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VICTORY FOR THE ARCTIC
Genevieve Roja, AlterNet Thanks to dogged activism by environmental groups, President George W. Bush's dreams of drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will go unfulfilled.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=12916

'CORK WARS' ARE STOPPING UP THE WINE INDUSTRY
Brooke Shelby Biggs, AlterNet
Hate those new plastic wine corks? So do many environmentalists, who say that eco-friendly cork farming is under attack from the plastic industry, supermarket chains and even the likes of Bill Gates.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=12915

INDUSTRY ATTACKS ON DISSENT: FROM RACHEL CARSON TO OPRAH
Laura Orlando, Dollars and Sense
Forty years after the publication of 'Silent Spring,' corporations
are still producing poisons -- and still trying to keep critics from
fighting back.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=12910

SO, YOU WANT TO BUY A GREEN CAR ... OR DO YOU?
Allie Gottlieb, Metro Silicon Valley
Envirocars are cute, smart and full of good, clean fun. But do
consumers really think about the environment when they're purchasing a vehicle?
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=12917

MATRIOTISM: WOMEN AND THE FATE OF THE EARTH
Elouise Bell, Earth Island Journal
'Matriotism' is yin to patriotism's yang. It's about loyalty to Mother Earth, not just to individual countries.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=12918

THE ENVIRONMENT'S 'NOBEL PRIZE': 2002 GOLDMAN PRIZE WINNERS
Three North American tribal leaders, a Muslim woman from war-torn Somalia and a Polish conservationist are among the eight recipient of the 13th annual Goldman Environmental Prize.
http://www.goldmanprize.org/

BROWER YOUTH AWARDS: HONORING SIX YOUNG ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS
from TomPaine.com
The Brower Youth Awards honor young people who have demonstrated outstanding environmental leadership in their communities.
http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/5467