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It's a Hard-rocks Life for Us
The amount of toxic chemicals emitted by industry in the U.S. grew by 5 percent in 1999, the U.S. EPA said yesterday in its annual Toxics Release Inventory. Two-thirds of […]
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Nature Nurtures
Contact with nature may have therapeutic effects, says a professor of occupational and environmental medicine at Emory University. Writing this month in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Howard Frumkin […]
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Victor, You Go!
The administration of Mexican President Vicente Fox sent a tax reform bill to the Mexican Congress last week that contains strong environmental protection and cleanup provisions. Environment Minister Victor Lichtinger […]
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Where's the Beef Report?
The chemical, beef, and poultry industries are lobbying the U.S. EPA to stall even longer before releasing a final report showing that animal fat and dairy products containing tiny amounts […]
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Way Cool
The second-largest air-conditioner manufacturer in the U.S., Goodman Manufacturing, is asking the Bush administration not to roll back a rule approved by former President Clinton requiring new air conditioners to […]
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Weeping and A-whalin'
Drawing the ire of environmentalists, Japanese whaling ships returned to harbor this morning with a catch of 440 minke whales after five months at sea. The catch was within the […]
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Emissionary Position
The U.S. EPA on Monday asked the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the agency’s decision in December to order power plants to reduce their […]
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Markey Mark and the Bushie Bunch
President Bush is asking Congress to effectively suspend a part of the Endangered Species Act that lets citizens sue the government if they think the feds are not moving quickly […]
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Whoa, Canada
Canada’s environmental record ranks second-worst in the world compared to 28 other industrialized nations, according to a study by a professor at the University of Victoria. Switzerland came out No. […]
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Trouble in River City
The Missouri River is the country’s most endangered waterway, says American Rivers, which yesterday released its annual list of rivers in trouble. The group says that several species face extinction […]
