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Wagering the Catskills
The St. Regis Mohawk tribe plans to build an off-reservation, Las Vegas-style casino in the bucolic town of Monticello, New York.
Comments (0) | March 1, 2007
Blues Canyon
In southeastern Idaho, within the vast expanse of national forests, wild roadless areas, and blue-ribbon trout streams that make up the greater Yellowstone region, the Smoky Canyon Mine has earned notoriety as one of the area's worst polluters.
Comments (0) | December 1, 2006
California Checkup
California has established the nation's first statewide program to monitor the levels of chemical contaminants in humans.
Comments (0) | December 1, 2006
Dredging Up a Toxic Mess
The Port of Stockton acquired an idle World War II-era naval base and was quick to reconfigure it for commercial shipping-too quick, according to the U.S. District Court in Sacramento.
Comments (0) | December 1, 2006
Endangered Parks
Putting off that trip to Joshua Tree National Park in favor of another trip to Disneyland? You might want to reconsider, before the park's namesake is no longer.
Comments (0) | December 1, 2006
In Your Face
The same mobile and online technology people use to meet up with friends is now being used to get America's young adults involved in the fight to save the environment.
Comments (0) | December 1, 2006
Just The Facts, Please
Too often science -- or what passes for science -- is misused for ideological and financial gain.
Comments (0) | December 1, 2006
Keep Them Wild
Last August the federal district court in Salt Lake City ruled that the Bureau of Land Management violated federal environmental laws when it sold oil and gas leases on 16 parcels of wilderness quality lands in southern Utah.
Comments (0) | December 1, 2006
Music To Our Ears
Through its partnership with NRDC, and at the encouragement of some of its well-known artists, Warner Music Group has decided to overhaul its paper procurement practices and has committed to buying recycled paper for every CD insert it prints.
Comments (0) | December 1, 2006
Still Dirty After All
Last year Peabody Energy sunk some of its record profits into a slick ad campaign to try to persuade Americans that coal isn't black, sooty, or environmentally destructive.
Comments (0) | December 1, 2006