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There are those for whom nature, in at least some of its manifestations, is sacred, beyond price. Perhaps nowhere are these conflicts more apparent than in the global climate-change arena. Read More

Spanish energy group Repsol YPF said yesterday it would seek to develop the use of farm waste as a fuel additive along with engineering firm Abengoa and sugar company Azucarera Ebro Agricolas. Read More

Firmaplus, a Malaysia-based waste management and processing firm, is seeking to turn waste, including that discharged by the country's palm oil industry, into a fortune, its chief executive officer said yesterday. Charles Miller said Firmaplus would be the first firm in Asia to use fermentation technology to process organic waste into high protein animal feed and fertilizer. Read More

Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. says its new Prius car will be recycled at the end of its useful life, underlining the environmental credentials of the electric/gasoline hybrid vehicle soon to hit Europe's roads. Read More

Canada's Hydrogenics Corp., whose test stations are used by General Motors Corp., the U.S. Army and others to measure fuel cell performance, set terms yesterday on an initial public offering. Read More

Tesco Plc, the British food retailer, yesterday predicted its sales of organic food could reach a billion pounds annually in a few years as customers increasingly get a taste for "green" produce. Read More

Armstrong World Industries, the world's largest manufacturer of acoustical ceilings, has announced a program that allows building owners to recycle their old ceiling tiles rather than dump them in landfills. Read More

Precautionary environmentalism for its own sake is irresponsible: it ignores important ethical, metaphysical, and religious questions. Read More

The electric utility in Sacramento has commissioned the largest parking lot solar system in the world. The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) has installed almost 14,000 solar photovoltaic modules in the main parking lot of the California State Fair. Read More

84 Lumber Company, the nation's fourth-largest supplier of building materials, said Thursday it will phase out sales of products from endangered forests by the end of 2003. Read More