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That was the explanation offered by U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay of Texas and his supporters last week for the whirlpool of legal difficulties that finally led the ex-leader of the Republicans in Congress to admit it was time to call it quits. By Robert Scheer

Four environmental and river rafting groups are suing the National Park Service in an attempt to stop helicopter flights and motorized rafting in the Grand Canyon. By Cyndy Cole, Arizona Daily Sun

Alberta may be swimming in oil, but a new study says the province is in grave danger of running out of water. By Margaret Munro

Beaches, islands and even continents are shrinking as ocean levels rise ever higher due to the accelerating meltdown of the world's glaciers and polar ice due to climate change. By Stephen Leahy

On the premise that spring is too beautiful for a depressing topic like Iraq, I thought I'd take up a fun subject—global warming. By Molly Ivins

Gazprom will at least triple the price of gas to Belarus by next year, Gazprom deputy chairman Alexander Ryazanov said Tuesday, upping the stakes in the state gas giant's longtime struggle for control of Belarus' pipeline infrastructure. By Stephen Boykewich

The United States is trying to prevent Iran from acquiring the capacity to make nuclear weapons. This is only the most recent of its seemingly endless series of battles over the past 60 years to control which other countries have access to these weapons. By John Gershman

How factory farms undercut public health. By Mark Winne

The same group of farm workers that succeeded in a boycott against Taco Bell in 2005 is now targeting McDonald's, and their first protest was under the golden arches on Northwest 13th Street. By Dominick E. Tao

As Canadian casualties mount in Afghanistan, it's important to correct three major falsehoods being promoted by the ill-informed, flag-waving media. By Eric Margolis

The cost of decommissioning Britain's nuclear power plants has risen to £56 billion - £12 billion more than previously thought, it was announced yesterday. By Charles Clover

MARK COLVIN: Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for a new international agreement to combat climate change.

Australia should be doing more to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, The World Bank said in its latest regional update.

"Sa se puede!" Yes we can. They marched by the hundreds of thousands in Los Angeles, by the tens of thousands in Milwaukee, in Phoenix, in New York. By Jesse Jackson

From India now, 'out of the box' ideas on Kashmir. By Siddharth Varadarajan

O'Grady went on: "Why so defensive? Because so much of the criticism so dangerously [sic] misses the point. Almost every one of us wants to help to save the planet and almost every one of us wants personal transport."

Updated material and a round-up of responses to this sizzling topic are to be found at the bottom of this post.

Hayvanlar üzerinde deney yapmayan, Greenpeace ve Uluslararası Af Örgütü gibi sivil toplum örgütlerine destek veren, kadına yönelik şiddete karşı kampanyalar düzenleyen the body Shop'u, kozmetik sektörünün lideri L'Oréal yuttu.

Dharam Shourie, New York: An overwhelming 85 per cent of the Americans feel that global warning is probably happening and two-thirds say President George W Bush did little to help the environment, a new poll shows.

Anti-immigration groups often talk about the rule of law, but here we are passing laws that nobody believes are going to be enforced. By Brian Cook

Interview with Lani Guinier

Now ow that most Americans no longer believe in the war, now that they no longer trust Bush and his Administration, now that the evidence of deception has become overwhelming (so overwhelming that even the major media, always late, have begun to register indignation), we might ask: How come so many

"The victory of Hamas in Palestine is also a major victory for Iran, for Syria, for all the adversaries of the United States."

By the middle of Day Two in the ongoing operation, it was clear from both US and Iraqi military sources that the advance had met no resistance.

The current youth uprising in France has caught international observers off guard. The country is now under threat of a general strike on March 28. By Anya Kamenetz

A Veteran's Letter to the President

Joining the growing list of places on this planet that are melting, Antarctica is losing some 36 cubic miles of ice every year, scientists said today.

On February 24, at a press briefing, White House National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley announced that, when U.S. President George W. Bush travels to India, he will lay a wreath in honor of Mohandas Gandhi. By Lawrence S. Wittner

Whose children will be allowed to participate in the White House's annual Easter Egg Roll on April 17? Not the sons and daughters of gay parents, if the Christian right gets its way. By John Ireland

The slightly bizarre idea of 'user-friendly' nuclear weapons.