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Baa Baa Baa Bad to the Bone

Levels of radioactivity from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster are likely to remain high in parts of Northern Europe for 100 times longer than originally estimated, according to a report published […]

The Great Ice-Scape

Three gigantic icebergs broke off from the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica early this month and are now adrift, say scientists at the U.S. National Ice Center. The icebergs have […]

Black-and-Blue Panthers

A coalition of U.S. enviro groups sued three federal agencies yesterday for not adequately protecting the endangered Florida panther from sprawl. The panther appears to be making a comeback, but […]

Koala-ty, Not Quantity

The U.S. irritated Australia this week by listing the koala bear as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Although wild koalas are found only in Australia, the U.S. Fish […]

One Little, Two Little, One Billion Little Indians

India’s population is expected to hit 1 billion tomorrow, making it the second country to pass that mark. China, which now has an estimated 1.3 billion citizens, was the first. […]

Phnom-enally Bad

Uncontrolled logging is destroying Cambodia’s forests, fueled by greed, corruption, and incompetence, according to a report released yesterday by the Asian Development Bank. The bank recommended that the Cambodian government […]

An Open and Shut-up Case

As more and more Americans flock to national forests for recreation, enviros are pushing the U.S. Forest Service to restrict or ban motorized vehicles on forest land. Off-road-vehicle users and […]

Wow, As Clean As New York City!

Facing severe air pollution that is threatening the health of both people and the economy, the Hong Kong government yesterday announced a broad plan aimed at cutting automobile emissions by […]

(For Those About to Rock) We Cellucci You

Massachusetts’s six oldest and dirtiest power plants must halve their emissions and become as clean and efficient as new plants within three years, Gov. Paul Cellucci (R) announced yesterday. The […]

And We'll Have Fund, Fund, Fund …

Socially responsible mutual funds, which screen the environmental and social records of companies in which they invest, have outperformed many traditional mutual funds in recent years and are still performing […]