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Power, but Not Mercury, to the People
Wisconsin is moving to become the first state to force electric utilities to cut their mercury emissions. This week, the state Natural Resources Board is expected to approve for public […]
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Pulp Friction
Cheap paper made from rampant logging of the Indonesian rainforest is flooding Britain. Public agencies are among the big users of the paper, despite calls by the government to use […]
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Coal's Court
Connecticut Gov. John Rowland (R) on Friday vetoed the “Sooty Six” bill that would have forced the state’s six oldest and least efficient power plants to cut emissions of sulfur […]
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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
About 1,000 demonstrators, some dressed as ears of corn and others as tomatoes, held a protest yesterday in San Diego on the opening day of a biotechnology trade show. Shannon […]
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Unhealthy Glow
Thousands more people than expected face health threats from plutonium and other highly radioactive isotopes that contaminated huge amounts of uranium recycled by the U.S. nuclear weapons program over the […]
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Sonic the Gas-hog
Boeing last week admitted that its new high-speed plane, the Sonic Cruiser, would burn more fuel than other airliners, but appeared to dismiss concerns about the plane’s environmental impact. “There […]
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Aye, Claudia
A federal judge effectively halted all oil and gas drilling off the California coast on Friday, ruling that state officials must first decide whether drilling would harm the environment. U.S. […]
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Wood Turner, GoodThings.com
Wood Turner is editor and communications director for GoodThings.com, a Seattle media company focused on positive and constructive stories from nonprofits, companies, and communities. Monday, 25 Jun 2001 SEATTLE, Wash. […]
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Parks-imonious
U.S. President Bush touched down in Alabama yesterday to visit his third park in less than a month and draw attention to what he said were record spending requests for […]
