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WTO Calls Kettle Black

While enviros prepare to raise Cain during the World Trade Organization talks starting in Seattle on November 30, the WTO yesterday came out with a report saying that ending government […]

Courting Disaster

The Supreme Court today will hear arguments in a case that could whittle down the power of citizens to file lawsuits against polluters. In 1992, Friends of the Earth sued […]

Mark Ritchie, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Mark Ritchie is president of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, based in Minneapolis, Minn., which works to keep family farmers on the land. He also serves as national […]

Forest Gumption

Ever eager to leave a green legacy, Pres. Clinton will announce an initiative next week to protect up to 40 million acres of national forest land in 35 states from […]

Forest Gunk

Europe’s forests are sick and getting sicker, according to a new report released yesterday by the U.N. Economic Commission for Europe and the European Commission. The comprehensive analysis found that […]

Bush Whacked

Vice Pres. Al Gore accused GOP presidential frontrunner Gov. George W. Bush yesterday of letting Texas become the most polluted state in the nation, number one in toxic releases into […]

Poly Wants a Cleanup

General Electric will cough up more than $250 million to clean the Housatonic River near its plant in Pittsfield, Mass., to settle government charges that the company polluted the river […]

Bummin' Range

Much to the chagrin of enviros, Congress has given the military primary responsibility for managing more than 1.6 million acres of the Sonoran desert in southwestern Arizona, encompassing most of […]

No More Sing Sing for Ling Ling

China yesterday announced plans to release giant pandas born and raised in captivity into the wild in an effort to boost the population of the endangered species. Under a pilot […]

Greenhouse Costs a Bunch of Hot Air

Fighting global warming might cost the U.S. and other industrialized nations far less than most analysts have predicted, according to a new study in today’s issue of the journal Nature. […]