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Quit Hogging!
A group of Mississippi farmers and enviros are pushing forward with a $75 million class-action lawsuit against big hog producers for releasing pollutants that have made dozens of people sick. […]
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UPS, UPS, and Away
A wide range of businesses are improving their environmental performance beyond what government regulations require and are finding that doing so boosts their images and saves them money. United Parcel […]
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Take Back the Knight Rider
Automakers that sell vehicles in European Union countries would have to take back old cars and pay most of the cost for recycling and disposing of them under a bill […]
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Petro-fying News
Enviros and Amazon natives fear that oil drilling in Ecuador may soon escalate dramatically. Ecuador last month replaced the national currency with the U.S. dollar in an attempt to pull […]
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Hot Dam
Fishing guides, Indian tribes, biologists, and environmentalists showed up in force at a public hearing yesterday in Portland, Ore., to tell federal authorities that they want four dams on the […]
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Double, Double for Forest Trouble
The Clinton administration today will announce a proposal to nearly double federal spending for protection of the world’s tropical rainforests to $150 million. Much of the money would be used […]
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Get Along, Little Doggies
The Clinton administration acknowledged yesterday that the black-tailed prairie dog should be listed as a threatened species, but stopped short of granting it protection under the Endangered Species Act. Such […]
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They're Multiplying Like Bunnies, I Tell You
Nonprofit organizations working on environmental, social, and economic issues have been springing up around the world in record numbers in recent years, bringing social and political change on local, national, […]
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Grist for the Windmill
An Anglo-Dutch consortium plans to build the world’s tallest pair of offshore wind turbines this summer, in the North Sea one kilometer off England’s northeast coast. The partners, which include […]
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Johnny Muir, Meet Johnny Cash
A growing trend in the conservation movement has enviros across the U.S. offering financial incentives to farmers and ranchers to protect land or endangered animals. In Indiana, the Nature Conservancy […]
