Clearing California's Coal Shadow From The American West California has long purchased power from out-of-state coal-fired power plants located in[…]
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Environmental Defense And Fedex Express "Put Commercial Hybrid Trucks On The Map," Says CALSTART
Organizations Win WestStart-CALSTART Blue Sky Award 2005 (Los Angeles) Environmental Defense and FedEx Express will be honored today as recipients[…]
Read moreChanges to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Act Considered
Senate Worked With Environmental Defense, Fishermen and Community Leaders On December 15, the Senate considered changes to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery[…]
Read morePut the "Tax" Back in Taxidermy
Just before the Thanksgiving holidays, the U.S. Senate took steps to end a tax scam that has allowed trophy hunters[…]
Read moreCold Noses
As temperatures drop, thousands of dogs are forced to huddle together for warmth in the frozen outdoor cages of our[…]
Read moreYour Chicks in the Mail
Millions of baby chicks are shipped as common mail across the country every year, and many of them die en[…]
Read moreGorton's in Hot Water Over Whales
The Gorton's fisherman is hiding an ugly family secret under his yellow rain slicker: that thousands of internationally protected whales[…]
Read moreU.S. Proposes Dousing Wilderness Areas With Herbicides
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has proposed to apply massive amounts of herbicides to public lands in 17 Western[…]
Read moreMad Cow Japan
In mid December, the Japanese government partially lifted a ban on U.S. beef, despite a pledge by Japanese consumers to[…]
Read moreGlue Traps
By George Shea Twenty years ago, I bought my first and last glue trap. When a rat showed up one[…]
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