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  • Her deadly wolf program

    With a disdain for science that alarms wildlife experts, Sarah Palin continues to promote Alaska's policy to gun down wolves from planes.
  • Ask Pablo

    I've heard reading online uses more energy than printing documents. Can that be true?
  • Sarah Palin's choice

    I greatly admire her decision to have a child with Down syndrome. But she would likely deny other women the right to choose for themselves.
  • The GOP gives up an inch on climate change

    The 2008 Party Platform concedes humans could be messing up the weather. But the cost of fixing the mess won't be cheap. Just ask the Dutch
  • Gustav, global warming and Sarah Palin

    A leading environmentalist counsels progressives to censor themselves over hurricanes and climate change. But that plays into the hands of deniers like Palin.
  • This place is the bomb

    Something wild is happening on Christmas Island, once ground zero for nuclear test explosions.
  • Sarah Palin and a melting Alaska

    Global warming is nothing to joke about in the not-so-frozen North. Palin might be pro-drilling, but she can't ignore climate change
  • Sarah Palin: Drill, drill, drill -- all the way

    Offshore, onshore, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- the Republican vice-presidential nominee makes no bones about it: Drill!
  • Dr. Feelbad

    Modern medical practice is burning out doctors. That's bad for our health and yours. We need a cure. But first I need a nap.
  • Ain't no wind in T. Boone Pickens' sails

    The oil tycoon's support of John McCain for president demonstrates that his heavily advertised plan for wind power is only hot air.
  • We drive as we live

    No wonder traffic will never improve. We are doomed by our behavior, as a drive in New York with "Traffic" author Tom Vanderbilt reveals.
  • Busting the electric car myth

    No, electric cars don't suck down the same amount of energy as gas guzzlers do.
  • Peak dirt

    Soil science isn't a glamour sport, but from Burkina Faso to Wisconsin, human survival depends on getting it right.
  • Bush officials sneak-attack nation's wildlife

    A new regulation could neuter the Endangered Species Act -- and the administration knows it.
  • Did doctors remove babies' hearts too soon?

    Colorado doctors are under fire for performing infant organ transplants prematurely. But they made the right call.
  • Did you hear that Alaska has more oil than the Middle East?

    Busting the myths about cheap and unlimited oil being broadcast by Rush Limbaugh, Jerome Corsi and other dinosaurs.
  • Burger and fries to go

    How to convert a car to run on leftover vegetable oil from your local greasy spoon.
  • Ask Pablo

    After the Grim Reaper arrives, what's the greenest way to dispose of our bodies?
  • Who'll start the rain?

    China is spending millions to modify the weather for the Olympics. As the U.S. knows, nature doesn't bend to human will.
  • Dark night for bats

    New theories about what's wiping out huge populations of the tiny winged mammal point to pesticides and climate change.
  • Why "placebo" is not a dirty word

    Yes, alternative medicine works mostly by the power of suggestion. But so do a lot of conventional treatments.
  • Why we never need to build another polluting power plant

    Coal? Natural gas? Nuke? We can wipe them all off the drawing board by using current energy more efficiently. Are you listening, Washington?
  • Ask Pablo

    Summertime, and the living ain't easy in the heat. Should I run the air conditioner or electric fans?
  • Hang up and drive

    Think driving while talking on the cellphone is safe as long as you use a headset, as new laws require? Stop yammering and read this article.
  • My family car is an SUB and I love it

    On my new "sport utility bicycle" I can cart groceries, take my kids shopping, haul a barbecue grill and make a margarita.
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