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Department of Offense
The Pentagon may ask the U.S. Congress to rewrite the Endangered Species Act to exempt military training exercises from restrictions to protect sea turtles, desert tortoises, and other rare critters. […]
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Isn't It Good, We Need More Wood
Feel good that the world’s three biggest buyers of lumber — Home Depot, Lowe’s, and IKEA — have promised to give preference to wood that meets eco-friendly certification standards. But […]
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The Day the Earth Didn't Stand Still
Water-hungry Los Angeles is pumping so much groundwater that the area is rising and falling each year in tune with the seasons, according to a report published today in the […]
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This Rocks, Fish!
Enviros scored a victory yesterday when a federal judge ordered the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service to do more to protect two species of rockfish, bocaccio and lingcod. U.S. Magistrate […]
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Give Us Hybrids, or Give Us Death
Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Do Good Dear Editor: I disagree with the action to dissuade Ford from making hybrid SUVs. I live in western Colorado and would very […]
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Smog and Mirrors
Businesses located near national parks told the U.S. EPA yesterday to move forward with a plan to reduce smog over 156 parks. At a hearing yesterday, the businesses and environmental […]
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Kentucky Fried Mountaintops
A Kentucky citizens group yesterday sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to try to stop coal mining operations from burying streams under rock and dirt waste piles. The group […]
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Michelle Nijhuis reviews The Tapir's Morning Bath by Elizabeth Royte
It's easy to glorify field biologists. They travel to exotic locales, hang out with rare wildlife, and further humanity's understanding of the natural world. What could be more valuable -- or more fun?
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All Falls Down
Chanting "let the water flow," about 4,000 residents joined a convoy of trucks from around the country yesterday in Klamath Falls, Ore., to protest the federal government and demand more […]
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Kiwi Me a River
In a big loss for the Green Party in New Zealand, the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification has rejected the idea of a country free of genetically engineered crops and […]
