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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 […]

A Trader to Their Cause

Several U.S. corporations are doing an about-face: To get Democrats in Congress to stop holding up free-trade agreements, some representatives of Big Business are abandoning their long-held opposition to linking […]

Trash Talking

The first piece of legislation signed by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo requires local governments to reduce waste disposal by 25 percent across the county in five years, mostly through re-use, […]

Up Sheet Creek

The middle of the West Antarctic ice sheet — one of the world’s largest collections of water — is shrinking and could contribute to a dramatic rise in global sea […]

Aaaay, It's the Fronds!

A common fern can thrive on big amounts of arsenic and could possibly be put to use soaking up arsenic from contaminated land and water, according to a study published […]