| Wal-Mart Wins Preliminary Approval to Build in Cabo, Opponents Vow to Continue Fighting It - The world's largest retailer won preliminary approval on Tuesday to build a store in Cabo San Lucas after an almost two-year battle, but opponents vow to continue fighting the project with demonstrations or by blocking roads. |
| Brazil Bus Firm Powers Fleet on Biofuels - South America's largest city might be getting a bit greener. A bus company in Sao Paulo is now powering part of its fleet with a new mix of biofuels and diesel in an effort to curb emissions and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. |
| Schwarzenegger Prods Bush on Warming - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who recently signed a sweeping law to cut greenhouse gas emissions in California, complained in a letter to President Bush that there is no coherent federal policy to stop global warming. |
| Panel Says New Great Lakes Water Deal Needed - A U.S.-Canadian pact to clean up the Great Lakes has run its course after more than three decades and should be scrapped in favor of a more effective, modern strategy, a binational panel said Tuesday. |
| Environment-Friendly Label Pays off for Tourism Businesses - Girdwood, Alaska tour operator Kirk Hoessle didn't think he'd ever get "green listed." But last year, Conde Nast Traveler magazine rated Hoessle's company, Alaska Wildland Adventures, as the top eco-tourism operator in the world. |
| Jewish Symbolic Wall Raises Environmental Concerns - Orthodox Jews who want to use a strand of fishing line several miles long to create a symbolic religious enclosure are getting entangled in a dispute with beachfront residents and California environmentalists, who fear the string will snag birds and spoil the ocean view. |
| Researchers Warn About Coral Reef Deaths - Researchers warn that more than half of the world's coral reefs could die in less than 25 years, killed off by a deadly cocktail of rising sea temperatures, silt runoff from construction sites, algae and other toxic ingredients. |
| Australian Government Announces Funding for World's Largest Solar Power Plant - The Australian government announced Wednesday it will help build the largest solar power plant in the world as part of a new strategy to combat global warming. |
| LA Has Californa's Worst Beach Water - A study released Tuesday found that once again Los Angeles County has the state's most polluted beaches, but this time a new city has been anointed as the county's biggest loser -- Long Beach. |
