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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

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

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

Dell Computer in Japan last Wednesday launched a service to recycle corporate clients’ old computers, sparing the environment the toxic runoff associated with dumping such hardware into landfills. Read More

Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla are studying the use of fast-growing poplar trees as an inexpensive tool to reduce water pollution. Read More

What kind of Earth do we humans want to design? Read More

Japan's Hitachi Ltd. has developed the world's first device capable of instantly measuring dioxin levels in waste gases from incinerators, the company announced last Tuesday. Read More

The European Commission has alerted its member states to 66 potential endocrine-disrupting chemicals that have been associated in at least one study with cancers and reproductive abnormalities. The list will form the basis of consultation with industry and NGOs before a final priority set of substances is adopted. Read More

Profiles environmental, civil rights, and legal groups that are working on environmental and economic justice issues. Read More

Good news is developing at Eastman Kodak Company, as the firm wraps its first year of a five-year plan to reduce emissions, preserve natural resources, and strengthen its environmental management system. Read More