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Ken Wu smiles like a man who kept on wearing his clothes long enough for them to come into fashion again. Not only that, but some of the guys who sneered the first time around are now wearing them, too.

Last month, people called the city, outraged after a West Seattle man was suspected of cutting down 10 maple trees on public property to get a better view. It was an apparent violation of city and state law and a parks department ordinance that protects environmentally sensitive land.

In those parts of the Wisconsin where the snow has finally melted and the sun is reaching the forest floor, garlic mustard plants are awaking from their winter dormancy and soon will grow quickly. In some areas in the southern counties the first flush of seeds of this persistent weed has germinated, forming a carpet of tiny seedlings.

IATP Senior Fellow Mark Muller is working in a volunteer program in Honduras through July. He is blogging periodically on his experiences there.

IATP Senior Fellow Mark Muller is working in a volunteer program in Honduras through July. He is blogging periodically on his experiences there. Ok, perhaps I am being a little melodramatic. We have plenty of purified water to drink. But we are now in day four of not having water in our taps and it’s all that I can think about.

Nine years ago, IATP was part of new coalition called GE Food Alert.

The global biofuel market has grown so quickly that international trade and investment rules aren’t prepared to handle the multiple challenges arising from this new sector. As an example, the World Trade Organization treats ethanol and biodiesel very differently under its rules.