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Maybe You Should Just Open the Window?
A new study shows fake fresh air scents may be making you sick.
Bush Proposes Lowering Oil Shale Royalties
Oil shale, controversial because it is expensive, dirty and destructive to produce, is getting a boost as the Bush administration proposes lower royalties.
More West Nile Cases Possible
Thriving mosquitoes increase disease concern. Has anyone in your state been infected?
Ford (Finally) To Switch Out SUVs for Small Cars
Ford is expected to announce a shift away from trucks and SUVs to smaller cars, in response to consumer anxiety over high gas prices and competition from other automakers.
Update: Patient Tests Positive for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Doctors Say Her Strain of the Illness Is Not Related to Mad Cow.
Just How Much Offshore Oil Really Exists?
McCain Pushes On, While Experts Say This Is Not Going to Make a Difference at the Pump.
Giant Lobster Saved
Dee-Dee the 100-year-old lobster escapes its fate as dinner.
Would You Eat Zucchini Grown in a Skyscraper?
Vertical farming, those huge greenhouses in the sky, is a notion usually considered futuristic. But the concept is gaining traction, or at least generating conversation.
China's Olympic-Sized Clean Air Plan
The Olympics in Beijing, China are approaching, and the Chinese are pushing an aggressive plan to stem the city's air pollution, including restricting cars, adding subway and light rail lines, limiting freight trucks and more.
Another Mad Cow Victim?
Public health officials in Massachusetts have confirmed that a new patient is being tested for the human variant of mad cow disease, and could be the latest victim of the degenerative, fatal disease.
Environmental Bloggers, Unite
Al Gore wants you to mobilize for climate change.
Head Back to School in Great Green Style
Head back to school in great green style with these tips for healthier school lunches, green colleges and preschools, tips for finding green school supplies and much more.
Storm Diary: Hurricane Bertha (Update)
Hurricane Bertha lost its major hurricane status, but is still menacing Bermuda as a Category 1 hurricane. Track Hurricane Bertha's progress in photos.
The Storm That Wouldn't Quit: Hurricane Bertha Reforms
Tropical Storm Bertha grew back into Hurricane Bertha Friday, July 19, and it is the longest-lived tropical storm ever to form in the Atlantic in July.
Another Hurricane, Fausto, Forms in Pacific
Hurricane Fausto has formed in the Pacific, the third hurricane in that basin, and fourth in the Americas in 2008.
Video: Al Gore's Clean Energy Challenge Speech
Watch video of Al Gore's speech on the clean energy challenge and global warming.
Bertha Is Longest-Lived Tropical Storm in History
Tropical Storm Bertha is the longest-lived tropical storm ever to form in the Atlantic in July.
Al Gore's 10-Year Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis
Al Gore today will give a major speech outlining his prescription for solving the "climate crisis" and transforming the U.S. economy to run on only clean and renewable sources of energy within 10 years.
Transcript of Al Gore's "Generational Challenge" on Climate Change and Energy Use
Transcript of Al Gore's challenge to America to ween itself off carbon-based fuels within 10 years.
Tropical Storm Fausto Nearing Hurricane Strength
Tropical Storm Fausto could grow into the third hurricane of the eastern Pacific's 2008 hurricane season.
Environmentalism Is Next to Godliness
Pope Benedict used stronger language than in the past to renew his call for the world to protect the earth's resources and to stop being so greedy and materialistic.
Hey Obama! Hey McCain! Wake Up!
A group of bipartisan policy bigwigs and elder statesmen have written to Congress and the next president, Obama or McCain, about their views on energy policy and the near and present longterm crisis.
You Think Wildfire Season Is Bad Now? Just Wait
Wildfires will get even worse than thought as global warming makes mountain snowpack melt earlier, leading to earlier runoff, drier conditions and a longer fire season, new research suggests.
Ethanol, Global Warming and the Ailing Gulf
The Gulf of Mexico dead zone is likely to grow to its largest recorded size this year, because of record flooding in the Midwest and the heavy use of nitrogen fertilizers to grow corn and other crops.
Plastic Bags, Human Curiosity Threaten Sea Turtles
Watch Scientists Tag A Sea Turtle Laying Her Eggs - The Creatures Have Made the Same Journey for 100 Million Years.
