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Doggy Don't
Mexico City’s horrendous air pollution problem is being exacerbated by dog doo. More than 2 million dogs live in Mexico City’s inner Federal District and deposit at least 353 tons […]
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Greens Seeing Red over Redwoods
The war between environmentalists and the logging corporation that owned the treasured Headwaters grove of ancient redwoods in northern California has been one of the nastiest altercations in American environmental […]
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Cloak, Dagger, and Turtle
A shroud of secrecy surrounds information about the northern bog turtle, a threatened species that makes its home in meadows from Massachusetts to Maryland, prime suburb territory. Its presence has […]
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Flipper Flip-Flop
The Clinton administration today is expected to give tuna processors and canners the go-ahead to label their products “dolphin-safe” even if they use large, encircling nets that can snare and […]
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Swedish Chef, Dutch Oven Cook Up Controversy
The European Union is struggling to pull together a common climate change strategy ahead of the next round of international talks on the issue to be held in Bonn in […]
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The Death of Frankenfood
Britain’s largest grocery store chain, Tesco, gave the boot to genetically modified foods yesterday, saying it would phase them out from its shelves. Two popular British food processors also pledged […]
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Don't Put This in Your Pipe and Smoke It
Meanwhile, British researchers announced on Tuesday that they had genetically engineered tobacco plants to make them capable of removing explosives from soil. The plants, which can break down unstable ingredients […]
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Scientists Poo Poo Chemical Threat in Water
U.S. water supplies are seriously threatened by microbes, warns a report from the American Society for Microbiology, but efforts to control water pollution have concentrated on chemical risks rather than […]
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Fig Leaf Bill: Let's Hope It Wilts in the Heat
Senators opposed to the Kyoto climate change treaty introduced a bill yesterday that would forego mandates for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in favor of voluntary, market-based programs. Sponsored by Sens. […]
