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Canadian Bakin'
Canada’s federal cabinet has approved a five-year, $500 million plan to address the problem of climate change, the government’s first substantive effort on the issue, though it only goes one-third […]
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Wheaties — Breakfast of X-Men
Wheat grown near the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident is six times more likely to show mutations than wheat grown just 19 miles away, according to a study […]
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Two Good to Be True?
The board of the New York League of Conservation Voters is split over whom to endorse in the race for New York’s open Senate seat — Rep. Rick Lazio (R) […]
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Suing for Label
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by consumer and environmental organizations and a group of scientists that want the U.S. government to require labels on genetically modified (GM) […]
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Don't Bring Your Work Home With You
Workers in dozens of industries are not only being exposed to dangerous substances on the job, but are also transporting those toxins home on their clothes, skin, tools, and briefcases, […]
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I Can't Believe We Made the Hole Thing
For the first time, the hole in the ozone layer has opened up over a populated city, New Zealand scientists say. The hole opened up for two days in early […]
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Sunny Day, Sweeping the Clouds Away
Though acting more slowly than enviros would like, BP Amoco and some other oil companies are developing alternative energy technologies at a faster pace than at any time since the […]
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The Tragedy of the Commoner
Just 35 municipal waste incinerators, cement kilns, and steel plants in the eastern and central U.S. accounted for one-third of the dioxin reaching the Canadian Arctic in one year, according […]
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Storm Troopers
Climate change seems already to be causing weather-related disasters, and the problem is likely to get worse, according to a recent report conducted by scientists at Vrije University in Amsterdam […]
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Utah residents fight back against toxic contamination
With its red rock canyons, snow covered peaks, alkali plains, slickrock, and Great Salt Lake, the varied terrain of Utah forms strikingly beautiful landscapes. This arresting scenery drew Chip Ward and family to the state in the 1970s, and persuaded them to settle in the seemingly placid town of Grantsville on the edge of Utah's West Desert.
