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What Rubbish

In a setback to environmentalists, the U.S. Supreme Court today limited the scope of the Clean Water Act, saying that an Illinois solid waste agency could locate a trash dump […]

Con-servation

A con artist has been selling big tracts of land in the Amazon to gullible American and European enviros, saying the land will be protected forever, according to an investigation […]

The Engine of Progress

At the annual Detroit auto show today, Ford announced plans to introduce a new technology to Ford Explorers in 2004 to raise their fuel efficiency 42 percent, from 19 to […]

A Sign of Intel-ligence

Eight high tech firms, including Intel, Microsoft, AT&T, and 3Com, have agreed to boycott products from old-growth forests. Intel said the pressure to make the policy came from within the […]

Pinch Me!

In something out of a dream for environmentalists, U.S. Forest Service Chief Mike Dombeck yesterday barred cutting of all old-growth trees on national forests. Andy Stahl, head of Forest Service […]

Vole: De Mort

Despite some improvements in recent years, the U.K.’s environment is still in jeopardy, according to a report by the country’s Environment Agency. John Murlis, the agency’s chief scientist, said, “The […]

I Dunno, Alaska

Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles (D) said on Friday his state would sue to try to prevent President Clinton’s road-building ban from applying to the Tongass and Chugach national forests. Knowles […]

A Wild Horn Section

The Cameroon government, World Wildlife Fund, and World Conservation Union (IUCN) are planning a rescue mission to save the last 10 Western black rhinos in Africa. Western black rhinos are […]

Norton's No Honeymooner

A list of the Interior Department advisory group assembled by President-elect Bush reads like a who’s who of representatives from the logging, mining, and oil drilling industries. Which isn’t surprising, […]

Maine woods emerge as ground zero for a grand land conservation experiment

Try this little-known fact on for size: Approximately one-quarter of New England — a region first settled four centuries ago — is almost entirely undeveloped. Never mind images of East […]