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Air Plan Takes Off
The Chinese government has launched a big millennial campaign to clean up Beijing, with an eye toward the possibility of winning the right to host the Olympics in 2008. More […]
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Suit Case Closed
In an important victory for enviros, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday upheld the right of citizens groups to sue alleged polluters under the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and […]
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What's Good for G.M. Is Good for the Country?
General Motors has dropped its EV1 electric car from production, announcing yesterday that it is shifting its focus to vehicles powered by hybrid fuel-electric systems and fuel cells. At the […]
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Brother, Can You Spare Us This Nickel?
The U.S. Energy Department is backing away from a plan to sell its huge stock of nickel left over from nuclear weapons manufacture, acknowledging that it may be too radioactive […]
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What's Good for G.M. Foods Is Bad for the Country
The U.S. government isn’t likely to require labels on genetically modified foods, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman said Monday. “I, at this stage, do not see any of what I […]
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Clinton Paper Moons Enviros
The Clinton administration announced yesterday that it has appealed a federal judge’s order that enviros be named to two panels advising the U.S. trade representative on wood and paper products. […]
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Timber Tantrumzania
Rampant illegal logging is threatening ecological disaster in Tanzania’s pristine forests, according to a recent report by the International Development Research Center in Canada. Police have begun to set up […]
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Prez Models His Teddy
Pres. Clinton designated more than a million acres of land in Arizona and California as national monuments yesterday, doubling the size of the protected areas around the Grand Canyon. Under […]
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The Meter Is Cunning
Puget Sound Energy in Washington will soon begin testing a web-based system for controlling home energy use that could help eliminate the need for new power stations in the region. […]
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This Plastic, It's Fantastic
Cargill and Dow Chemical are teaming up to make a biodegradable plastic from renewable resources such as corn or wheat instead of from petroleum. The companies say their joint venture, […]
