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Double, Double, Soil and Trouble

The Arctic’s permafrost is melting in places, causing soil that is no longer frozen to release greenhouse gases and potentially speed global warming, according to U.N. scientists. The implications could […]

Kelp Wanted

Seaweed Day in Japan was a bummer yesterday for environmentalists and fishers. They are in a tizzy over a project to reclaim land on what was the country’s largest tidal […]

So Much for the Rule of the Law

To the delight of the timber, energy, and mining industries, the Bush administration has delayed for at least two months former President Clinton’s plan to ban road-building and logging on […]

Tamayo, Tamayo, I Love You, Tamayo

Mexican President Vicente Fox met yesterday with supporters of two jailed environmental activists and asked his lawyers to review whether the activists had been framed. Rodolfo Montiel and Teodoro Cabrera, […]

Get a Piece of the Rock — Before It Goes Under Water

An increase in natural disasters as a result of global warming could cost the world more than $300 billion a year by 2050, says a report to the U.N. by […]

Remorse Cod

Ozone layer depletion may be contributing to the decline of cod stocks in New England, according to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology. Using lab experiments, researchers […]

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 […]