French engineers at MDI have unveiled a new car that runs on compressed air. The cars can travel at 65 mph for 200 km on about $2 worth of electricity. The electricity is used to fill the tank with the compressed air that powers the vehicle.
(Photo: www.theaircar.com)

Nuclear Waste
'Dumped' on Beaches

Will Bush Allow New E.P.A.
Chief to Protect Environment?

Federal Plan to
Log Sierra Nevada
Draws Legal Actions

Robert Schroeder:
A Heated Issue

California Sues Bush over
Giant Sequoia Logging

U.S. Seeking Looser
Environmental Laws

Renewable Energy Gathers
under One Roof, One Vision

Tom Burke:
Nuclear Delusion

Senate Showdown Looms
over Wildlife Refuge

China Weighs Stripping
Environmental Costs from GDP

NRDC:
Oversight of DOE Needed
to Protect Public Health

03.06.05

This part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge lies within the area along the coastal plain where oil drilling is being considered. A Senate showdown over the refuge is expected within weeks as Republicans plan to use a filibuster-proof budget measure to overcome strong opposition to oil drilling in the protected area.
(Photo: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)

Bush Plans Further Cuts
in Forest Protections

China Legislature Passes
Renewable Energy Bill

White House Budget
Slashes Clean Energy

New Research: Health Risks from
Uranium More Varied Than
Current Federal Policy Suggests

African Loggers Begin to
See the Light in Forests


Interior Secretary Gale Norton rides a snowmobile during a tour in Yellowstone National Park. Snowmobile use in the park is hugely controversial - Park Service studies show that it is detrimental to wildlife - but the Bush administration reversed a ban on the machines put in place by the Clinton administration.
(Photo: Laura Rauch / AP)

The Los Angeles Times:
Cooperation in the Air

Treaty for Mercury Curbs
Is Rejected

'Clear Skies' Plan:
The Battle Heats Up

Bush Team Readying Backdoor
to Drill Arctic Refuge

UN Predicts 9.1 Billion
People on Earth by 2050

Kelpie Wilson
Interviews Ross Gelbspan

Brazil Environmentalist
Shot in Rain Forest

More Than a Thousand
Whistleblower Cases Dumped

Ari Berman:
Inhofe's Idiocy

The Waning Reign
of Monarchs

 

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