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Lonelier Little Sparrow
Who notices the fall of the sparrow? For starters, scientists in China, where the once-common sparrow is on the brink of extinction. Around the northeastern port of Tianjin, the sparrow […]
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The Misery River
The Missouri River is the nation’s most threatened river, according to a report released today by American Rivers. In its annual report of endangered waterways, the group blamed the U.S. […]
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The Salton of the Earth
The Salton Sea is California’s largest lake — and one of the most endangered habitats in North America. The sea is extremely salty and getting more so every day. And […]
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Peter Sinkamba, Citizens for a Better Environment
Peter Sinkamba is founder and executive director of the nonprofit Citizens for a Better Environment in Zambia. A mining engineer and environmental auditor, Sinkamba helped write the 1996 Zambian Republican […]
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World CERES
Could this be the end of greenwashing? After five years of work, an innovative coalition of businesses, advocacy groups, unions, accountants, academics, and government representatives is preparing to unveil standardized […]
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Mustard Greens
In a hard-won triumph for environmentalists, the Pentagon announced yesterday that it will use a water-neutralization process, rather than incineration, to destroy 2,600 tons of mustard gas stored at Colorado’s […]
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Deep Du Du
Three years after NATO’s 78-day air campaign against Yugoslavia, depleted uranium (DU) has been found at five of six sites investigated by scientists from the U.N. Environment Programme. The sites, […]
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Warm Air Gives Us Cold Hands
Relatively minor increases in global temperatures are already dramatically affecting plants and animals, according to an article appearing in the current issue of Nature. The Earth has warmed by just […]
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You Got to Know When to Hold ‘Em
Betting comes naturally to Nevadans, but the stakes are high and the odds are poor for a last-ditch effort to keep 77,000 tons of nuclear waste out of a proposed […]
