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I Know, Let's Make Criminals Serve Time in Traffic Jams

Americans are now as concerned about sprawl as they are about crime, according to a new national survey released this week by the Pew Center for Civic Journalism. Eighteen percent […]

Global Warming: You Can Bank on It

Dexia, a Franco-Belgian banking group, yesterday announced plans to launch an investment fund aimed at reducing global warming. Operated in partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the […]

We're on the Road to Nowhere Good

Despite the introduction of more eco-friendly cars such as the hybrid gas-electric Honda Insight, the American car fleet is more destructive to the environment than ever before, spewing record amounts […]

Cry Me a River

A massive cyanide spill that has spread through rivers in Romania, Hungary, and Yugoslavia is being billed as the worst environmental catastrophe since Chernobyl. The Jan. 30 spill from a […]

Hangers — On!

Hangers Cleaners is trying to edge out dry cleaners with a new eco-friendly cleaning system that uses biodegradable soap dissolved in liquified carbon dioxide, a substance considered so safe it […]

Lone Sharks

Sharks are in trouble, with their populations in serious decline around the world in large part because of overfishing, according to marine scientists gathered at a conference in California. More […]

Air Bradley Vs. Hot-Air Gore?

Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Bradley attacked Al Gore yesterday on Gore’s signature issue, the environment, accusing him of being all talk and no action. Bradley, speaking in San Francisco, ticked […]

What Would Latke Do?

American Taxi in Santa Ana, Calif., has become the first taxi company in the nation to power its fleet exclusively with clean-burning natural gas, a move made in anticipation of […]

Air Plan Crash

The administration of Texas Gov. George W. Bush (R) is going to have to get tougher on air pollution if it wants a new plan to pass muster with the […]

The ins and outs of matchmaking for cranes

Put that chocolate down, hold the wine and roses, and take yourself back to the dark side of Valentine’s Day. You remember, that day your sophomore year in high school […]