Uncategorized

If It's Not One Blowup, It's Another

After spending 16 years and $489 million on part a plan to safely store millions of gallons of highly radioactive waste from nuclear weapons production, the Energy Department has abandoned […]

Hank Dittmar, Surface Transportation Policy Project

Hank Dittmar directs the Transportation and Quality of Life Campaign of the Surface Transportation Policy Project, a coalition of environmental and community groups working to reform transportation policy. Tuesday, 1 […]

Disheveled in the Deep Blue Sea

Many deep sea critters are in danger of starving to death, likely as a result of rising ocean temperatures, according to a study published recently in the journal Science. The […]

Not Bonn Amis

A rift between Europe and the U.S. is hindering efforts to cut emissions of greenhouse gases under the Kyoto Protocol, said Michael Zammit Cutajar, the top U.N. climate official, as […]

Blow by Blow

The EPA last week accepted petitions from eight Northeastern states asking the agency to order sharp cuts in pollution from individual dirty power plants in the Midwest and South. The […]

You Say Tomato, I Say Lawsuit

Thirteen states have passed laws that protect farmers and food producers from criticism that could cut back on their sales, and environmentalists and consumer advocates are warning that the laws […]

Prez: Life's a Beach — and So Are Republicans

President Clinton on Saturday ordered federal agencies to boost efforts to clean up beaches and waterways, and he challenged states to do the same. Giving his weekly radio address while […]

Steer Clear of that Weasel Diesel

Environmental officials are considering a crackdown on diesel, a common and dangerous pollutant that can clog lungs, damage genes, and cause cancer. The California Air Resources Board last year declared […]

What Lurks in the Basement?

We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us

For the first time, more Japanese companies favor a tax on carbon-dioxide emissions than oppose it, according to a poll released by the nation’s Environment Agency yesterday. “The poll indicates […]