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Tick-ing Time Bomb

Global warming could cause a big increase in insect-borne diseases in Europe, according to a new World Health Organization report published in the British Medical Journal. As temperatures rise and […]

We Don't Give a Jack about These Magic Beans

Scientists, consumer groups, and activists yesterday presented Congress and the Food and Drug Administration with a 500,000-signature petition calling for genetically modified foods to be labeled. The demonstration suggested that […]

Monumental Veto

Pres. Clinton would likely veto a bill moving through Congress that would require public input before the president can declare federal land a national monument. Some Republicans are angry that […]

Y2-Kaboom

An error during a Y2K computer test caused a Los Angeles water treatment facility to spill about 4 million gallons of raw sewage into a city park Wednesday night, raising […]

Drawling Sprawl Brawl

Atlanta is taking a lead in the fight against sprawl as the new Georgia Regional Transit Authority, which will have unprecedented power over transportation in the region, takes shape. The […]

Bigger Ain't Better

If all 68 million sport utility vehicles, minivans, and pickup trucks in the U.S. met the current 27.5 mile-per-gallon standard for cars, oil consumption in the U.S. would have been […]

Eagles Eye Recovery

The bald eagle has made such a striking comeback that the Clinton administration will propose around the Fourth of July that the national symbol be removed from the endangered species […]

If a Tree Falls in This Sound, There's Still a Forest

Native Canadian groups, environmentalists, and timber company MacMillan Bloedel signed a deal yesterday to end Canada’s most bitter forest fight. The agreement supports the use of selective, sustainable logging in […]

Shark Attack

The 1990s have seen a big rise in the popularity of shark fin meat, and fishers are capitalizing on the trend by catching tens of thousands of Pacific Ocean sharks, […]

Senate Gores World Bank

The Senate is moving to cut money for a World Bank environmental fund that promotes energy-saving, low-pollution projects in developing countries, a top priority of Vice Pres. Al Gore. The […]