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Clark Williams-Derry, Northwest Environment Watch
Clark Williams-Derry is research director at Northwest Environment Watch, a nonprofit research and communication center that promotes sustainability in the Pacific Northwest. Monday, 6 Oct 2003 SEATTLE, Wash. I am […]
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Check Your Fluids
Testing for Pollution in People’s Bodies Is on the Rise A new “biomonitoring” movement is taking off with the aim of measuring pollution levels in people’s bodies. Scientists are increasingly […]
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I’ll Take Mongolia for $1,000, Alex
Increased Mining in Mongolia Could Threaten Environment Say “Mongolia” and most people think of yaks and yurts — that is, if they think of anything. But these days, mining companies […]
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The Kids Are Alright
Michigan Creates Volunteer Corps to Monitor Waterways What do you do if you’re a budget-strapped state with no money to pay for water-quality monitoring? Sign up the seventh graders, of […]
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Soft Sell
McCain and Lieberman Soften Climate-Change Legislation The sponsors of a groundbreaking climate-change bill in the Senate are softening their legislation in an attempt to attract more support. Sens. John McCain […]
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Minding Nemo
Tropical Fish Trade Threatens Coral Reef Ecosystems More than 20 million tropical fish and up to 10 million other marine critters are caught each year for the aquarium trade, according […]
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No More Elks’ Conventions
Wolves Help Restore Biodiversity in Yellowstone Wolves have proven to be a big draw for tourists since they were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995, but camera-toting vacationers aren’t […]
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Orange U Sad?
Illegal Logging Could Push Orangutans to the Brink of Extinction Orangutans could be wiped out within 20 years if illegal logging continues unabated on two islands in Indonesia and Malaysia, […]
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Airing It All Out
EPA Launches New Daily Air-Quality Forecasts If terror threat alerts aren’t your thing, maybe you’ll be more excited about the U.S. government’s newest color-coded warning system — for air quality. […]
