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Blue-green or Al G.?

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader won the Green Party nomination yesterday at the party’s convention in Denver and pledged to focus on building a “blue-green” coalition encompassing enviros, blue-collar workers, students, […]

Smoggy Went a Courtin'

A federal appeals court late last week gave the U.S. EPA permission to begin enforcing a regulation that will force 19 states in the Midwest and South to cut sharply […]

Spring Fever

March through May of this year was the hottest such period in the U.S. since records have been kept, averaging 0.4 degrees Fahrenheit above the previous record set in 1910, […]

Fine and Dandy

The European Union wants fines to be imposed on nations that fail to meet their commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions, with the money going to support projects that would […]

Building Excitement

A building under construction and set to open in New York City in 2002 may earn the distinction of being the world’s greenest high-rise apartment complex. The 26-floor, 250-unit building […]

Once in a Wild

Environmentalists, ranchers, miners, and Utah politicians have agreed for the first time ever on a plan to designate a Bureau of Land Management area in Utah as wilderness. With wide […]

Money Makes the World Go Brown

Texas Gov. George W. Bush has raised 15 times more money from oil and gas interests than Vice President Al Gore, a total of $1.54 million for his presidential campaign. […]

The Smog Days of Summer

About 117 million Americans live in areas with smoggy air, according to a report released yesterday by the Clean Air Network, a coalition of environmental and public health groups. The […]

The Dry Wall of China

Desertification is spreading across northern China, caused by rampant logging, overgrazing, and the cultivation of marginal lands for farming, and exacerbated by drought. About a dozen severe sandstorms hit Beijing […]

Goofus and Gallons

Rising gas prices are becoming a hot issue in the U.S. presidential campaign, as the cost of a gallon reaches as high as $2.39 in parts of the Midwest. George […]