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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]