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Occupational Hazard
More than 100 environmental activists occupied Al Gore’s campaign office in Olympia, Wash., yesterday to protest the veep’s ties to Occidental Petroleum, a U.S. corporation with plans to drill for […]
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Getting a Little Pokey in Her Old Age
Betty Krawczyk, a 72-year-old great-grandmother and romance writer, has become a hero to many Canadian environmental activists after being sentenced to a year in prison for peacefully protesting against the […]
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Baby Boom
Babies born today in the Chernobyl area of Ukraine face as big a risk of contracting radiation-related illnesses as children who lived there during the deadly 1986 nuclear explosion, according […]
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States of Grace
New York, Hawaii, and California have made the most progress in improving their energy efficiency over the last 20 years, while Alaska and North Dakota have made the least, according […]
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Research and Destroy
Japan’s whaling fleet has returned home with 88 carcasses — 40 minke whales, 43 Bryde’s, and five sperm. The Japanese government announced yesterday that it plans to continue its controversial […]
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A record pace of extinction threatens American flora and fauna
"The last quarter of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th has been called the most destructive period in the history of American wildlife," writes David Wilcove, senior ecologist with Environmental Defense, in his perspicacious book, The Condor's Shadow. But he makes the case that the fin de siècle era has a daunting rival in our current age, thanks to the booming economy and rising human population in the U.S. "At stake this time is a far greater number of species, facing a more diverse and powerful set of threats," Wilcove warns.
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Rain, Rain, Go Away
Rain in New England contains mercury levels four times higher than the feds consider safe for aquatic life, suggesting that the risk of eating freshwater fish in the region is […]
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Oliver Springs Eternal
The first major wind turbine project in the Southeast is now underway, with three turbines operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority expected to go online next month in Oliver Springs, […]
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Not Just Fun and Games
As part of its bid to stage the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing is launching a $17.8 billion effort to tackle its notorious air pollution and traffic problems before the International […]
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Deep-Sea Doo-Doo
Fishing trawlers are causing serious damage to fragile deep-sea coral reefs, which scientists have only begun to study in earnest in the last 10 years. As fisheries in shallower waters […]
