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A Crime to Produce Power from Wind? Current House Bill Proposes Just That


Chairman Nick Rahall (D-WV) in the House Natural Resources Committee has introduced a bill to make it a crime to produce energy from wind turbines.   read more
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Pharmaceuticals in Our Water Supply Are Causing Bizarre Mutations to Wildlife


From inter-sex fish in the Potomac River to frog mutations in Wisconsin, federal officials are studying the effects of pharmaceuticals such as pain killers and depression medicine in our water supply.   read more

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Children Deserve Veterinary Care Too


If Bush vetoes the SCHIP bill that would expand state health insurance coverage for children, the fallback demand should be: Open up pet health insurance to all American children now!   read more

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Strange Bedfellows: Greenpeace Joins Loggers to Stop Illegal Wood Imports


Greenpeace has linked arms with its usual foe to support a bill giving the Justice Department new powers to stop the importation of illegally harvested wood.   read more

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Daily Show celebrates Rove farewell announcement


On Monday's The Daily Show, Jon Stewart announced the resignation of Karl Rove to loud cheers before turning to Senior Washington Correspondent John Oliver."The mood here is one of unspeakable sadness," said Oliver. "Rove's very presence ... has been   read more

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Moveable Feast


Eating Local Isn’t Always the Greenest Option   read more

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Feminine Wilds


In the poem “Working Cattle,” Carol Fox finds herself in a familiar position—the only woman in a group of men—braced to inoculate and castrate a herd   read more

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The Great Plastic Plague


It turns out 'paper or plastic' is a life or death question for our environment.   read more

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Habitat for Inanity


On hot summer days I would sit atop the water tank on the west side of the stone cabin ... watching turkey vultures climb invisible thermals, listeni   read more

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Can Environmentalists Live up to Their Own Standards?


Environmentalists are chided for "preaching to the choir." But what happens when those of us in the "choir" aren't doing enough?   read more

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