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Wake Up and Smell the Petrochemicals

President Clinton said yesterday that rising gasoline prices should serve as a “wake-up call” for the nation to take energy conservation more seriously. Speaking at his second press conference of […]

The Lead Story

A Romanian mine has dumped a new load of pollution into the Tisza River, less than three weeks after the same mine spilled some 20,000 tons of lead, zinc, and […]

Let Me Take You Down, 'Cause I'm Going to Strawberry Fields …

California farmers are increasing their use of pesticides and other carcinogenic and harmful chemicals, according to a new study by the watchdog group Pesticide Action Network. In the first comprehensive […]

Pretty Soon, They'll Be Selling Decaf Water

Rivers and groundwater are being contaminated with minute amounts of everything from antibiotics and birth control pills to chemicals used in cosmetics, scientists said this week at the American Chemical […]

Grand Piano

President Clinton yesterday announced tighter limits on sightseeing flights over Grand Canyon National Park, an effort to restore “natural quiet” to one of the nation’s busiest national parks. The new […]

The nitty-gritty on the ruling that lets citizens sue their way to a clean environment

Once upon a time, a South Carolina wastewater treatment plant repeatedly violated the Clean Water Act by dumping illegal amounts of mercury into a river. Unsurprisingly, several environmental organizations responded […]

I Want My TVA

On Earth Day, April 22, the Tennessee Valley Authority will launch a “Green Power Switch” program, the biggest clean energy project in the Southeast. By the end of the year, […]

Isn't it Good, Certified Wood

Consumer demand in Washington state for eco-friendly lumber is surpassing supply, even as a growing number of wood products firms turn to harvesting and selling timber from sustainably managed forests. […]

Olive This Idea

Spain’s biggest power company, Endesa, is building two plants to generate electricity from olive residues, the leftovers from olive oil production. The plants, due to be completed in late 2001, […]

All We Hate Is Dust in the Wind

The Department of Energy is abandoning its plan to build the first U.S. nuclear-waste incinerator in southern Idaho, a change of course applauded by environmental and community groups that had […]