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Try Not to Breathe

Calling for the creation of an international database on air pollution and its health effects, the World Health Organization said this week that the people most at risk from air […]

The Cisco Kid Was No Friend of Mine

Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader lambasted Cisco Systems Inc. yesterday over its plans to construct a $1.3 billion campus on one of the last open spaces in California’s Silicon […]

Due for a Shell-acking

A U.S. court of appeals ruled yesterday that a lawsuit accusing Royal Dutch/Shell of assisting in the torture and murder of Nigerian environmental activists can be heard in the U.S., […]

A Campaign Stuck in Park?

Standing on a scenic cattle ranch in the battleground state of Washington yesterday, GOP presidential nominee George W. Bush pledged that he would increase funding for national parks by $3.75 […]

In the Navy, You Can't Put Your Mind at Ease

Forty-one environmental groups banded together yesterday to criticize an effort by the U.S. Navy to exempt two military bases in California from provisions of the Endangered Species Act. Navy officials […]

That's Hard Corps

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has the conflicting responsibilities of protecting the country’s wetlands and developing taxpayer-funded water projects, often justifies such projects with questionable technical studies and […]

A Worm Welcome for Olympic Athletes

The Olympic Games about to kick off in Sydney will be the greenest ever. Many of the facilities are solar-powered, a water-recycling system is in place, the torch is energy-efficient, […]

Great, Britain!

Sales of organic food in Britain could increase tenfold within the next 10 years, from 1 percent of all food eaten in the country to 10 percent, Carlo Leifert, director […]

From Russia With Love

Russia’s Supreme Court today acquitted environmental activist Alexander Nikitin of all espionage charges, rejecting a bid by prosecutors to reopen the case against him. Nikitin, a former officer of the […]

A Bunch of Moby Dicks

Saying that Japan has violated international rules by expanding its whale hunt, the White House plans to announce today that it is starting a process that could lead to economic […]