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More Bangkok for Your Buick

Millions of people in more than 800 cities in 30 countries are participating in a car-free day today, according to Margot Wallstroem, environment commissioner for the European Union. The day […]

A Slade of Hand

Over the objections of Democrats and enviros, Sen. Slade Gorton (R-Wash.) tacked a rider onto a budget bill yesterday that would bar the U.S. government from conducting studies over the […]

The Weak in Review

Senate leaders yesterday blocked a proposal to reform the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by requiring independent reviews of its projects, and instead got behind a plan to have the […]

On Fraudway

Federal officials announced yesterday that thousands of environmental safety tests performed at Superfund locations and other hazardous waste sites around the U.S. between 1994 and 1997 will have to be […]

Cravin' Votes, Craven Move

In marked contrast to European leaders who have refused to bend to public pressure to lower gasoline prices — some even stating concerns about conservation and global warming — Vice […]

Carbon Stink

Old-growth forests are much better at removing carbon dioxide from the air than plantations of new forests, concludes a new study published today in the journal Science. In negotiations over […]

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Cheap Oil

BP is gearing up to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean off the northern coast of Alaska, a highly controversial venture that has been the target of protests by […]

Where the Rubbers Meet the Road

Lack of promised funding from the U.S. and other industrialized nations has led to a severe shortage of condoms in the developing world, hampering efforts to curtail population growth, stem […]

Fish Ain't Brain Food Anymore

The U.S. EPA is expected to announce as early as next week a plan to begin regulating dangerous mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. Mercury contamination is believed to cause […]

Stop, Children, What's That Sound?

This fall National Park Service officials are expected to ask all park superintendents to come up with plans for limiting noise in national parks and protecting the “soundscape,” or the […]