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Forgive Them Their Debts

President Clinton, who is travelling through South Asia this week, announced yesterday that the U.S. will spend $50 million over four years to promote clean-energy projects in India, Nepal, and […]

Just for the Halibut

Thousands of rare sea birds and hundreds of marine mammals are being entangled and killed in fishing nets in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off California’s central coast — […]

That's Why They Call Him the "Vice" President

Vice President Al Gore is coming under increasing scrutiny and criticism from enviros and others because of his cozy ties to Occidental Petroleum. Gore — who owns as much as […]

The Road to Hell Is Paved By the Brazilian Government?

The Brazilian government’s plans to repair and pave four highways could lead to the deforestation of up to 72,000 square miles of the Amazon rainforest over the next 25 to […]

Strife of the Party

Germany’s Green Party has abandoned its goal of immediate closure for all the nation’s nuclear power plants, agreeing to a compromise deal under which Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s Social Democrats plan […]

Not Fine and Not Dandy

For 12 years, the U.S. Department of Energy has neglected to regularly impose fines on contractors running federal nuclear weapons plants and labs when the contractors fail to protect workers […]

Agra-vation

In an effort to keep India’s majestic Taj Mahal from turning black because of serious air pollution, the government is clamping down on industry and cars in the city of […]

To MTBE or Not To MTBE?

The Clinton administration will announce today that it plans to phase out the use of MTBE, acknowledging that the gasoline additive poses health risks because of its tendency to contaminate […]

Bill Sheehan, GrassRoots Recycling Network

Bill Sheehan (pictured here with daughter Fiona) is network coordinator for the GrassRoots Recycling Network in Athens, Ga. Sunday, 19 Mar 2000 ATHENS, Ga. Woken up at 6:30 a.m. by […]

In a Minor Key

Government officials in the Florida Keys have passed a resolution recognizing that climate change is likely to threaten the islands’ beaches and reefs, bring more hurricanes and storms, and harm […]