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I've Got the World's Tiniest Violin …

The chair of Occidental Petroleum has filed suit against environmental and human rights activists who have been picketing his home and office to protest Occidental’s plans to drill for oil […]

Feel My Roth!

The Senate showed its support yesterday for opening Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, a move vehemently opposed by enviros. The Senate voted 51-49 against dropping from the […]

Trunk and White

South Africa has sparked a big controversy with its proposal to sell a large stockpile of ivory believed to be worth $5 million. Africa’s elephant population was estimated last year […]

Gary, Gary Quite Contrary

Fourteen containers of PCB-contaminated waste have been sitting since Wednesday on a ship at the Port of Seattle, with dock workers refusing to unload the cargo and environmentalists threatening to […]

The Trees Are Beautiful, Wish You Were Here

The Sierra Club yesterday began delivering 600,000 postcards to Congress and President Clinton urging them to protect giant sequoias in California, trees that can live up to 3,000 years and […]

Nonpointing in the Right Direction

In a significant ruling that means average citizens could more bear more responsibility for reducing water pollution, a federal judge has upheld the right of the U.S. EPA to set […]

Goodness Glacious!

If climate change proceeds, the melting of Greenland’s glaciers could pose a serious threat, say scientists. In a study published in today’s issue of the journal Nature, researchers found that […]

NAS-ty Boys

Genetically modified (GM) crops have the potential to pose food safety risks and harm the environment so the U.S. government should do a better job of regulating the industry, the […]

Fool's Gold

125,000 metric tons — estimated amount of gold mined worldwide since historical times 2,500 metric tons — amount of gold mined worldwide in 1998 360 cubic feet — amount of […]

A Bunch of Spoil Ports

A ship carrying toxic waste from U.S. military bases in Japan is likely to meet with controversy when it docks later today in Seattle. The 90 tons of PCBs had […]