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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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. […]

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 […]

Eggs on Their Faces (Lots of Little Tiny Ones)

The U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species yesterday rejected a ban on Caspian Sea caviar proposed by a scientific advisory committee. Instead, the countries around the Caspian agreed […]

Ford Tore Us

Some Ford customers are lashing out at the automaker for becoming green around the edges. Stan Meager, a 59-year-old fruit grower in Oregon’s Klamath Basin region has been a “Ford […]

Rock the House

In a series of votes that weren’t even close, the Republican-controlled House took steps yesterday to block the Bush administration’s plans for oil and gas drilling on natural monuments, delay […]