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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 […]

The Coroner Ruled It a Mass Suicide

Pollution may have caused the deaths of up to 50,000 flamingos on Kenya’s Lake Bogoria, which has the biggest concentration of flamingos in the world, conservationists say. Gideon Motelin of […]

Will this odd bird be the passenger pigeon of the 21st century?

Conservationists have long been known for their staunch defense of cuddly and charismatic megafauna, and in recent years for their spirited battles on behalf of lowly, unseen creatures and enigmatic […]

Amelie Van Den Bos, Global Village of Beijing

Amelie Van Den Bos is program coordinator for Global Village of Beijing (GVB), and she is helping to organize Earth Day 2000 in China. Monday, 28 Feb 2000 BEIJING, China […]