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Andrew Katkin, National Environmental Trust
Andrew Katkin is the web manager for the National Environmental Trust. He is a member of NET’s team of staffers attending the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species. Monday, 11 Nov 2002 SANTIAGO, Chile Only a week has passed since the opening ceremonies of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species meeting […]
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Better Red Than Dead
A federal judge last week lifted development restrictions on more than 4 million acres of land that had been designated as critical habitat for the threatened California red-legged frog. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service imposed the restrictions in early 2001, but developers quickly sued to overturn them. To the dismay of environmentalists, the court […]
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Sound the Alarm
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the midst of a five-year effort to catalogue the woes of the Puget Sound ecosystem, gathering information for what could become an undertaking as grand in size as the $8 billion Everglades restoration project. Many of the 2,354 miles of the sound’s seashore, containing tide flats, marshes, […]
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I’m a Loser, Baby
The environment stands to be a big loser now that Republicans have recaptured control of the U.S. Senate and expanded their lead in the U.S. House. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) — who had a zero percent score (that’s right, a goose egg) from the League of Conservation Voters in the last session of Congress — […]
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A new language is needed to win the day for native species
This cold morning at the Presidio, elegant terns wheel over the lagoon at the edge of the San Francisco Bay, screeching like a fleet of squeaky bicycles. In the distance, fog blots out the top of the Golden Gate Bridge. On the strip of beach closest to the water, dogs chase tennis balls into the […]
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Up a Creek
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is quietly considering a proposal that would greatly increase the amount of cancer-causing effluent that could be dumped into streams. Randy Sovic, of the DEP’s Division of Water Resources, said the proposal would give his agency more “flexibility” in writing water-pollution permits. Currently, pollution rates in West Virginia […]
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Turning the Tide
The world’s most northerly town, will soon be the first to take advantage of ocean tides to create electricity with a sub-sea power station. Similar tidal projects are also underway in Australia and Britain, but none has begun selling power. Later this month or early in December, tidal currents on the seabed near Kvalsund, at […]
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Teach a Man to Fish and He’ll Poison His Brain
Fish fanatics watch out! Affluent people eating lots of fish for health reasons may be loading up on mercury as well as omega-3 and other special oils, according to a study published in the current issue of Environmental Health Perspectives. Jane Hightower, a doctor at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, conducted the […]
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Saving Grace
The “energy crisis” may be a distant memory, but Californians are still saving juice. After the blackouts and price hikes of 2001, utility customer sales fell 6 percent to 9 percent due to conservation efforts. Today, from 40 percent to 90 percent of the drop persists — and some experts say the shift could be […]
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Anthony Flaccavento, Appalachian Sustainable Development
Anthony Flaccavento is the executive director of Appalachian Sustainable Development, a nonprofit dedicated to developing healthy, diverse, and ecologically sound economic opportunities in southwestern Virginia and northeastern Tennessee. Monday, 4 Nov 2002 ABINGDON, Va. Early Monday morning, at the onset of November. A cup of strong coffee and a to-do list start this day off, […]
