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No reliable test for genetically modified foods
Opinion -“No one should pretend that food labeling claiming a product is GM-free can be reliable, since the current variation in results between laboratory tests on GM foods is too wide,” said Dr. -
Forests burn while Clinton-Gore administration fiddles
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Environment issues: Where the candidates stand
Opinion -While the leading Presidential candidates haven’t said a great deal about their positions on such key environment issues as global warming and private property protections, the early primaries and caucuses have forced them to tip their hands at least a -
EPA Web site shut down
Opinion -Late on the night of Wednesday, February 16, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shut down its public Web site. -
Montreal delegates approve biosafety protocol language
Opinion -At the recent U.N.-sponsored biotechnology meeting in Montreal, delegates from 130 countries approved language for a “biosafety protocol” that would allow countries to stop or restrict imports of genetically modified agricultural products. -
The unappreciated optimist
Opinion -Ronald Bailey is an environmental journalist with a commitment to sound science. He is science correspondent for Reason magazine and the author of several books, including: Eco-Scam: The False Prophets of Ecological Apocalypse (St. -
Conservation bill faces rough road in 2000
Opinion -The embattled Conservation and Reinvestment Act of 1999 (H.R. 701/S. 25) will have a rougher road to travel on its way through the legislative process than its supporters expected. -
Idaho sues U.S. Forest Service
Opinion -“If the Clinton Administration has its way, many of our state’s public trust lands could be severely devalued--which directly affects the foundation for school funding in our state,” said Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne, announcing that -
EPA loses in court . . . again
Opinion -For the third time in less than a year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has had one of its air-quality regulations rejected by the District of Columbia Federal Appeals Court. -
President Clinton declares three new monuments
Opinion -In what western lawmakers called “a war on the West,” the Clinton-Gore Administration bypassed Congress and unilaterally declared three new national monuments and added acreage to a fourth, restricting public use on over a million acres of -
Coalition challenges proposed vehicle scrappage program
Opinion -The Coalition for Auto Repair Equality (CARE), representing companies in the automotive parts, repair, and maintenance industries, has challenged as “unproven” a car/truck scrappage program proposed by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation -
Congressmen appeal to Supreme Court on AHRI
Opinion -Four western Congressmen have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether members of Congress can sue the Clinton-Gore Administration for violating the Constitution. The petition to review was filed on December 2. -
The incalculable cost of Superfund
Opinion -In December 1999, the nation "celebrated" the nineteenth birthday of one of the most ill-conceived environmental laws on the books--Superfund. -
Hard Green Is Hard to Swallow
Opinion -Five years ago, a senior executive of a major trade association in Washington D.C. -
Anti-logging activists gear up
Opinion -The U.S. Forest Service is required to provide a comment period for citizens to respond to its Notice of Intent to prevent use of 40 million acres of roadless areas in National Forests. -
Burning Boise
Opinion -Radical anti-civilization environmentalists at the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) have claimed credit for setting a fire that destroyed the regional headquarters of Boise Cascade timber company in Monmouth, Oregon on Christmas morning, 1999. -
CDC report warns of sludge danger
Opinion -Scientists and medical researchers are raising concerns that municipal sludge spread on farm fields across the U.S. may be responsible for illnesses and even deaths. -
Does the GOP still stand for freedom?
Opinion -Are those who forget history doomed to repeat it? In the case of Texas Governor George W. Bush, the answer would appear to be yes. -
Engineering for a better tree
Opinion -According to Science News, wood harvested from trees that have been genetically engineered could make paper less costly and more environmentally friendly to produce. Vincent L. -
Engineering the new millennium
Opinion -From today’s cheese to tomorrow’s cures, biotechnology is supplying new answers to old problems. -
Hundreds of scientists sign biotechnology declaration
Opinion -A declaration supporting agricultural biotechnology and signed by over 600 scientists from around the world was released January 22 at a press briefing in Montreal. The briefing, sponsored by International Consumers for Civil Society, featured Dr. C.S. -
Uncle Sam: Sell that land!
Opinion -Teddy Roosevelt, who became the nation’s 26th president following the assassination of William McKinley, has long been lionized as the man who led his troops up San Juan Hill. -
Analytical Results and Findings: Little Galloo Island
Opinion -Soil/Guano By far the most interesting and alarming discoveries of the Chopra-Lee Inc. investigation involve the soil and soil/guano samples obtained from Little Galloo and Galloo Islands. -
Top EPA official in New England resigns
Opinion -The sudden resignation of EPA Region I Administrator John P. DeVillars has sparked speculation within the agency and in the media that his departure could be related to widespread reports of enforcement problems in EPA's Boston office.
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