For Love of Bats

Why become a bat rehabilitiator? Without exception, rehabilitators talk about their fascination with the small mammals. "Most people don’t realize how intelligent and valuable bats are," says rehabilitator Amanda Lollar. But according to Melinda Alvarado, a bat rehabber working out of San Luis Obispo, California, all you have to do is meet a bat to be hooked. "They look right at you with their bright little eyes," she says, "and you can see the intelligence and curiosity shining there."

The Bucket Overflows

Volunteers in the Louisiana Bucket Brigade monitor air pollution in the neighborhoods adjoining ExxonMobil’s Chalmette Oil Refinery.

Trashing the Greens

Michael Shellenberger of the Breakthrough Institute, and Evans/McDonough pollster Ted Nordhaus wrote an essay last fall titled "The Death of Environmentalism," an incendiary bomb thrown at the green braintrust. But the bombastic report may have been less than meets the eye.

Keep Off the Grass!

It was only in the last century that the culture of a "proper lawn" began to firmly take root in much of the U.S. To achieve that look, Americans apply more than 80 million pounds of chemical products to their lawns and gardens each year. According to one scientist, these chemicals "have poisoned humans and other species, contaminated our water supplies, reduced biodiversity, increased pest resistance, interfered with natural pest control and are directly responsible for a host of other environmental problems."

Green Trends Underscore Earth Day Optimism

Despite many a gloom-and-doom environmental scenario, Scripps-Howard News Service columnist Joan Lowy identifies five hot green trends underscoring Americans’ love for the environment as Earth Day approaches this Friday.

Court Battle Brews Over EPA Role in Regulating CO2 Emissions

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia heard preliminary arguments last week in a case in which a coalition of 12 states and a handful of environmental groups charge the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with neglecting its responsibility to protect public health by regulating tailpipe emissions that contribute to global warming.

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