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When the cows pee in a designated area, it can be treated to make it less harmful to the environment. Scientists say 11 out of 16 cows learned to use the "MooLoo" when they had to go.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports that anti-globalization demonstrators in Melbourne, Australia have declared their three-day effort a success, even though they failed to shut down a conference of the World Economic Forum, a gathering of international business leaders. Organizers of the protests say globalization, as exemplified by the World Economic Forum, benefits only a few of the wealthiest corporations, while harming the environment, destroying local cultures and increasing poverty. The protesters in Melbourne were well-prepared and well-equipped. They used walkie-talkies to monitor police movements, loudspeakers to direct protesters and they'd even set up first aid and legal aid stations.

The president is riding "The Twenty-First Century Express," a train taking him through the mid-west on his way to the Democratic National convention in Chicago. Mr. Clinton's whistle-stops along the way allow time for him to spell out some of the issues he would make priorities in a second term, among them, literacy, the environment, and gun control.

Vice President Al Gore began his kitchen table tour today, having breakfast with a small business owner and her 14-month-old son in Portland, Oregon. Gore is in the Pacific Northwest to stress his stand on the environment and consumer issues. He's hoping to head off defections to the Green Party campaign of Ralph Nader. Polls show both Oregon and Washington close enough for Nader's vote to make Republican nominee George W. Bush the winner. Linda Wertheimer talks to NPR's Andy Bowers.

An event in Syracuse this weekend pointed out the differences in policy and support for climate change science between the Unites States and France.…

Rathert's (WRATH-urts) clothing has been serving the tiny southern Illinois farming community of Red Bud since 1887...and its wooden shelves are mostly filled with provisions from Levi-Strauss (LEE-veye STROWSS). But the nation's original dry goods purveyor decided recently that Don Rathert's rickety store didn't meet its criteria for the proper "retail environment." When the public found out, it responded with angry letters, e-mails, and threats of a boycott...and the company that manufactures Levi's bluejeans changed its mind. Jim Dryden reports.

Scott opened Cactus Jack Gardens at a school in his hometown of Houston. His goal is help kids learn about the environment and nutrition — just like he did in his grandmother's garden growing up.

By running a 1997 Chevy van on old vegetable oil, the funk band Patio Kings saves money and the environment during a 25-city tour. NPR's Petra Mayer takes a ride on the van.

The Ohio River stretches from Pittsburgh to Mississippi, and the basin is more than 200,000 square miles.

Altogether, some 2 billion children worldwide are breathing air that has been deemed a "long term hazard," a report finds. Pollution contributes to around 600,000 deaths annually of kids under age 5.