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A Good Sense of Drought
Parris N. Glendening (D) yesterday declared Maryland’s first statewide drought emergency in history and said mandatory water conservation measures probably will be imposed as soon as next week. In the […]
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High Yangtz-iety
For the second year running, floods are wreaking havoc in the Yangtze River valley. In an effort to stem the problem, China’s cabinet last year issued an order banning logging […]
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Midwesterners have a drinking problem
Drinking water across the Midwest is polluted with high levels of the herbicide atrazine and poses a particular risk to infants in the first four months of life, according to […]
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Just My Type
Compaq recently filed a patent for a keyboard that uses the typing process itself to recharge laptop batteries. Employing magnets attached to the shaft of each key, the company has […]
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Not by the Hair of Our Chinny Chin Chin
The fate of reintroduced wolves in Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho is on the line today as introductory arguments are heard today in a case before the 10th US […]
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Kodak Roams
Eastman Kodak has closed a film plant that employed more than 500 workers in China, claiming that new environmental policies in the country have made it unprofitable to keep the […]
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Clean Utilities Clean Up
The cleanest big U.S. utilities are also the best investments, according to a study by New York-based investment advisory firm Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. Pacific Gas & Electric on the […]
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The Fall of the Collossus of Roads
Some 62 percent of Americans surveyed favor a proposal to protect all roadless areas of at least 1,000 acres in national forests, according to a poll released earlier this week […]
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Down the Hatch
Pres. Clinton nominated Ted Stewart, a conservative Utah Republican strongly disliked by enviros, to a federal judgeship yesterday, caving in to the wishes of Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Orrin Hatch […]
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Dental Damn!
Baby teeth from children who live in the radiation paths of nuclear power plants in Connecticut and New Jersey contain alarmingly high levels of radioactive matter, scientists reported this week […]
