Energy-Efficent Big Appliances

Labor-saving big appliances-dishwashers, refridgerators, clothes washers/dryers and air conditioners – can drastically reduce the house holder’s workload and increase comfort levels. But traditional appliances are no friend to the environment. Their clean white facades hide the soul of polluters. They use countless megajoules of electricty and billions of gallons of gallons of water, accelerating fuel consumption, dam building and air pollution. How could appliances dedicated to making things clean be so dirty.

Our Dumb Animals

The early fighters for animals were crusaders whose commitment grew out of concerns about slavery and the exploitation of children.

Have a Wheelchair, Will Travel

Anne Holmblad of Chelsea, Vermont has used a wheelchair for all her life, but that didn’t stop her from joining a religious boat trip around the Thousand Islands area of South Florida. "In a canoe I’m as mobile as everyone else," she says. "I’m able to touch my environment in a way I rarely can. The highlight was sneaking into narrow inlets, pulling myself through the mangroves, never knowing if I’d get stuck."

Who’s the real killer?

The numbers say it all. Each year an average of 25 people across the world die as a result of a shark attack. You have one in 300 million chance of meeting your maker in the mouth of a shark. The sharks, on the other hand, wish they had our odds. While U.S. Department of Health mortality statistics show that Americans are more likely to be killed by lightning than by a shark, the Department of Commerce estimates that people kill 100 million sharks a year. In order to keep up with us, sharks would have to eat the entire combined population of Mexico and Texas every year.

A Burning Issue

Sixteen-year-old Jake Wilson (not his real name) was the star of his Wayne, Pennsylvania high school football team. Young, smart and in good shape, he was also radiantly healthy. But then Jake started become lethargic. He began to fatigue easily, lost his ambition, seemed disoriented, complained of headaches and grew quite irritable. His school work took a dive as well as his performance on the feild.

An Open Letter to the Environmental Movement

The environmental movement is facing some pretty tough challenges. Not only has the shamelessly retrograde George W. Bush been re-elected to the Presidency of the United States, but Republicans, whose overall voting record is significantly less environment-friendly than that of the Democrats, have had their majorities increased in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Is the Breast Still Best?

Mother’s Milk is a Unique Blend of All Thats Best for the Baby, But Its Also Full of Toxic Chemicals

Our Agony Over Animals

Environmentalists and animal rightists are, at least on the surface, natural allies, but in practice they’re most often at each other’s throats. But, particularly in light of important new information about how animals think and what they feel, shouldn’t environmentalists at least be listening to what the animal rights movement has to say? Can these two communities with so much in common at long last form a working relationship?

Fowling the Waters

"Factory" farming of cows, pigs and chickens is a big business in America, and the waste from this major industry is a significant health hazard.

Federal Scientists Alter Findings to Toe White House Line

A recent survey by two environmental groups concludes that on at least 200 occasions, staff scientists at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) have been compelled to alter findings in order to weaken protection for endangered and threatened species.

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