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Brownout

Will Green Power Survive California’s Energy Crisis? With bated breath, the nation has been watching California to see how electric utility restructuring would affect the price of power, the reliability of electric service and the green power industry. Consumer advocates hoped for lower power prices. Environmentalists hoped to see green power on a larger scale […]

Giving Greenpeace a Chance

After Internal Turmoil, a More Focused Greenpeace is Back Fighting Polluters A growling dump truck stopped in front of the Naval Observatory, just a few feet from Vice President Dick Cheney"s residence. The truck"s back hatch opened, emptying five tons of coal onto the street courtesy of the direct-action group Greenpeace. One coal dumper told […]

Saving the Spirit Bears

A Historic Agreement Protects Canada’s Largest Temperate Rainforest A historic agreement reached this April between Canadian environmental groups and Canada"s logging industry will ensure the long-term security of British Columbia"s threatened west coast Great Bear Rainforest. The groundbreaking deal promises to bring an end to almost 20 years of some of the most intense and […]

Second-Class Transit? Los Angeles Bus Riders Union Fights for Equal Treatment

Although light rail trains are favored by many forward-thinking transportation agencies, buses carry far more commuters. The public transportation fleet in the U.S. consists of 129,000 vehicles; 58 percent of them are buses, and only one percent are light rail cars. Sixty-one percent of all public transportation employees work for bus services. Of the 8.7 […]

Caring About Kids

I have two daughters, ages four and seven, and the girls were on my mind as I was editing this issue’s comprehensive package on children’s environmental health. I think my wife and I do a reasonable job of protecting them from harm: We walk them to the school bus, make sure they look both ways […]

Children at Risk

Widespread Chemical Exposure Threatens Our Most Vulnerable Population We"ve all seen it: a mother crouched on the floor, arms outstretched, cooing to her baby as he lopsidedly plops first one hand, then the other, on the carpet, dragging his chubby knees behind him. His short journey complete, he rolls onto his well-padded bottom and proudly […]

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Congress Compromises On Children’s Health

Applying Pressure

These groups play an important role in raising public awareness and applying pressure to both government and corporate entities.

Providing Support

To help address the fears and assuage the frustration brought on by specific childhood ailments, these groups provide families with practical advice, information and support: Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning — strives to change perceptions about childhood lead poisoning and to develop and implement national prevention programs.

Diamonds Aren’t Forever

Environmental Degradation and Civil War in the Gem Trade Gleaming gems shining from plush velvet cases in quiet jewelry stores make it easy to forget that some of these symbols of love and prosperity originated in distant lands, deep in the soil of conflict. Romancing the stone: Everyone agrees that gems, like these uncut diamonds, […]

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