getty Images)

Dems Rip EPA
for Axing Official

More Choice for Women
Means More Sustainability

Arizona's Solar
Aspirations in Peril

US Consumers Rank Last
in World Survey of Green Habits

Climate Change
Harder on Women

Barbara Spencer:
Small Farmers Have Huge
Stake in Farm Bill Debate

Nomi Prins:
It's the Profits Stupid!

Carbon Emissions:
Catch Them if You Can

Alaska Legislature Shops for
Oil-Friendly Polar Bear Science

Russian Scientist Discovers
Gassy Permafrost

Hundreds Stage
Anti-Pollution March in China

Rainforest Seeds
Revive Lost Paradise

Dawn of an
Energy Famine

Oxygen-Poor Ocean Zones
Are Growing

Monsanto's
Harvest of Fear

The New Geopolitics
of Energy

EPA Official Ousted
While Fighting Dow

Environmental Group:
Chevron Complicit in
Burma Human Rights Abuses

White House Blocking Rule to
Protect Endangered Whale

Shell to Exit
Wind Project

Craig McInnes:
Feeling the Pain of the Carbon Tax

Thomas L. Friedman:
Dumb as We Wanna Be

Siphoning Off Corn
to Fuel Our Cars

Christian Parenti:
What Nuclear Renaissance?

Rockefellers Call for
Change at Exxon Mobil

Climate Change Hitting
Arctic Faster, Harder

Ken Ward:
Earth Day Preachin'

Emptying the
Breadbasket

Dirty
Smoke Signals

James Ridgeway:
Scrubbing King Coal

Josh Schlossberg:
Gas From Trees a Bad Idea

Off Endangered List, Wolves Face
New Pressure From Hunters

Watered Down:
The Collapse in Pacific Salmon

Warming Shifts
Gardeners' Maps

Canada, US, Mexico Accused of
Interference With NAFTA Watchdog

Report Criticizes Response
to Climate Threats

Exposed:
The Great GM Crops Myth

Europe Returns to Coal,
Raising Climate Fear

James Hansen:
Timeline for Irreversible
Climate Change

Paul Roberts:
Seven Myths of Energy Independence

Melting
Methane

Bill McKibben:
The Greenback Effect

World's Land Surfaces
Reach Record Temperature

Peter Asmus:
Don't Wait for "Leaders"
to Act on Global Warming

Kelpie Wilson:
Why More Food Is Not the Answer

Wallace J. Nichols
Jump the Chasm:
Are You an EcoDaredevil?

Governors Unite to
Cut Emissions

Dalai Lama Calls for
Environmental Responsibility

Fertilizer Price Hikes
Are Pinching Farmers

Bill McKibben:
Launching an International
Grassroots Climate Campaign

Polar Bears May Have to
Chill Ten Weeks

Merrill Lynch's
Carbon Bet

Dan Bacher:
Federal Judge Denies Plan
to Export More Delta Water

William Astore:
Leaving Cheyenne Mountain

Committee Probes Industry
Influence on EPA Panels

05.09.08


Demonstrators march through Abington, Virginia, last month to protest a proposed coal-fired power plant. Legal clashes over coal are rivaling those over nuclear power decades ago.
(Photo: David Crigger / Bristol Herald Courier)

Stern Says Climate Targets
"Badly Underestimated"

Colorado River to Drop to
500-Year Low as World Warms

Ecuadoran Activists
Fighting Chevron Receive Award

Melting Mountains Called
a Water "Time Bomb"

Time Running Out
for US Farm Bill

Derrick Z. Jackson:
One Less Burger,
One Safer Planet

Bush Floating New
Climate Proposal

Top Emitters Meet in Paris,
Worries on UN Overlap

Biofuel:
The Burning Question

EPA
Missing in Action

Global Warming Has
a New Battleground:
Coal Plants

Big Oil to Big Wind:
Texas Veteran Sets Up $10 Billion
Clean Energy Project

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard:
Climate Change Rage
Drives Global Hunger

Rich States Failing to
Lead on Emissions

Financing Crucial to Next
Climate Change Pact

Bush Opens Back Door for
Logging National Forests

Daniel Imhoff:
We'll Reap What We Sow

Shell Warns Europe
on Emissions Permits

Dan Bacher:
Fishery Council Closes
Salmon Fishing

Judge OKs EPA Fine for
Massey Water Suit

Northwest Dam Deal
Raises Questions

Greenpeace:
Canada Logging May Ignite
"Carbon Bomb"

