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Eco-Visionaries or Survivalist Kooks? You Decide
Solar power companies around the U.S. are getting a boost in sales from people who fear the impact of the Y2K problem. Some speculate that the millennium bug will cause […]
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Don't Keep on Truckin'
The feds may make a fundamental shift in the way they regulate air pollution from factories by starting to consider the exhaust from truck traffic in and out of industrial […]
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Meshuggena!
Israeli farmers are refusing to cut back their water use by 40 percent despite government orders that are intended to get the country through a drought year. The government has […]
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Home, Home of Deranged
The state of Montana can continue to kill bison that wander outside Yellowstone National Park, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday. The state is afraid that the bison will infect […]
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Old McDonald Had a Farm — K-Y-O-T-O
The Kyoto climate change treaty’s impact on U.S. farmers would be relatively modest, even if energy prices rise, according to an Agriculture Department report scheduled to be released today. Meanwhile, […]
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Cleaning Up As-Best-Os They Can
As Oklahoma residents struggle to reorder their lives after the devastating tornadoes that swept through their towns this week, they will face serious environmental cleanup problems. It will take months […]
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Give a Hoot — File a Suit
Enviros yesterday filed suit against the feds in an effort to protect the Mexican spotted owl in Arizona and New Mexico. The owl population has dropped 10 percent a year […]
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Tourism, the Snake Charmer
Breaching four dams on the lower Snake River to protect salmon would likely more than double revenue from recreation and tourism along a 140-mile stretch of the river in Idaho […]
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No Silver Lining for These Muchachos
A Mexican company announced yesterday that it would undertake the largest environmental cleanup in the nation’s history in Torreon, 500 miles north of Mexico City. But many say it’s too […]
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UK + Y2K = YUCK
The UK may face widespread pollution problems at the turn of the millennium because its industries are failing to adequately address the Y2K computer bug. More than half of 400 […]
