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Mao-ie Zow-ie

China is moving forward with a massive project to redirect water from the nation’s longest rivers (including the Yangtze and Yellow) to the arid north, helping to quench the thirst […]

Big Bang

As if terrorist attacks weren’t enough of a threat, unexploded munitions at 16,000 inactive military ranges in the United States present “imminent and substantial” public health risks, according to newly […]

Gonna Be a Bright Sunshiny Day

A year after voters approved a $100 million bond to boost solar power in San Francisco, planning is well underway to position the city as the country’s largest municipal generator […]

The Organic Turkey’s Lament

And other words from readers

  Re: Hitting the Bottle Dear Editor: We would like to thank you for the article by Keith Schneider. Many of the people of Michigan have never heard of Mecosta […]

Lip Styx

Think twice before you powder your nose. A cosmetics industry review panel this week approved continued use of chemicals that critics have linked to birth defects in animals. The Cosmetic […]

At Whitman’s End?

Speculation is growing that U.S. EPA Administrator Christie Whitman might resign now that the Bush administration has a GOP-controlled Congress in its holster and its sights set on further environmental […]

merlin matthews, Re~Cycle

merlin matthews is founder and president of Re~Cycle, a U.K.-based nonprofit that collects and ships second-hand bikes and bike parts to developing countries. Monday, 18 Nov 2002 WEST MERSEA, Essex, […]

A Snowball’s Chance

Perhaps the clearest and most visible sign of climate change in America won’t be around for much longer: The glaciers of Glacier National Park in Montana are melting and will […]

Landscape Goat

There’s no need to use big crews and machinery to control fires in the California hills — just add goats. A park district in the Bay Area is using goats […]