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Good G-reef

Australian Environment Minister Robert Hill announced yesterday that Australia would phase out commercial coral harvesting on the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest living reef formation. Tourists and private individuals […]

Peking Our Interest

U.S. President Bush has often pointed fingers at China’s greenhouse gas emissions problems when explaining why he rejected the Kyoto treaty on climate change. Kyoto would require the U.S. to […]

Long Divisions

The wide divide between the U.S. and the European Union on climate change was clear yesterday, even though U.S. President Bush claimed to reporters that there was a “spirit of […]

Oink, Oink, Oink, Oink. Who Let the Hogs Out?

The Quebec government said yesterday that it would limit hog production to protect the environment in the province, which is one of the world’s largest producers of pork. Hog production […]

Hitting Hard-rock Bottom

In a small victory for environmentalists, the Bush administration is expected today to endorse tougher environmental rules for hard-rock mining on federal land. The rules, which were finalized at the […]

Beyond the Call

Nokia, the world’s largest cell phone maker, said yesterday that it hoped to develop a phone with biodegradable parts within a few years. Nokia’s Salla Ahonen said that cell phone […]

A Mindo Their Own

The Ecuadorian government earlier this month approved the construction of a billion-dollar oil pipeline project that will go straight through the Mindo ecological reserve, a cloudforest 16 miles northwest of […]

Send Us the Bill

Former Energy Secretary Bill Richardson was elected late last week to serve on the board of trustees of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Karen Golembeski, Richardson’s spokesperson, said he was […]

Sweden Lowdown

Police estimate that between 10,000 and 25,000 demonstrators will gather today in Gothenburg, Sweden, where U.S. President Bush will be called upon by European Union leaders to defend his rejection […]

Grain of Truth

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday that it had found no evidence that genetically engineered StarLink corn causes allergic reactions in humans. Blood tests of 17 […]