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Carcinogens Without Borders

Latin American nations are gradually restricting or banning use of the most dangerous pesticides, but enforcement of rules is lax. For example, in Colombia, the hazardous insecticide endosulfan used in […]

Oh, That? It Was an April Fool's Joke on GM

A federal judge ruled yesterday that a website has the right to publish information from confidential Ford documents about the automaker’s efforts to build vehicles that emit far less pollution […]

Absolut Geneophobia

In another blow to biotechnology in Britain, one of a small group of farmers set to participate in trial plantings of genetically modified crops has dropped out of the project. […]

WWF Body Slams DDT

A study released yesterday by the World Wildlife Fund argues that innovative methods can be used to fight malaria-carrying mosquitoes just as effectively as the dangerous insecticide DDT, and that […]

The PricewaterhouseCoopers is Right

PricewaterhouseCoopers sees big bucks ahead in climate change. The financial consulting company has joined forces with EcoSecurities, a specialist in greenhouse gas mitigation, to develop financial advisory services to help […]

Wyoming Jones and the Incinerator of Doom

Grassroots activism is infecting the well-to-do in Jackson Hole, Wyo., where rich and poor alike are rallying against a proposed federal nuclear waste incinerator in nearby Idaho. While many citizen […]

No Island Is an Island

Several dozen small island nations, which have banded together to raise awareness about their plight as climate change threatens their futures with rising seas and increasingly violent weather, will get […]

Razing Arizona

Fourteen months before voters head to the polls, a brawl is already brewing in Arizona over proposed ballot initiatives that aim to deal with sprawl. The Sierra Club is sponsoring […]

Meanwhile, Kansas Wants a National Adam-and-Eve Day

An unusual coalition of environmentalists, big business, labor organizations, and consumer advocacy groups is banding together against proposed legislation that would make it harder for the federal government to preempt […]

Stop POPs Before We Drop

Talks began yesterday in Geneva on a global treaty to control or ban 12 toxic chemicals known as “the dirty dozen,” including DDT, dioxin, and PCBs. Enviros are pressing negotiators […]