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Wave Bye-Bye

If climate change continues unchecked, it could destroy the world’s great coral reefs within a century, according to a new report conducted by German and Australian marine scientists and released […]

Post-NATO Baby Care

Pancevo, Yugoslavia, a city 10 miles northeast of Belgrade, seems to have suffered the worst environmental damage from NATO’s bombing campaign. Doctors privately recommended that all women who were in […]

Pop, the Question

A U.N. conference on Friday agreed to a plan to curb world population growth, including controversial recommendations for sex education at all school levels, confidential contraceptive advice for teenagers, and […]

Greens See Red

A leader of Germany’s Green Party warned German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder yesterday that the Greens may desert his coalition if it does not honor a pledge to phase out nuclear […]

Orrin't You Angry about This?

Pres. Clinton plans to nominate as a federal judge a Utah Republican who is bitterly opposed by environmental groups, administration sources said last week. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), chair of […]

Bloomin' Hell!

In the worst fish kill in Maryland in more than a decade, at least 200,000 fish have died in the past week along two tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. Officials […]

Run, Salmon, Run!

Rebecca Wodder, American Rivers

Rebecca Wodder is president of American Rivers in Washington, D.C. She previously worked at the Wilderness Society and as the legislative assistant for then-Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.). Her career in […]

Incensed at the Vatican

Upset at attempts by the Vatican to disrupt progress on limiting world population growth, 126 women’s organizations from around the globe yesterday sent an open letter to the Roman Catholic […]

A Tree Grows in Berlin

The fall of the Berlin Wall 10 years ago has meant hard times for many of the city’s old trees, some of which had been fenced off from public contact […]