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War Crimes

War can be hell on the environment, but in the case of Afghanistan, no one knows just how hellish. Under the auspices of the United Nations, five teams of foreign […]

Sunny Delight?

No, you wouldn’t be on another planet if you saw this billboard: “Sun, 93,000,000 miles. Solar-powered station, the Bronx.” You’d be in Times Square, Manhattan, looking up at an advertisement […]

And other words from readers

  Re: Better Living Through French Fries Dear Editor: This is a great story and I’m glad that more folks will be educated about biodiesel, but you missed an even […]

Mushroom Cloud

“There are practically no cases of radioactive watermelons this year,” was the triumphant announcement of Andrei Buyanov, one of Moscow’s corps of atomic food inspectors. Unfortunately for Muscovites, there were […]

Ceci N’est Pas Une Citizens Group

U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton has nixed the idea of a citizens panel to oversee the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, to the dismay of many environmentalists. Green groups and oil company […]

Industry, Agency Say Nuke Plants Are Safe From Terrorism

One year after the tragedies of Sept. 11, how safe is the U.S. from terrorist strikes against its water supply and nuclear power facilities? Quite safe, according to industry and […]

Haze Reaches Record Level in Hong Kong

While a metaphorical cloud shrouds New York City today, an all-too-real one is suffocating the city of Hong Kong, where pollution levels have set record highs this week, obscuring skyscrapers […]

U.N. Creates Watchdog Effort in Lieu of Future Summits

In what seemed like a tacit acknowledgment of the failure of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, which ended last week, the United Nations has announced that it will not […]

Scientists Discuss How to Reduce Mercury Use Around Globe

Scientists from around the world are meeting this week in Geneva, Switzerland, at a conference sponsored by the U.N. Environment Programme, to discuss ways to cut back on global mercury […]

The Minnow Would Be Lost

The fate of the silvery minnow remains up in the air after a federal judge postponed a decision yesterday in a controversial water-rights case, saying he wanted to review information […]