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Drills, Spills, and Chills
Meanwhile, in a different corner of the energy debate … A proposal to allow oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge shares the spotlight with fuel-efficiency standards […]
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Dissent Into Madness
Arundhati Roy, India’s prize-winning novelist-cum-environmental activist, was found guilty of contempt of court by her nation’s highest court yesterday. Roy was fined 2,000 rupees (about $40) and given a “symbolic” […]
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The Lung and Short of It
For the first time, fine particles emitted by coal-fired power plants, factories, and diesel trucks have been linked to an increased risk of death from lung cancer. According to a […]
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It’s Not Easy Making Green
Green products won’t necessarily keep a company out of the red: Many businesses are concluding that eco-friendly marketing campaigns simply don’t work. Forty-one percent of U.S. consumers say they don’t […]
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G-ratifying
In a legally binding decision, the 15 nations of the European Union agreed yesterday to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change by June. In doing so, the countries committed […]
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Horns a Plenty
A group of white rhinos, the world’s second-largest land mammal and once one of its rarest, is returning to its old stomping ground — Kenya’s Meru National Park, a reserve […]
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Motley Fuel
Is this creative problem solving, or utter madness? Diesel fuel, gasoline’s much-maligned stepsister, could be welcomed back into the energy fold if the auto industry has its way. Diesel fell […]
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Elizabeth Grossman reviews The Birds of Heaven by Peter Matthiessen
What do Nebraska, Ngorongoro, North Korea, Outer Mongolia, England's Norfolk marshes, and the Australian Outback have in common? The crane -- the elegant, long-legged bird that adorns Asian scrolls, appears on bas reliefs at Angkor Wat and in 6,000-year-old Spanish cave paintings, is reproduced in origami and Chinese bronze, and chronicled by Aboriginal, Ainu and Cree storytellers, as well as by Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Aldo Leopold.
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Without fair water distribution, the Middle East peace process is all dried up
A variety of explanations have been offered as to why Israel is reluctant to redistribute water resources. The most obvious reason is that doing so would require a change in […]
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The Good Life
Re: Katie Alvord, author Dear Editor: My, how I enjoyed this “how-to” series. Although not a lifestyle I think I can completely embrace (at a guess I’m at least 30 […]
