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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Brenda Morehouse, Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development
Brenda Morehouse is manager of the Pembina Institute’s new environmental activism website, EcoAction.ca, and senior editor for ClimateChangeSolutions.com. Sunday, 18 Feb 2001 OTTAWA, Ontario Me and Lou, at work. This […]
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A review of Powder Burn
A little over two years ago, fire swept through five buildings and four ski lifts in Vail, Colo., causing more than $12 million in damage, upending a small town already reeling from enormous change, and eventually introducing the word ecoterrorism into the mainstream lexicon.
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Soil Ain't Green
Just 16 percent of the world’s farmlands are free of problems like chemical contamination, acidity, salinity, and poor drainage, according to a study by the International Food Policy Research Institute […]
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Natural Dying Killers
The number of orcas whales living off the San Juan Islands in Washington has dropped 15 percent in the last five years and contamination from industrial chemicals in the region’s […]
