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News about the environment, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Climate Change Adds to Bird Stress Changes in the global climate are imposing stress on hundreds of species of migratory birds that are already threatened by other environmental factors.

Board Extends Deadline for Everglades Land Deal A vote kept alive a deal to pay $536 million for land from United States Sugar, but officials said they continued to struggle with whether the agency could afford it.

How Green Is My Mansion? When the software mogul Mitch Kapor won planning approval for his 10,000-square-foot house in Berkeley, Calif., neighbors were surprised that it will qualify as ?green.?

Airport Built, It?s Time to See if the Traffic Comes Backers said Northwest Florida Beaches International would bring new businesses and residents to the Florida Panhandle; critics said it would also bring environmental problems.

Edgar Wayburn, a Leader in Saving the Wilderness, Dies at 103 Dr. Wayburn became a major figure in the conservation movement, leading campaigns that preserved more than 100 million wild acres.

EBay Highlights Conservation as a Benefit of Buying Used EBay, recovering from unprofitable quarters and falling market share, has recast its site to make it more attractive to new kinds of shoppers, like the carbon conscious.

Deal to Save Everglades May Help Sugar Firm Florida?s plan to reclaim the wetlands is instead on track to rescue the fortunes of United States Sugar.

Germany Sentences 4 in Terror Case Three Germans and one Turkish man were convicted over a foiled 2007 plot to attack U.S. targets in Germany.

Environmentalist Prods Fellow Blacks to Join in Her Crusade Naomi Davis spends her time prodding fellow blacks to participate in the green movement, for their own good and that of their neighborhoods.

Lawmakers From Coal States Seek to Delay Emission Limits Legislators called for the Environmental Protection Agency to give Congress time to pass comprehensive measures on energy and climate change.

Former Rebels Turned Forest Rangers in Aceh A provincial program integrates combatants and promotes sustainable development, but some are skeptical it will succeed.

Shifting Soil Threatens Homes? Foundations Extreme weather possibly linked to climate change, as well as construction on less stable ground, have provoked unprecedented foundation failures in houses nationwide.

Fighting Chance To protect the sage grouse, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service should put the bird high on its list of ?candidate species? for the endangered species list.

Seeing the Investor Value in Being Green Jamestown Properties, a German commercial real estate investment company, has decided it will go ?green? with energy-saving overhauls in nearly its entire $4 billion portfolio of buildings.

U.S. Lawyer Finds Europe Going Astray An American lawyer is seeking to bring lawsuits against the E.U. and its member states for environmental shortcomings.