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Sealing Their Fate

More than 10,000 seals in the Caspian Sea have died in recent weeks, and Kazakhstan’s environment minister, Serikbek Daukeyev, placed the blame yesterday on pollution. He said that expert analyses […]

Tag, You're It

About 600 companies operating in 32 different countries have enrolled in the Forest Stewardship Council’s certification system, which gives a label of approval to eco-friendly forest products. Called the FSC […]

Up the River Without a Program

A group of conservative Republicans in Congress is trying to undermine President Clinton’s Heritage Rivers Program. Established in 1997, the program — which is jointly run by the Agriculture, Interior, […]

Battle Royale

Genetically modified (GM) foods are at the center of the latest tiff in Britain’s royal family. The views of Prince Charles, a devoted supporter of organic farming and ardent foe […]

Ceci N'est Pas Une Good Idea

Despite vehement protests from enviros and human rights activists, the World Bank yesterday approved a $193 million loan for a 663-mile oil pipeline in Chad and Cameroon. Opponents of the […]

That's Fin With Us

The U.S. House voted 350 to 1 yesterday to ban in U.S. waters the practice known as shark finning, in which sharks are caught, their fins are cut off, and […]

Up With People

The U.S. EPA has decided to adopt a policy of ignoring experiments conducted on humans by pesticide companies when setting legal limits for the chemicals in food and water, officials […]

A Lawn Time Coming

The environment committee of Canada’s House of Commons has proposed a nationwide ban on “cosmetic” pesticides used on residential lawns to make them look greener and to kill dandelions, reflecting […]

Amy Souers, American Rivers

Amy Souers is online editor for American Rivers in Washington, D.C. She is on a two-month cross-country road trip exploring America’s rivers. Monday, 5 Jun 2000 WERNERSVILLE, Penn. Today I […]

Green Danube

Four Eastern European nations — Bulgaria, Moldava, Romania, and Ukraine — signed an agreement yesterday to increase the protected land in the Danube River delta to more than 2.5 million […]