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New Yuck State

Pres. and Hillary Rodham Clinton have received a unique gift welcoming them to their new home in Chappaqua, N.Y.: a 76-page report listing 47 known or potential toxic sites within […]

LIttle Agency on the Prairie

In Prairie City, Iowa, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is undertaking one of the most ambitious prairie restoration projects in history, transforming farmland back to prairie at the 5,000-acre […]

Atomic Bombshell

Managers of a government uranium plant in Paducah, Ky., knew for decades that workers were being exposed to radiation hazards but concealed the information because of fears of a public […]

Breach Birth Experiences Labor Pains

National Marine Fisheries Service scientists recently said that they don’t think they’ll be able to meet an April 2000 deadline for completing studies on whether the breaching of dams on […]

Farmers Reap a Windfall

The world’s largest single wind power project was dedicated in Iowa over the weekend. Federal energy officials hope the Great Plains region, which some have called “the Saudi Arabia of […]

Matthew Follett, Green House Network

Matthew Follett is campaign director for the Green House Network in Portland, Ore. Monday, 20 Sep 1999 PORTLAND, Ore. Life on the benefit concert trail is frustrating and mysterious. The […]

Lovey-Dovey Scientists

Without a Car in the World

The city of Bremen, Germany, is trying to convince its residents to abandon car ownership by giving them access to an ultra-modern public transport system and a car-sharing program that […]

Who Cares, We've Got More Cable TV Channels Than Ever

Widespread loss of plant species and crop varieties could undermine agricultural productivity, according to a new report by the Worldwatch Institute, which found that more than 80 percent of seed […]

We-O-U

Because of the environmental damage they’ve caused, developed countries owe far more to developing nations than the amount of debt that developing nations have accrued by borrowing from richer governments […]