There is nothing like a consensus on caring for the American environment, and given the impressive array of competing interests, there probably never will be. But if there's one issue on which we thought everyone agreed-from Earth First! activists in northern California to Manhattan power brokers-it's the importance of recycling. Last summer, however, The New […]
Undersea Noise Experiments Threaten the Sensitive Hearing-And Communications-Of Marine Mammals Finned marine mammals like these dolphins are especially sensitive to sonic disruptions. Anyone who has ducked beneath the surface of the ocean is familiar with the sensation. The screech of gulls, the laughter of children in the surf, even the distant whine of pleasure craft […]
With GIS Environmental Software, the Proof is in the Plotting This GIS map treates the Pacific Northwest as an ecosystem of varying rainforest environments. At the front lines of environmentalism, often the first and biggest challenge is proving that there is a problem. The systematic environmental poisoning Rachel Carson described in Silent Spring made headlines […]
The Pentagon Uses Radioactive Waste as Armor and Bullets As many as 700,000 American soldiers served in the 1991 Persian Gulf war, but it wasn’t until last year that the Pentagon finally admitted that some of those servicemen and women may have been exposed to chemical weapons. During the Gulf War, depleted uranium was used […]
E Magazine interviews NRDC environmentalist Allen Hershkowitz.
How can restaurants serve bison meat if there are so few of the majestic animals left in the wild? Aren’t bison endangered? —Pat Henderson, Columbus, OH The American bison, which is commonly called a buffalo, is not on the U.S. Endangered Species List. According to the National Bison Association, there are approximately 350,000 of the […]
What threats would oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge pose to wildlife? —Alexander Brower, Jefferson, WI The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service calls Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) "among the most complete, pristine, and undisturbed ecosystems on Earth." ANWR’s Area 1002, the coastal plain where oil drilling is proposed, is home to […]
Taking a Stance on Nuclear Energy, Newspapers and College Recycling What is a breeder reactor, and what are fission and fusion? —Anthony Gill, St. Bonaventure, NY Sue Gagner, public affairs officer of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), offers this definition, “A fission reactor splits the nucleus of atoms into parts, while fusion involves combining the […]
Esprit founder Douglas Tompkins is on a conservation rampage in Latin America.
Reddy the grrl squirrel replaces Smokey the Bear and advocates for letting forest fires burn, not suppression.
