Biologist accused of destroying plants
505762
To prosecutors, Robert "Roy" van de Hoek is a vandal with pruning shears. To supporters of native California shrubs and trees, he's a martyr. Once again, he's in court.
633717
A woman has been indicted on charges saying she had three large trees up to a century old cut down on environmentally sensitive federal land near Lake Tahoe to improve her view, prosecutors said. Officials said they were not aware of any similar federal prosecutions. The woman, Patricia M. Vincent, 58, was indicted last week on charges of theft of government property and willingly damaging government property. If convicted, she faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count. The three ponderosa pines stood on a plot the Forest Service had designated as environmentally sensitive as part of a water quality plan. The trees were estimated to be 80 to 100 years old.
305443
TOMS RIVER, NJ A lawyer for Doctor Kenneth Berry says federal investigators are destroying Berry&#39;s life by wrongly linking him to the 2001 fatal anthrax mailings.
535465
Once again, the Nobel-winning geneticist has embroiled himself in controversy  -  this time over foul remarks about race. But does he really deserve this much condemnation?
238790
LINDENHURST, N.Y. - A man whose home was a tangled mess of overgrown plants, uncaged reptiles and animal feces was arrested Tuesday on charges of animal cruelty, authorities said.
186538
Science & environment: Demand for food in refugee camps is leading to an unprecedented massacre of local wildlife, new reports claim. Stuart Coles investigates
297758
Opponents of biotech  crops said on Wednesday they were filing a lawsuit to challenge  the USDA's deregulation of Monsanto Co's genetically engineered  sugar beet because of fears of "biological contamination" and  other harm to the environment.
139664
Red spruce trees in New England and upstate New York suffered severe damage last winter, University of Vermont researchers have found.
290980
The author and two associates are accused of violating copyright laws.
267771
Saguaro National Park managers are trying to eliminate exotic plants that are threatening to crowd out native vegetation in the Sonoran Desert.
236242
By Ray Sasser, The Dallas Morning News  Feb. 18--I feel sorry for Texas Parks and Wildlife biologists. Trained as scientists, they are forced to ignore their training and defend bizarre wildlife proposals constantly tinkered to benefit the very wealthy.
460123
Â· Research aimed at producing green fuel  Â· Critics warn of terrorists creating new bioweapons
108341
A woman has been indicted on charges alleging she had three large trees up to a century old cut down on sensitive federal land near Lake Tahoe to improve her view, prosecutors said Wednesday.
393473
MEXICO CITY -- A special prosecutor is accusing Luis Echeverria, Mexico's former president, of "harming humanity" by allegedly ordering government thugs to kill protesters during a 1971 demonstration, according to case files released to a Mexican freedom of information group.
269788
Two senators who strongly support human embryonic stem cell research lashed out yesterday at the scientist who recently reported the creation of those cells by a method that does not require the destruction of embryos, saying the scientist and his company have harmed the struggling field by...
353749
By [Frank Munger]  Because scientists are genetically manipulating plants at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, special controls are required to prevent their spread in the environment.
362415
By HANNAH ZITNER  VANCOUVER (CP) - Three B.C. mayors are demanding the federal government help thousands of homeowners pay for removing mountain pine beetle-infested trees.