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I've Been Working against the Railroad

Environmentalists in Hong Kong won an unprecedented victory this week when an appeals board rejected a plan by a government-owned railway to build a new line through Hong Kong’s largest […]

Closer-to-Home Toxic Hot Spots

Kernel Clink

The U.S. EPA indicated on Friday that it would not permit even trace amounts of genetically modified StarLink corn into human food. StarLink, which was previously approved for use as […]

Kevin Collins, National Parks Conservation Association

Kevin Collins is director of park recreation and use, and acting director of government affairs, at the National Parks Conservation Association. Monday, 30 Jul 2001 WASHINGTON, D.C. Drive along the […]

Rider Back Atcha

In a slap in the face to the Bush administration, the U.S. House voted 218 to 189 on Friday to require the White House to stick with the tough standard […]

Don't Touch That Fish With a 10-foot Pole

Mercury was discovered in Columbia River fish in Washington state more than a decade ago, but the state hasn’t yet posted signs to warn anglers about the dangers of eating […]

Be All That You Can Be

Thousands of workers in the U.S. may develop a fatal lung disease because companies have exposed them to the highly toxic metal beryllium without safeguards or warnings, according to a […]

You Dirty Rats!

Using boats and helicopters to drop about 120 tons of poisoned bait, New Zealand has launched the biggest rat eradication program in history. By ridding the remote Campbell Island south […]

Rising Stun

The International Whaling Commission yesterday delayed for a year the touchy subject of whether to lift a ban on commercial whaling. A motion by pro-whaling countries asking the IWC to […]

Jesus, Christie!

U.S. EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman yesterday proposed replacing five of the government’s toughest air-pollution programs with a single approach favored by the electricity industry. Rules to limit mercury emissions, […]