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Chevy Suburban, Meet the Chrysler Suburb

DaimlerChrysler plans to start selling a four-wheel-drive vehicle that will make the largest family vehicles now on the road seem tiny — nay, minute — in comparison. The vehicle, dubbed […]

Still Fighting for a Clearcut Victory

Claiming they are ready to log in more sustainable ways, timber companies in Canada want Greenpeace to call off its international campaign against British Columbia forest products. Weyerhaeuser Vice President […]

Howling With Joy

Leaving intact protections for red wolves in North Carolina, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday declined to hear a case in which two farmers in the state challenged the federal government’s […]

To Summit All Up

South African officials announced yesterday that the next Earth Summit, to be held in Johannesburg in 2002, will focus on worldwide access to drinking water and safeguarding children. The summit […]

This Is the Dawning of the Age of Aquariums

It would be illegal to dump a common aquarium algae in any body of water in California under a bill before the state legislature. Caulerpa taxifolia, once given away free […]

Tropic of Cancer

Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in Florida’s Panhandle are known for their unspoiled beaches and the Gulf of Mexico’s pretty waters — less known is that the area has some […]

Scales of Justice

In a decision celebrated by salmon advocates, a federal judge ruled on Friday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been violating the Clean Water Act with its four […]

They Wouldn't Touch Pollution With a 10-foot Poll

Sixty-four percent of Californians don’t want environmental protections rolled back as part of a solution to the current energy crisis, according to a Los Angeles Times poll. Almost 90 percent […]

Marine Core

As much as one-fifth of the world’s oceans should be put off-limits to fishing to save large numbers of fish and other aquatic species from going extinct, according to a […]

The Oh-Nos of Kilimanjaro

The ice cap on Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro will be gone in 15 years, says Lonnie G. Thompson, a researcher at Ohio State University. Speaking at the annual meeting of the […]