The Race to Develop Caspian Sea Oil May Steam Right Over the Environment The premise of Tom Clancy’s “Force 21,” a post-cold war computer game, is that the planet is on the verge of a Third World War over the Caspian Sea oil fields. Why such high-stakes maneuvering over this salty inland ocean, the world’s […]
Because the American tank was equipped with armor-piercing shells made from depleted uranium (DU, a waste product of the process that produces enriched uranium for use in atomic weapons and nuclear power plants), it was able to destroy all three of its attackers.
Can Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal be Cleaned Up? A cruise up the murky Gowanus Canal is a journey into the heart of darkest Brooklyn. These sell-out excursions focus not on romance, fine dining or savoring the Manhattan skyline. Instead, throngs lining the boat railings observe rust-belt factories along the waterway, forming a forbidden jungle. One shocked […]
Maine’s Northern Forests are Going to the Highest Bidder.
Though many socially conscious mutual funds have screens for environmental issues and do shareholder activism, there are only half a dozen that make environmental issues a priority.
Launched in 1991, this hands-on program is aimed at getting America’s school kids outside and learning about the natural world.
Bad for What Ails You
Will big oil, coal interests and the nuclear industry control the next energy revolution?
Aromatic Products May Pollute Indoor Air and Your Health The same health-conscious homeowner who would never dream of allowing cigarette smoke inside the house might be burning aromatherapy candles with the idea that they promote a healthy, relaxing atmosphere. But burning candles could actually have the opposite effect: Scientific testing has shown that candles can […]
Resisters Refuse to Pay for War and Its Environmental Fallout Like most working Americans, Connecticut resident Rosa Packard files her taxes every spring. But since 1981, she has omitted one thing: the check. Instead she substitutes a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) explaining that, as a Quaker, an environmentalist and a conscientious objector, […]
