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Good Things Come in Littleton Packages

Littleton, N.H., a town of 5,965 in the White Mountains, is being touted by some urban planners as a model of cutting-edge smart-growth practices. For starters, the town requires that […]

Getting in Chip Shape

IBM has launched a new computer recycling program, just in time for America Recycles Day today. Computer equipment moves rapidly from state-of-the-art to obsolete, leaving many individuals and businesses stuck […]

Retail-iation

Environmental activists around the U.S. are marking America Recycles Day today by protesting in front of Staples stores, criticizing the office-supply chain for selling paper and wood products made from […]

A Hague-y Shade of Winter

The European Union is unhappy with two proposals being pushed by the U.S. at the international climate change talks underway in The Hague, Netherlands. One would allow countries to count […]

Thunder, the Circumstances

Against the backdrop of the international talks on climate change occurring in The Hague, Netherlands, scientists said yesterday that January through October in the U.S. this year saw the highest […]

Greening From Ear to Ear

Although Ralph Nader came up short in his bid to get 5 percent of the vote in the presidential election, 18 other Green Party candidates around the U.S. won their […]

The Salmon Equivalent of Richard Hatch

After several years of controversy, the feds yesterday listed wild Atlantic salmon in eight Maine rivers as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Only 27 adult salmon have returned up […]

Wolf Blitzes

Defenders of Wildlife formally petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday to reintroduce wolves to the southern Rocky Mountains, an area encompassing western Colorado, southern Wyoming, northern New Mexico […]

Stop the WTO — and Bring Some Coleslaw

Many environmentalists and other anti-globalization activists are planning to gather in Seattle on 30 Nov. to mark the one-year anniversary of much-publicized protests against the World Trade Organization. Thousands are […]

Forced Busing?

U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is set today to unveil a new management plan for California’s Yosemite National Park that aims to reduce crowding and traffic congestion in the park, […]