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Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters

Deb Callahan is president of the League of Conservation Voters, based in Washington, D.C. Monday, 23 Oct 2000 LOS ANGELES, Calif. So, here I am writing a week of diaries […]

I Vant to Suck Your Juice

Household gadgets and appliances suck power even when they’re shut off, constituting 10 percent of the electricity use in the average San Francisco Bay area household and costing residents about […]

Bury, Bury Scary

The Department of Energy now says the amount of plutonium and other radioactive waste from the manufacture of nuclear weapons that was released into soil or buried in thin containers […]

When Al's Said and Done …

Al Gore made a hard pitch to enviros during an impassioned campaign speech in Portland, Ore., last night, pledging to protect old-growth trees, roadless forest areas, and salmon runs. “When […]

All-consuming Passion

Overconsumption has led to an estimated 33 percent decline in the natural wealth of the world’s ecosystems over the past 30 years, according to a report released by the World […]

The Lung Arm of the Law

To help cut air pollution in the nation’s smoggiest state, California officials announced last week that they will soon begin converting the state government’s entire 10,000-vehicle fleet to low-polluting or […]

Got Water?

At least 3.5 billion people, more than half of the world’s current population, are expected to experience water shortages by 2025, according to a new report by the World Resources […]

Chain Reaction

Enviros and human rights advocates chained themselves to the door of the Mexican attorney general’s office on Wednesday, calling for the release of two environmental activists who have been jailed […]

Getting Something Off Their Chests

A few environmental activists in California are trying a new tactic to bring a halt to the logging of ancient redwoods — “Goddess-based, nude Buddhist guerilla poetry,” or, in laywoman’s […]

Risky Business

Fifty-six percent of Americans believe the environmental risks of drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska outweigh the potential benefits, and only 29 percent say opening […]