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Read Between the Pipelines
Huge Energy Project on Russian Island Could Wreak Environmental Havoc Conservationists are warning that plans to build the world’s largest energy project — a massive pipeline and three oil-drilling platforms on and around the Russian island of Sakhalin, just north of Japan — could mean environmental disaster. The project, led by a Shell subsidiary and […]
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Shale Maulana, Center for Environmental Citizenship
Shale Maulana is Northwest summit coordinator for the Center for Environmental Citizenship and a student and activist at Seattle Central Community College. Monday, 25 Aug 2003 SEATTLE, Wash. This summer, I’m interning with the Center for Environmental Citizenship (EnviroCitizen), helping to organize a student summit, “Powered By Justice: Skills to Build Energy Alternatives.” It’s a […]
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Because I’m Worth It
Cosmetics Firm Aims to Fight Pollution’s Effects on Skin Cosmetics giant L’Oreal has launched a new environmental initiative — not one designed to fight pollution, but rather to fight pollution’s effects on skin and hair. The company is teaming up with the European Space Agency to use Envisat, a powerful environmental monitoring satellite, to track […]
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Gm-oh!
Blair Backing Off Plans to Introduce GM Crops in UK British Prime Minister Tony Blair is dramatically scaling back his plans to open UK farms up to widespread planting of genetically modified crops. The Blair government had been expected next month to announce blanket approval for GM plantings, but faced with unwavering public opposition to […]
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Sittin’ by the Schlock of the Bay
Troubled Chesapeake Bay Needs New Protections, Says Enviro Group A long-running voluntary effort to clean up the Chesapeake Bay has been a big flop — that’s the basic assessment announced yesterday by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, a nonprofit conservation group. “All the scientific data suggests that the bay is not improving,” said foundation President William […]
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The Wildlife Conservation Society takes the lead in making zoos sustainable
Is it better to compost elephant dung or tap its energy with a methane generator? Will a ring-tailed lemur feel at home under energy-efficient lights? Sustainability at zoos is a tall order. The Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs New York City’s zoos and aquarium, is increasingly turning its attention to these and other environmental quandaries. […]
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Sweeter Home Alabama
Alabama PCB Suits End in $700 Million Settlement Monsanto Co. and its spin-off enterprise, Solutia, agreed yesterday to pay $700 million to settle state and federal lawsuits concerning five decades of PCB pollution in Anniston, Ala. From the 1930s to the 1970s, Monsanto (and later Solutia) used a plant in Anniston to produce PCBs, which […]
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Must Have Been Something in the Water
India Says Coke, Pepsi Products Safe to Drink Three weeks after an environmental organization created a furor in India by claiming that soft drinks made by Coca-Cola and Pepsi contained dangerously high levels of pesticides, the nation’s government proclaimed the products safe. Health Minister Sushma Swaraj said today that the government had tested the soft […]
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Don’t Call the Sheriff
County Officials in Utah Steal Signs from National Monument The U.S. EPA might be protecting the air in national parks and wilderness areas, but who’s watching out for the land in national monuments? If you happen to live in southern Utah, the answer is: not your local elected officials. Kane County Commissioner Mark Habbeshaw and […]
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Bass Ackwards
International Team Chases Illegal Fishing Vessel Across High Seas It’s kind of like “Pirates of the Caribbean,” only it’s set in the Indian Ocean. Australian and South African customs ships are hunting down the Viarsa, an Uruguayan fishing vessel suspected of poaching millions of pounds of endangered Patagonian toothfish. The high drama on the high […]
