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Can't See the Forest

20 percent of Earth’s original forests remain undisturbed 13 percent of original forests in the Pacific Northwest remain undisturbed 1 to 2 percent of original forests in the U.S. remain […]

Pigs May Fly, Part II: Corporations Go Kyoto Cool

IBM Corp. and Johnson & Johnson are teaming up with the World Wildlife Fund in a new program to help corporations make significant cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions. The […]

Nuke Power Really Sucks. Yes, Indeedy.

Belarus citizens have soaring levels of infertility and other serious health problems 14 years after the Chernobyl disaster, doctors announced yesterday. One quarter of Belarus, a country downwind from the […]

On the Upside, the Gabonese Are Using Fewer Leaf Blowers

Forests in Canada, Cameroon, and Gabon are being chopped down at a greater rate than previously thought, according to the Global Forest Watch project, which is tracking changes in forest […]

Utility Kicks Off 21st Century By Finally Entering 20th

A Florida utility has agreed to cut tens of thousands of tons of pollution annually from two power plants in a settlement with the EPA, which could prompt similar agreements […]

Pigs May Fly, Part I: Oil Company Embraces Truth (Sort Of)

Texaco yesterday became the first major U.S. oil company to defect from the Global Climate Coalition, a business group that denies the seriousness of climate change and opposes the Kyoto […]

Super Salmon Not Super-Fly

A New Zealand aquaculture company last week dropped its test program for breeding genetically modified chinook salmon and said it will kill and bury all the experimental fish, in the […]

Ski Bummer

A fierce debate has cropped up in recent months over the White River National Forest in Colorado — not about logging but about recreation. The U.S. Forest Service has made […]

But Picnickers Get More Sunlight and Less Bird Doo-Doo

The Atlantic rainforest of northeastern Brazil, one of the world’s most species-rich tropical rainforests, is in serious trouble, according to an article by Brazilian scientists in the journal Nature. Ecological […]

Compassionate Conservatism = Dead Fish

GOP presidential contender George W. Bush told residents of Washington state yesterday that four dams on the lower Snake River in southeastern Washington should not be breached to help save […]