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Panda-monium

Two decades into the effort to save giant pandas in China from extinction, the greatest remaining threat to pandas may be poor farmers. Chinese authorities estimate that only about 1,000 […]

Whooping Ukraine

Greenpeace leaked a report coming out of Austria yesterday that questions the safety of two nuclear plants meant to succeed reactors at Chernobyl in the Ukraine. The report to the […]

Let's Make a Deal

In the wake of the collapsed climate change talks last weekend in The Hague, Netherlands, the Clinton administration has proposed that top officials from the U.S. and the European Union […]

Bring Us Your Tired, Your Weary, Your Spent Nuclear Fuel

Russian officials dealt a blow to environmentalists yesterday by rejecting their petition for a national referendum that would have let citizens vote on whether to allow the import of spent […]

Mississippi Mud

A tanker spilled more than half a million gallons of crude oil into the lower Mississippi River on Tuesday evening, one of the largest oil spills in U.S. waters since […]

A Vail-ed Threat

A coalition of seven enviro groups is urging skiers to boycott many of the top ski resorts in the Western U.S. and is pointing people instead toward resorts that it […]

Tex Mess

Texas Gov. George W. Bush’s voluntary pollution cleanup program for old industrial plants in Texas has not had much success in its first 15 months, according to a draft report […]

You Can Judge a Bush By His Brother

Four months ago, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) pleasantly surprised enviros by saying that his administration would not approve any marina expansions in counties without solid plans to protect endangered […]

Marmot Marmalade

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien emerged victorious from the national election Monday, but he faces a continued challenge from environmentalists critical of his efforts (or lack thereof) to protect endangered […]

Don't Let Clinton Succumb to Senioritis

Enviros are crossing their fingers — as well as waging letter-writing campaigns and purchasing newspaper ads — in hopes that President Clinton will declare a few more national monuments before […]