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Readers opine on Greens, Kucinich, Schwarzenegger, and more

  Re: Howard’s Beginning Dear Editor: I salute Howard Dean for the strong statements he made on environmental issues in San Francisco, as reported in Daily Grist. However, I worry […]

Hit Below the Pelt

Snow Leopards Threatened by Increased Hunting in Afghanistan The ouster of the Taliban from Afghanistan undoubtedly had many salutary side effects — but not for the region’s snow leopards, according […]

Some Like It Cool

Seeking Relief from Heat, Europeans Turn to Air Conditioning Concerned about their health and wary of technology, Europeans have long cast a skeptical eye on that most commonplace of U.S. […]

Turtle Goop

Oil Spill off Pakistan’s Coast Threatens Marine Life Hundreds of dead turtles and fish are washing ashore near Pakistan’s port city of Karachi — victims of an oil spill emanating […]

Who Was That Unmasked Man, Anyway?

Hanford Cleanup Workers Worry About Toxic Vapors Dozens of cleanup workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state — the most contaminated site in the nation — have registered […]

Threat Level: Orange

Legacy of Agent Orange Continues to Haunt Vietnam Decades after the U.S. military sprayed Vietnam with millions of gallons of Agent Orange, fish and livestock in some parts of the […]

Depths of Despair

West Coast Trawlers Accused of Wrecking Deep-Sea Coral Colonies Even as marine scientists are discovering extensive colonies of deep-sea coral off the western coast of the U.S., huge factory trawlers […]

Throw in the Powell

With Lake Powell Depleted by Drought, Enviros Push to Drain It Environmentalists have long loathed Lake Powell, created in the 1960s by damming the Colorado River and drowning beautiful Glen […]

John Mauro, Pilchuck Audubon Society

John Mauro is smart growth director for Pilchuck Audubon Society in Everett, Wash. He works to stop sprawl and ensure that clean water and wildlife habitat maintain a high profile […]

Keeping the Chemical Fires Burning

Army Begins Burning Chemical Weapons in Alabama To the dismay of environmentalists and many community members in Anniston, Ala., the U.S. Army on Saturday started incinerating millions of pounds of […]