A Chronology 1773: Captain James Cook becomes first person to cross south of the Antarctic Circle. 1820-22: 320,000 fur seals are killed in South Shetlands. Hunt collapses soon afterward. 1904: First commercial whaling operation in the Antarctic kills its first whale. 1911: Roald Amundsen leads first expedition to reach South Pole. 1912-13: Antarctic whaling fleet […]
Although there are many socially responsible banks, credit unions and loan funds, ShoreBank Pacific (an outgrowth of Chicago’s South Shore Bank) stands out for environmentalists eager to put their savings or banking dollars to work directly supporting green efforts.
Dr. Philip Landrigan has long played an important role in advancing the field of pediatric environmental health — first as an officer in the U.S. Public Health Service, then as an epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, senior advisor on children’s health to the Environmental Protection Agency and, most recently, director of the Mount Sinai Center for Children’s Health and the Environment,
New Technologies Power the Car of the Future Every year, 30,000 people die in the U.S. from airborne toxins released by automobiles. Also largely because of the car, 100 million Americans live in areas with dangerous ground-level ozone concentrations. It's plain that, with a million cars a month adding to the 200 million already here, […]
Watchdog and Research Organizations "As You Sow, (415)391-3212, www.asyousow.org. Represents SRI investors in a "dialogue" with corporations. "Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES), (617)247-0700, www.ceres.org. A coalition of environmental, investor and advocacy groups that holds companies to a 10-point code of environmental conduct. "Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), (212)870-2295, www.iccr.org. A coalition of religious […]
After her five-year-old daughter, Colette, died from a nonhereditary form of childhood cancer, Nancy Chuda knew something in the environment was terribly wrong (see "What Killed Colette Chuda," cover story, May/June 1995).
Will Utility Deregulation Finally Unplug 'Dirty' Electricity? At United Illuminating Company's harborside Unit 3 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, built in 1969, Kentucky coal rides in on a conveyor belt to five huge blue silos that can each hold 700 tons. When pulverized to the consistency of talcum powder and burned in UI's huge boilers at 2,500 […]
Animal waste from corporate-owned factory farms has polluted 35,000 miles of rivers in 22 states and contaminated groundwater in 17 states
Volunteers Get Dirty on International Organic Farms The flock sits safely in the stable, and the nearby streets are silent. The tranquil evenings of Pradorrey, a village in northwestern Spain, are reward enough for a day spent tending sheep and harvesting grapes, but dinner—perhaps of fried sardines with goat cheese, bread and olive oil—awaits as […]
Pink flamingos are synonymous with Florida, just as tumbleweeds say “Nevada.” But did you know both are foreign species? Yup. Don't assume everything you see in the wild belongs there, even if it does become a state bird like the ring-necked pheasant in South Dakota. “I'm fascinated by the way so many exotic species become […]
