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Gulf Not Up to Par

Global warming will bring troubled times to the Gulf Coast in the next 50 to 100 years, according to a study released yesterday by the Union of Concerned Scientists and […]

Morocco and Roll

The success of the next round of climate change negotiations, which open in Morocco next week, will be determined by the European Union, Russia, and Japan. The talks will attempt […]

Singa Song

Singapore drivers may soon be able to fill ‘er up with hydrogen by 2004, following a letter of intent signed yesterday by BP to build hydrogen-refueling stations in the island […]

Enduring Spirit

In the latest in a sad string of politically motivated murders in Latin America, prominent Mexican human rights lawyer Digna Ochoa, 37, was shot to death in her office late […]

Anti-air Force?

In yet another environmental compromise made in the wake of last month’s terrorist attacks, the U.S. EPA has backed off from pressuring the Air Force to eliminate the use of […]

Hang In, Chad

Nearly 10 percent of African bird species are threatened with extinction, according to a newly completed eight-year study published by BirdLife International, an international coalition of conservation groups. The study […]

Wherefore Art Thou Romero?

There’s death, taxes and now — garbage. So says California state Sen. Gloria Romero (D), who is concerned about the state’s increasingly inescapable waste problem. California’s population is expected to […]

Dam Nation

The Amazon Basin could become home to the world’s third-largest dam if Brazil continues with plans to build a hydroelectric plant to stave off the nation’s energy crisis. Energy consumption […]

Norton: Here's a Whoops

An on-going battle over proposed oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge took an ugly turn late last week when news surfaced that Interior Secretary Gale Norton had distorted […]

Ann Hedreen, Environmental Media Services Northwest

Ann Hedreen is a program director with Environmental Media Services Northwest in Seattle, a nonprofit communications clearinghouse dedicated to expanding and improving the quality of environmental coverage by the news […]