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U.S. crushes ivory to save elephants from extinction

This week, the Obama administration will take its most visible step in its campaign to stop the slaughter of African elephants, crushing six tons of ivory in Denver Thursday. Last July, Obama established a Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking composed of the State, Interior and Justice departments to develop a strategy to stop what […]

Barbara Boxer gives environmental hero award to George W. Bush library

Sen. Barbara Boxer was down in Texas Monday, handing out her inaugural Climate Hero Award to the George W. Bush presidential library for its environmentally friendly design. The liberal California Democrat, environmental agitator and frequent foe of the former president, was received in Dallas by former First Lady Laura Bush, who accepted the award on  

Walmart adds pressure on toxics overhaul

Retail giant Walmart said today it would reduce or eliminate 10 chemicals in products it sells, adding pressure to the chemical industry to support Sen. Barbara Boxer’s planned rewrite of a bill to begin regulating industrial chemicals. Stacy Malkan, who worked on the failed campaign for California’s Prop. 37 to label genetically engineered food, called  

Key U.S. wetlands getting plowed

A report Tuesday by the Environmental Working Group found that from 2008 to 2012, 1.9 million acres (about 3,000 square miles) of wetlands and 5.3 million acres (about 8,300 square miles) of erosion-prone land was plowed for crops in response to lavish crop insurance subsidies and high commodity prices. The losses have been especially severe