EPA Report Establishes Global Warming Health Risks
The scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency have released an authoritative breakdown of how global warming will affect public health, but the White House sat on the report for seven months.
2008 Tornado Season Not So Crazy, After All
The 2008 tornado season is the deadliest in a decade and on pace to be the deadliest ever recorded in the United States. But the raw total number of storms may not be as extraordinary as first reported.
Add Kidney Stones to List of Climate Ills
Global warming could dramatically increase the incidence and cost of treating kidney stones, a disease associated mostly with warmer climates.
Bertha Could Re-Gain Hurricane Strength
Several days after losing major hurricane status, and a day after long-lived Tropical Storm Bertha began pummeling Bermuda with tropical storm-force winds, forecasters said the storm may regain hurricane strength.
While You Were Out ... Air Quality Got Worse
A court has struck down the Clean Air Interstate Rule, which would have reduced smog and soot pollution in the nation's air by 70% by 2025, and would have been a rare positive note in Bush's environmental legacy.
Tropical Storm Fausto Forming in Pacific
A tropical depression that forecasters said would become Tropical Storm Fausto formed off the coast of Mexico in the Pacific, joining Hurricane Elida there, and Tropical Storm Bertha in the Atlantic.
Tropical Storm Bertha Lashing Bermuda
Several days after losing major hurricane status, long-lived Tropical Storm Bertha began pummeling Bermuda with tropical storm-force winds.
Ethical Fashion Pioneer Returns
As Shoppers Demand Responsibly Made Clothing, One Trend-Setting Fashion Designer Returns to the Scene.
Hurricane Bertha Menacing Bermuda
After losing major hurricane status, Hurricane Bertha remains a category 1 storm, and tropical storm-force winds have a roughly 50% chance of affecting Bermuda, which is under a tropical storm watch.
Really? Thunderstorms Lead to Asthma Attacks
Thunderstorms lead to increased asthma attacks, a study in Atlanta, Ga., has found.
7 Eco-Focused Classroom Projects
Get your students on the path to green with these fun, hands-on experiments.
The 8 New Natural Wonders of the World
There are eight new natural wonders of the world, designated by the United Nations.
Chance of Hurricane Bertha Affecting Bermuda: 40%
After losing major hurricane status, Hurricane Bertha has regained strength to a Category 2 storm, and tropical storm-force winds have a better than 40% chance of affecting Bermuda.
Summer's 10 Hottest Green Music Tours
Rock and hip hop artists are going green, so check out the hottest green summer music tours.
What's the Greenest Way to Get Your Kid to School?
Find out which are the greenest ways to get your child to school, from the walking school bus to taking the school bus, walking and more.
Controversial Autism Treatment Could Get Federal Study
The controversial treatment of mercury chelation for autism is receiving study from the federal government, after thousands of parents have blamed vaccines for causing the disease.
Cheney: On Global Warming, I Am the Decider
Vice President Dick Cheney has been accused of interfering with Environmental Protection Agency testimony about global warming.
Study: Tornadoes and Hurricanes Will Grow Stronger
New science suggests tornadoes and hurricanes and other storms will become stronger because of global warming.
Widfire Risk High Across West Today
Weather conditions are set to worsen across much of the West, a day after 40 homes burned in California.
Hurricane Bertha Now Category 1
Hurricane Bertha has lost major hurricane strength and is now a Category 1 storm unlikely to make landfall.
Midwestern Floods Leave Toxins Behind
Mold Gives Homeowners Potential Health Scares. Do You Have Any Symptoms?
Snorkelers' Lament: U.S. Corals Endangered
The coral reefs in the United States and related territories are increasingly under threat, with nearly half rated no better than "fair" in a landmark report that comes during the International Year of the Reef.
Hurricane Bertha Sustains Major Hurricane Status
Hurricane Bertha quickly grew into a major hurricane, with Category 3 status and sustained wind speeds of 120 mph.
Hurricane Bertha Quickly 20% Stronger
Hurricane Bertha is growing in strength and could reach Category 2 hurricane strength.
70 Wildfires Burning 579,000 Acres in 8 States
Weather conditions are set to worsen across much of northern California and the coast as wildfires continue to rage.
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