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Enviros Teamster Up With Unions
After years of sometimes testy relations, labor unions and environmental groups in the U.S. are joining forces to push for stronger protections for jobs and the environment at World Trade […]
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Iceburg: Lettuce Hope This Isn't a Trend
A massive iceberg measuring about 50 miles by 17 miles is traveling toward the southern tip of South America at speeds of eight to 10 miles a day and is […]
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State of the Wal-Mart
States are increasingly taking strong action to curb sprawl, according to a report released today by the Sierra Club. The report ranks states on open space protection, land use planning, […]
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Bad Magic for Forest NMFs
A federal judge ruled last week that 24 timber sales in Oregon cannot go forward until the federal government ensures that they will not harm fish protected by the Endangered […]
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Mr. Right, Meet Mr. Left
GOP presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) said yesterday that Republicans “have to do a lot more than they are doing today on the environment.” During a visit to Seattle, […]
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Where Some See Profits, Others Sea Turtles
The heads of five prominent environmental groups accused the Clinton administration yesterday of abandoning environmental concerns as it prepares for the upcoming World Trade Organization meeting, to begin in Seattle […]
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Timber! Chainsaw-Happy Policy to be Cut Down
In a major shift, the ecological health of national forests would be given precedence over logging and other commercial uses of the forestland in regulations proposed yesterday by the Clinton […]
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Tiggers Not Very Bouncy
Only some 5,000 to 7,000 tigers remain living in the wild — fewer than exist in captivity — and urgent action is needed to stop the creatures from disappearing completely, […]
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Windows Wide Shut
In the worst accident in Japan’s troubled history with nuclear power, workers in a fuel plant 87 miles northwest of Tokyo accidentally set off a chain reaction yesterday morning that […]
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Sex sells, but can it save the planet?
Dr. Susan M. Block is not your typical crusader for endangered species. Sure, peace signs dangle from her ears — perhaps a little large, but not completely outrageous. Her voice […]
