A Taxing State of Affairs
Lester Brown’s new group links the media & economy, with the goal of creating a vision and to map out a plan for an economically sustainable global economy.
E Magazine Categories
ShoreBank Shows it Cares—With Community Investing
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
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,
Beyond Batteries
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, […]
Raising the Alarm: Concerns Linger About Electromagnetic Fields
The electric & magnetic fields (EMFs) emitted from power lines and electrical appliances may cause health problems such as miscarriage, cancer & ALS.
Putting Pension Plans to Work
The headlines are full of corporate scandals involving Enron, WorldCom, Xerox and even Martha Stewart Omnimedia, with the result that big business is under scrutiny as never before. In an effort to improve companies” social and environmental practices while also maximizing long-term revenues, many public and private pension funds are discovering the benefits of investing […]
Onaway Builds Native Trust
Native Americans across the continent continue to struggle against environmental and social injustice. Tribal lands are disproportionately ravaged by mining and forestry industries, and every site in America currently proposed to store nuclear waste is on Native lands, according to the advocacy group Honor the Earth. Along with the destruction of traditional culture and the […]
Island Legacies
Four hundred years ago, according to legend, Spanish mustangs swam from shipwrecks to North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Today, untamed descendants of these horses still run free in small herds along Shackleford Banks, an undeveloped island off the coast of Beaufort, North Carolina.
In the Parks
Anchors Away? The word “anchor” suggests the sea, not the land-locked expanse of our nation’s wilderness. But for the past two years, the anchors issue has forced the Forest Service to ride a growing swell of stormy debate over their on-shore use. The anchors invading our wildest places are tinyonly a few bolts, or a […]
Natural Worship in Mexico
Religious pilgrims are trampling the grounds of the El Carmen monastery in the Sierra del Nixcongo Mountains near Mexico City. Thousands of them flock there on Catholic holidays to set up camp and walk a forest path that recreates Jesus" crucifixion. But they don’t just walk. They drive through the forest and park wherever they […]