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That's About How Many Voted for Gore and Nader

Some 53 percent of Americans oppose drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, while 33 percent favor the idea, according to a poll taken at the […]

I Do Not Like Green Aches and Dams, I Do Not Like Them, Salmon I Am

Never mind consumers hit with big energy bills or utilities on the edge of bankruptcy — salmon may be the ones most screwed by the power problems afflicting the Western […]

Chop Shoo-ey

More than 100 state-owned restaurants in Beijing promised this month to “go green” and start washing and reusing chopsticks. The federal government in China is considering a tax on disposable […]

It's All About the Benjamins

To maintain public interest and grow their membership lists, environmental groups are having to become increasingly sophisticated marketers. For example, the Nature Conservancy is spending $1 million to pilot TV […]

Pest-o, Change-o

About 30 percent of pesticides sold in developing countries do not meet international health and environmental standards, according to two U.N. agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health […]

Taking It on the Chen

The debate over whether to continue construction of Taiwan’s fourth nuclear power plant continues to roil the country. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, a Democrat Progressive who swept the Nationalist Party […]

Wild Horses Couldn't Keep Them Away

The fate of 600,000 acres of high desert in Wyoming now lies in the hands of President Bush. Just before leaving office, former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt ruled that conservation […]

The Whole Kitz and Kaboodle

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) told Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham on Friday that the Bush administration should focus on conservation rather than “drilling and digging and burning” as a way […]

Susan Davis, WaterPartners International

Susan Davis is the director of outreach for WaterPartners International, a nonprofit organization that addresses the water supply and sanitation needs of people living in developing countries. Susan Davis is […]

Crop Failures

Almost 30 percent of farmers in the U.S. who grew genetically modified corn last year violated planting restrictions meant to keep insects from becoming resistant to the crop, according to […]