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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 […]

Outtasight Insight in Sight

Honda will be hawking its new 80-mile-per-gallon “Insight” in showrooms across the U.S. by the end of this year, the company announced yesterday. The two-seat coupe will be the world’s […]

Back Scratch Fever

The Senate is packing the Interior Department spending bill with measures to benefit oil, gas, timber, mining, and ranching interests. Riders would let oil companies keep hundreds of millions of […]