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The Ice, Man, Goeth

The Greenland ice sheet — which contains almost 10 percent of all the frozen water on the planet — is melting at a rate of approximately 12 cubic miles per […]

Who Wants to Be a Billionaire?

Two months after India became the second nation in the world with a population greater than 1 billion, Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and other government leaders will meet […]

Cod's Wallop

In one of the toughest judicial actions taken under the Endangered Species Act in the last decade, a federal judge yesterday banned trawl-net fishing for pollock, cod, and other bottom […]

Sticking It to 'em

Willamette Industries, Inc., a major U.S. plywood manufacturer, agreed yesterday to a $93.2 million settlement with the feds, the largest figure ever in a case involving air pollution from factories. […]

Eights and Pains

As leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) industrialized nations meet for three days in Okinawa, Japan, environmentalists are hoping to focus attention on green issues. Activists are calling on […]

M'mm M'mm Good

A coalition of U.S. consumer and enviro groups kicked off a big campaign yesterday to pressure major food companies to abandon the use of genetically modified (GM) crops. Its first […]

Nick of Time

Singers Bonnie Raitt and Don Henley and actor James Garner yesterday donated the final cash needed to temporarily block logging in a stand of ancient redwoods in northern California known […]

Goodbye, Mr. Fish and Chips

Enviros are warning that Britain’s culinary claim to fame, fish and chips, could disappear unless the nation does a better job of managing its marine resources. The World Wildlife Fund […]

Oh, Goody — Organic Ragu!

Organic farming is undergoing a boom in Italy and other southern European countries. Thanks to rising demand and generous European Union subsidies for the conversion of farmland to organic growing, […]

Breach Out of Reach

The Clinton administration has decided it will not recommend that four dams on the lower Snake River in Washington be breached to help salmon recovery. George Frampton, head of the […]