The Beef Industry Takes Aim at "Food Disparagement" “You said [mad cow disease] could make AIDS look like the common cold?” asked TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey. “Absolutely,” said her guest, Howard Lyman of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). “That’s an extreme statement, you know,” Winfrey said. “Absolutely,” Lyman said again. […]
The Earth Liberation Front Targets Long Island Sprawl An hour east of New York City, along the former rural Route 25A, the occasional roadside nursery and peach farm stand out like orphans among the business strips and office tracts of the island’s North Shore. The farms are fast disappearing in Suffolk County, and the way […]
In the drought-stricken farm belt of southeastern Colorado, down-on-their-luck farmers and wide-eyed environmentalists alike are looking forward to the day when many more Americans derive their electricity from the wind, an ultimately renewable, pollution-free source of energy. And the state-funded Colorado Green Project is helping make this vision into a reality.
Toyota announced last Tuesday that Ford would use some of its hybrid engine technology, in a pact that underlines the Japanese auto giant's strong lead in eco-friendly gasoline-electric systems.
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 […]
After Founding Esprit and North Face, Doug Tompkins Dresses Up an 800,000-Acre Park When Esprit founder Doug Tompkins went on a rainforest exploration trip to Chile seven years ago, he didn’t realize he’d soon be buying huge swaths of land down there, or that his growing passion for preservation would stir controversy all over the […]
Australia FIghts Back Against invader Species.
Bikes and Buses Battle the Road, Tire and Asphalt Lobby You’re riding your bike to work on the Willamette River Pathway in Portland, Oregon. Before you get to your office, you stop for a shower at Bike Central, a commuting facility downtown. That evening, you put your bicycle on a bus rack and head for […]
Independent Landowners Cut Down Trees to Save the Forest Although its southern half is dotted with sprawling suburban corridors, northern Maine is as empty and dark as a velvet stage curtain. The mixed forests—tall white pine, bristly spruce, oak and maple—seem to extend forever. "Most striking in the Maine wilderness is the continuousness of the […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to provide adequate protection to minorities and low-income families who are disproportionately affected by pollution, according to a report released last week by EPA's Inspector General (IG).
