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Putin Up Their Nukes

The Russian government has come up with a plan to build as many as 38 new nuclear reactors by 2020, disregarding concerns that the nation could be setting itself up […]

The British Are Coming Around

The British government announced yesterday that it will set new recycling requirements, hoping to turn around what Environment Minister Michael Meacher called the nation’s “pathetic” recycling rate. In England and […]

To Protect and Surf

President Clinton will unveil a system today to create “marine protected areas” in sensitive ocean waters, comparable to creating parks or wilderness areas on land. Offshore oil drilling, mining, dumping, […]

What, Snarl Traffic in L.A.? Impossible!

A number of environmentalists plan to join other activists in Los Angeles this August in hopes of disrupting the Democratic National Convention. Inspired by the World Trade Organization protests in […]

Off-Road Hogs

Off-road vehicles (ORVs) pose the fastest growing threat to America’s wild areas and should be banned from federal lands, the Wilderness Society says in a report released yesterday. The report […]

Beyond a Shadow of a Drought

January through April 2000 was the hottest such four-month period ever recorded in the U.S., according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Seventy percent of the country was much […]

Nader As Vote Raider?

Ralph Nader’s presidential campaign under the Green Party banner, which is attracting a growing number of environmentalists and labor union members, could cause headaches for Al Gore and give a […]

Organic Farming: It's for the Birds

Organic farms support substantially more birds, wild plants, and other wildlife than chemical-dependent farms, according to Britain’s Soil Association, which surveyed biodiversity studies conducted in Britain and Denmark over the […]

Recalling All Cars

The European Union reached a final deal yesterday on a law that will force automakers to pay for the recycling of old cars. Starting with vehicles sold after January 1, […]

Arsenic and Old Delays

Under threat of a lawsuit from enviros, the U.S. EPA yesterday proposed strict new regulations that would cut by 90 percent the permissible levels of arsenic in tap water. Arsenic, […]