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Fees: "Fie," Foes Fume
Organizers say more than 200 grassroots groups have sprung up across the U.S. to protest fees for using federal lands. In 1996, Congress launched a pilot program to allow certain […]
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See Ya Later …
With fewer than 130 of them left in the wild, Chinese alligators may become the first crocodilian to become extinct in the wild, according to a study that will be […]
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Less, Says Moore
Only a tiny number of globalization foes will be allowed near the next World Trade Organization meeting this October in Doha, Qatar. WTO Director-General Mike Moore has told the 647 […]
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Glow With the Flow
Artificial lakes containing 50 years of radioactive waste could leak into the rivers of the Ural Mountains within a few years, according to a letter sent by the governor of […]
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Patricia Ross, city councilmember, Abbotsford, B.C.
Patricia Ross is a city councilmember in Abbotsford, British Columbia, and a fellow with Leadership for Environment and Development International, a training organization committed to sustainability. Monday, 20 Aug 2001 […]
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15 Is Enough
The U.N. Environment Programme says forest-protection efforts worldwide should focus on just 15 countries that contain more than 80 percent of the most-intact forests left. UNEP says 88 percent of […]
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Going Halfway
A group of Canadian natives has been blockading a Petro-Canada well in northeastern British Columbia since Monday to protest against a proposed 13-mile natural gas pipeline through traditional hunting grounds. […]
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Landfill, Ho!
Babies born to mothers living near landfills are more likely to suffer minor birth defects, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. The 11-year study shows that […]
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Goldy Lax
Nevada’s gold-mining industry is eagerly awaiting the Bush administration’s expected decision to scrap Clinton-era rules designed to reduce the environmental impact of mining on public lands. One of the rules […]
