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Black-and-Blue Danube

Environmentalists and Serb opposition politicians claim that the government of Serbian Pres. Slobodan Milosevic is hiding the full extent of environmental damage caused by NATO’s bombing campaign, fearful that it […]

Death-yl Bromide

Latino school kids in California face a higher risk of exposure to deadly pesticides than other kids in the state, according to a civil rights complaint filed Wednesday against California […]

River of Cash

In what’s being billed as the largest environmental restoration effort in history, the Clinton administration today will announce a plan to spend $7.8 billion over the next 20 years to […]

Mmm … Salmon, What a Treat-y

Ending a long-running salmon war, Canada and the U.S. shook hands yesterday on a fishing treaty aimed at protecting dwindling Pacific salmon stocks. The agreement includes harvest limits for both […]

Owl's Fair in Love and War

The federal government yesterday decided to protect 731,000 acres near Tucson, Ariz., as critical habitat for the endangered pygmy owl, a major shift that will limit future development in the […]

Fees Take a Hike

A new system of higher fees in national parks is starting to pay off for visitors and park administrators alike. The system allows parks to keep 80 percent of the […]

Escargot Cargo Embargo

In an effort to curb the environmental degradation caused by exotic species, the U.S. government today will begin regulating the water that cargo ships dump when they enter U.S. ports. […]

Torpedo the Dams — Full Speed Ahead!

The Edwards Dam in Augusta, Maine, will be breached on Thursday in an effort to restore fish populations in the Kennebec River, as debates rage across the U.S. over proposals […]

Snap, Crackle over Population

A U.N. population conference of 180 nations is running into problems as a small group of conservative Catholic and Muslim developing countries is splitting from the majority on family planning, […]

Keep on Pushing My Dove over the Borderline

The Mexican and U.S. governments are combining forces for the first time to try to save a watershed, the Upper San Pedro River Basin in northern Mexico and southwestern Arizona. […]