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Al Gore Suffers From Weak Spine

Democratic presidential rivals Al Gore and Bill Bradley had a little spat last night over logging in the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire and Maine. Speaking at a […]

Fish Rap

A 1995 deal between Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and Defense Secretary William Cohen, who was at the time a Republican senator from Maine, helped to keep Atlantic salmon off the […]

More Power to 'Em

Electricity deregulation is giving a boost to clean energy in Pennsylvania — about a third of state residents who have chosen a new electricity supplier since the market opened have […]

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn's Trash

The massive Fresh Kills landfill, where New York City has dumped its garbage for 60 years, will be shut down two years from now, and city officials are already daydreaming […]

Sleazy Money

Each of the leading presidential contenders has done favors for campaign contributors, often compromising the environment in the process, according to a new report conducted by the Center for Public […]

Three

• factor by which an average resident of an industrialized nation consumes more fresh water than an average resident of a developing nation • factor by which sulfur dioxide emissions […]

A writer and farmer tells it like it is

O, environmental writers. The religious scribes of our day. I love them but I fear them too, because of the way self-righteousness can rear up like some suddenly animated pond […]

Baja Humbug

A proposal for a huge tourist resort in Baja California, Mexico, has sharply divided the rural community of San Quintin Valley, with some residents eager for the thousands of new […]

Feeling Sheepish

Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep gained endangered status Monday, eight months after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had given the species a temporary, emergency listing. An estimated 125 bighorns remain […]

Pay the Bill

Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Bradley attacked corporate pork yesterday, announcing that as president he would work to eliminate tax shelters, loopholes, and subsidies that favor big companies, including those engaged […]