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Arctic Circle of Friends

Rebel Foam Manufacturer Faces Difficulties in Greening His Industry A new international project to clean up the Russian Arctic was unveiled in London today, and enviros say it’s about time. […]

El Fin?

Fish Farms Threaten Wild Atlantic Salmon with Extinction Enviros have been right to worry about farmed salmon driving wild Atlantic salmon closer to extinction, according to new research by scientists […]

How ’bout Them Apples?

Apples Rank as Produce Most Contaminated by Pesticides Apples, bell peppers, celery, and cherries rank as the produce most contaminated by pesticide residues in the U.S., says the Environmental Working […]

Barbara Dean, Island Press

Barbara Dean is executive editor at Island Press, a nonprofit environmental book publisher. Monday, 20 Oct 2003 COVELO, Calif. It’s another gorgeous autumn day on this remote square mile of […]

Good to the Last Drop

Scientists Discover New, Clean Way to Generate Power from Water Scientists at the University of Alberta in Canada are creating a stir with their discovery of a clean and simple […]

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

Pollutant-Chomping Bacterium Cleans Up Contaminated Sites A pollutant-munching bacterium is earning plaudits in Fairfield, N.J., where the U.S. EPA has been using it to clean up a Superfund site contaminated […]

Calf-kaesque

Melting of South American Glaciers Leads to Sea-Level Rise Glaciers in the Patagonia region of southern Argentina and Chile are melting so fast that they are leading to a tiny […]

Swing, Voter Voter Voter

Former Clinton Officials Gear Up to Fight Bush on Environment A group of prominent ex-Clintonites — including former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and former EPA Administrator Carol Browner — are […]

Hey There, Tiger

ExxonMobil Contemplates Cleaning up Its Act It’s tough to think of a company with a worse reputation among environmentalists than ExxonMobil — so it comes as a pleasant surprise that […]

A Chile Reception

Canadian Mining Company Halts Project in Patagonia Few places in the world are more synonymous with remote, rugged, and untouched natural splendor than Patagonia, so it was with relief that […]