GMO: Europe Says Yes;
Member States Don't Follow

Bill Henderson:
Jim Hansen, the Big Ice Melt
and the Mainstream Media

Warming Trends Rise
in Large Ocean Areas

Greens Oppose World Bank
Funding of Indian Coal Plant

Slowing Deforestation
May Be Worth Billions

Opponents Say California
Power Initiative Is Ill-Advised

Renewable Energy Jobs
Soar in Germany

Study Finds Climate Target
Is Not Radical Enough

Solar Science Research
Contradicts Climate Change
Skeptics

Navy Sonar Blamed for
Death of Beaked Whales

A Shift in the Debate
Over Global Warming

California Utility Signs
$3 Billion Solar Power Deal

World Bank Accused of
Climate Change "Hijack"

Massachusetts Leads Bid to
Limit Greenhouse Emissions

Inaction on Polar Bear
Criticized

Robert Kennedy Jr. Visits
Chile to Protect Patagonia

Simona Perry:
EPA Seen Under Attack
in Bush Years

Kelpie Wilson:
Dance of the Oil Fairies

Roy Morrison:
Renewable Energy Hedges

Betting
the Farm

Women Rise Up to
Tackle the Water Crisis

Feds to Bypass Laws
to Build Border Fence

Jayalakshmi K.:
Are the Oceans Giving Up?

Talks Begin on New
International Climate Treaty

Oil Is a
Slippery Situation


The solar tower plant outside Seville, Spain, can provide electricity for up to 6,000 homes. Pacific Gas & Electric announced a deal to buy as much as 900 megawatts of electricity in California, enough to power 540,000 homes each year, and involves the construction of five solar power plants during the next decade.
(Photo: Denis Doyle / Getty Images)

Michael Grunwald:
The Clean Energy Scam

Gore Unveils
$300 Million Climate Ads

Canada Orders Sea Shepherd
to Stay Away From Seal Hunt

Lights Out, Action!
It's Earth Hour

EPA Chief Bides Time on
Court's Emissions Order

Spain Sees
Success With Wind Energy,
Opposes Nuclear Power

The New York Times:
Broken Ice in Antarctica

Million Acres of
Guyanese Rainforest to Be Saved
in Groundbreaking Deal

For Carbon Emissions,
a Goal of Less Than Zero

Massive Chunk of Antarctic
Ice Shelf Collapses

Land Deal Could Open
Alaska Wildlife Refuge to Oil

Ed Ludwig:
Make Oil a Public Utility

Soot May Play Big Role
in Climate Change

Fred Pearce:
Save the Climate
by Saving the Forests

Feds Are Sued Over
Endangered Species

New Limits to Growth
Revive Malthusian Fears

US Firm Lays Claim to
"Potentially Vast" Arctic Oil
Resources

Anger Over Culling of
Yellowstone's Bison

Kelpie Wilson:
The Rising Price of Coal

Energy, Water
In "Catch-22"

Feds Approve LNG Terminal
in Long Island Sound

Shining a Light on
Fluorescent Bulbs

EPA Seeks
Inquiry Transcripts

Oil Deal for
Alaska Wildlife Refuge
on Fast Track

Robert Weissman
Monsanto Wins:
The Genetically Modified Food Gamble

Water Shortages Affect
Food, Transit, Security

Ancient Arctic Ice
Is Melting

Aged Ships
a Toxic Export

David Pimentel:
Corn Can't Save Us

Josh Schlossberg:
Clearcutting the Climate

Lawmakers Probe
Potential EPA Conflicts

In a Warmer Yellowstone Park,
a Shifting Environmental Balance

Glaciers Suffer
Record Shrinkage

Chinook Salmon Vanish
Without a Trace

Ian Bowles:
Want to Buy Some Pollution?

CEOs See Green Energy Policies
Preserving US Jobs

Eco:nomics:
Immelt vs. the Ideologues

Lawsuit Seeks to Block
Uranium Mining at Grand Canyon

Britain and France Push EU
to Look at Green Tax Plan

Ozone Rules Weakened
at Bush's Behest

EPA Closure of Libraries Faulted
for Curbing Access to Key Data

The Monstrous
Monsanto Universe

No Action on Auto Fuel Economy
Despite EPA's Urging

Government Reports Warn of
Sea-Rise Threat to US Coasts

EPA Ignores
Scientific Advisory Council on
Smog Standards

Feds Say Wolverine
Not Endangered

Entire Salmon Season
Could Be Halted

Groups Sue Bush Administration
Over Polar Bear Protection

Pollution Is Called a
Byproduct of a "Clean" Fuel

At EPA, Unions Break
From Management

Brecher, Costello and Smith:
Labor's War on Global Warming

Carbon Output Must Near
Zero to Avert Danger

Vatican Calls Pollution
a "New Sin"

Fisheries Agency
Blames Ocean Conditions
for Salmon Decline

 

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