Uncategorized
All Stories
-
How's the Air Up There?
Canada could significantly influence U.S. policy by pushing the U.S. to clean up air pollution that blows across its northern border, American enviros said yesterday at a conference held by […]
-
China Dolls Up Its Industry
A $420 million grant to China will help the nation protect the ozone layer. Some $200 million of the money, which comes from a multinational fund set up in 1987 […]
-
Writ from Ritt
The EU has threatened to withhold as much as $15.5 billion from a number of member states unless they comply with EU environmental laws by establishing nature reserves and other […]
-
Oh No, Mr. (Interior) Bill
A rider tacked onto the Interior Department spending bill, courtesy of Sens. Slade Gorton (R-Wash.) and Larry Craig (R-Idaho), would stall a large federal land and wildlife management plan for […]
-
An Aphrodisiac? Ah, Baloney
Police in South Africa are trying to crack down on heavily armed poachers of abalone, a shellfish prized in China, Taiwan, and Japan as an aphrodisiac. Some marine scientists warn […]
-
Snake in the Bush
Not winning any environmental plaudits, GOP presidential hopeful George W. Bush yesterday announced his opposition to breaching four dams on the Snake River to help save endangered salmon runs. As […]
-
Renewable Powers — Yeah, Baby!
The British government has been slow to make the major policy changes necessary to meet its stated goals of increasing renewable energy generation and combating global warming, a Parliamentary select […]
-
The Roadless Ahead
Vice Pres. Al Gore’s email box has been bombarded in the last two months with 170,000 messages from constituents asking him to “permanently protect all roadless areas in the national […]
-
Y2 OK?
One third of U.S. nuclear power plants still have work to do on their non-safety computer systems if they are to be ready for Y2K, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said […]
-
A Sandy Dunkin'
Many U.S. beaches are washing away, being pushed into decline by erosion, coastal overdevelopment, and wrongheaded conservation efforts. Billions of dollars have been spent in the U.S. to keep beaches […]
