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Gray Prospects for MTBE

MTBE, a controversial gasoline additive intended to reduce smog, has done little to improve air quality, according to a study released yesterday by the National Research Council. MTBE has been […]

Trying to Buck Riders

The House and Senate appropriations committees are wrangling over anti-environmental riders attached to a massive spending bill that would fund military action in Kosovo and send hurricane relief to Central […]

Listen to What the Flower People Say

New York City is working on a deal to sell 63 parcels of land used for community gardens for $3 million to the Trust for Public Land, an arrangement that […]

Sucky Appliances

European Union energy ministers want to crack down on domestic appliances, sometimes called vampires, that suck energy when in “standby,” or off, mode. The ministers want to halve “standby losses” […]

Tongues Out at Tongass Plan

In an op-ed in today’s Washington Post, Alaska’s congressional delegation — staunch and powerful defenders of the state’s timber industry — criticize the Clinton administration’s latest plan for managing Alaska’s […]

Fumenting Conservative Backlash

In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Michael Fumento, a senior fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute, mocks environmentalists for their “blame-man-first mentality,” which he says leads them to […]

Pork on Rye, Hold the Sprawl

This year could see Congress approve the most conservation spending ever, some officials are predicting. Republicans and Democrats alike have introduced six major environmental conservation bills in Congress this year, […]

Sleazy Riders

A number of senators have tacked anti-environmental riders onto an emergency spending bill that would fund NATO’s air war in Yugoslavia and send relief money to hurricane-stricken Central America. House […]

Hungary to Join EU? Czech Your Laws, Polish Your Record

The six countries next in line to join the European Union are likely to run up against serious problems as they try to comply with EU environmental laws, possibly delaying […]

Rising Sunshine

Japan adopted its first freedom of information law last week, giving citizens the right to request information on everything from how the government evaluates environmental hazards to how it spends […]