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People for Chapter 11

People for the USA!, the national nonprofit wise-use group, is closing shop later this month, due to a lack of funding and a decline in membership. The group began with […]

Argwings and a Prayer

Kenyan journalist Argwings Odera was arrested and tortured last month for his attempt to report on protests against the Sondu-Miriu Dam being built on a river that drains into Lake […]

Anti-Norton Virus

National environmental leaders held a press conference this morning in Washington, D.C., to announce their formal opposition to Gale Norton, President-elect Bush’s choice for Interior secretary. Enviros earlier this week […]

Neat-o Research Topic: The Effects of Harpooning on Whale Mortality

The U.S. and Japan have teamed up to ask the International Whaling Commission to evaluate whether killing whales to study them produces better research findings than studying them using non-lethal […]

With a "Whoosh Whoosh" Here and a "Whir Whir" There

The border of Washington and Oregon will soon be home to the world’s largest wind farm, producing enough power for 70,000 homes in 11 Western states. The wind-power company FPL […]

The Best Defense Is a Bad Offense

Enviros have taken offense at a 1989 speech by Gale Norton, President-elect Bush’s choice for Interior secretary, in which she suggested that property owners have a “right to pollute.” Worse, […]

ANWR Sedate

The White House said yesterday that President Clinton will not designate the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as a national monument because he believe that the area is already […]

Marshing to the Beat of a Different Drummer

Federal conservation laws have cut the rate of wetland loss in the U.S. by about 80 percent, according to a report released yesterday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. […]

Turtle Dove

A T-shirt sparked Kris Williams’s passion for saving turtles on Georgia’s Wassaw Island. The so-called Turtle Babe is head of the Caretta Research Project, a shoestring effort that is the […]

Honkless Kong

Hong Kong plans to create car-free zones in parts of its central business district to improve the city’s air quality. Just this week, high pollution levels prompted government officials to […]