Ian Yarett is an assistant editor at Newsweek & The Daily Beast. He oversees the Newsweek Green Rankings, an annual environmental assessment of the largest companies in the world, and reports on science, the environment, and health.
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Weird Science
The program designed to assess the environmental effects of the BP spill may be skewed by the legal... MORE
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How Katrina Reshaped Disaster Planning for Kids
Children who survived Hurricane Katrina are at increased risk to suffer mental-health issues today.... MORE
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How to Avoid 'Blood Gadgets'
In Congo, a vicious war is financed in part by the mining of tin, tantalum, tungsten, and... MORE
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What the New Report on the Gulf Spill Really Says
Despite widespread media reports claiming that 75 percent of the oil from the gulf spill is gone,... MORE
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Five Unanswered Questions About the Gulf Spill
More than 100 days after the BP oil-spill disater began, things are finally looking up.... MORE
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BP Oil Leak Halted During Test
For the first time since the accident nearly three months ago, no oil from the Deepwater Horizon... MORE
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Cap Leak Delayed Pressure Test of Oil Well
In the latest setback in efforts to end the spill, pressure testing of the well was delayed after a... MORE
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BP Delays Test to Determine Oil Well’s Integrity
After days of smooth operations, officials postpone a test to measure pressure within the well,... MORE
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With New Cap in Place, What Now?
Now that the sealing cap has been installed, all eyes turn to the well-integrity test, which BP is... MORE
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BP Installs New Well Cap
After days of preparation, BP’s effort to replace the loose-fitting cap that has been collecting... MORE
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Did Oil Kill the Animals Washing Up in the Gulf?
Determining an oil spill’s toll on wildlife is never an easy feat—and the challenging conditions of... MORE
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Gulf Oil Spill by the Numbers
The massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is already making history.... MORE
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The Gulf Oil Spill: Who Can You Trust?
As the spill in the gulf continues to spread, how credible are the major players?... MORE
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James Cameron Is Probably Not the Answer to the Oil Spill
The 'Avatar' director may be an expert in undersea robotics, but that's not the kind of knowledge... MORE
