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Tender Lovin’ Corps
Kerry Proposes Forest-Restoration Corps Speaking of forests: John Kerry today unveiled his own forest plan, which among other things would trim $100 million in timber-industry subsidies to fund the creation […]
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Ah, to Dell With It
Dell and HP Announce Computer Recycling Programs After years of pressure by enviro groups and shareholders, the world’s two biggest PC manufacturers Tuesday announced dueling free computer recycling programs. From […]
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Yucc’d Up Beyond All Recognition
Yucca Mountain Provokes Yet More Controversy The perpetually beleaguered Yucca Mountain federal nuclear-waste storage facility has become even more beleaguered. Try to stay with us: First, last week a federal […]
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Comity Central
Fish Restoration Deal Model of Cooperation In a process marked by an eerie lack of lawsuits or public invective, a broad collection of divergent stakeholders — including state and federal […]
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The Teflon Precedent
DuPont to Be Fined for Toxic Chemical in Teflon The U.S. EPA has announced it will levy a substantial fine — perhaps the largest environmental fine in U.S. history — […]
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Get Your Stinking Paws Off Me, You Damn Dirty AEP!
EPA Adds Charges to Lawsuit Against Power Company The U.S. EPA notified American Electric Power Co. today that it will be adding a new set of violations to its complaint […]
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Methyl Addicts
U.S. Seeks Another Exemption from Methyl-Bromide Ban Over the past year, the U.S. requested and received a one-year exemption from the Montreal Protocol’s provision banning the use of ozone-depleting pesticide […]
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The Thin Green Line
Whistleblowing Chief of Park Police Fired Seven months after suspending her for speaking out about increased safety risks in national parks due to underfunding and under staffing, the Interior Department […]
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Erin Simmons, an advocate for healthy oceans, answers questions
If Everybody Had an Ocean With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am West Coast organizer for Oceana. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would […]