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Here Today, Ghana Tomorrow
Environmentalists in Ghana are working to establish six sanctuaries for giant sea turtles along the country’s Atlantic coast, and they hope the refuges will attract eco-tourists. The Ghana Wildlife Society and other groups aim to raise some $20,000 to protect beaches where hundreds of sea turtles lay eggs between August and March. The turtles, which […]
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Say It Before You Spray It
New York would become the first state in which counties could require homeowners to post warning flags alerting neighbors when they use pesticides on their lawns, under an agreement reached yesterday by Republican and Democratic leaders in the New York legislature. The measure would also mandate that parents be given notice 48 hours before spraying […]
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King Ralph?
Ralph Nader, who will officially capture the Green Party presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Colorado next weekend, is spreading his pro-environment, anti-corporate message with far more fervor than he did in his 1996 campaign. In the last three months, Nader has campaigned in 47 states and raised about $1 million, and he plans […]
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Get on the Bus
The Los Angeles metro area made a national first on Friday by adopting sweeping rules that will require new transit buses and garbage trucks to be powered by electricity, fuel cells, or relatively low-polluting fuels such as natural gas. The new rules, intended to cut down on diesel emissions that foul the air and are […]
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The Beastly Gender Fax-Off Tally
Kate Smallwood is the campaign coordinator for the BC Endangered Species Coalition in Vancouver, British Columbia. An Australian with a highly questionable sense of humor, and a desire to shock as many North Americans as possible, she can be reached at ksmallwood@wcel.org. Donations of Tanqueray gin are actively solicited. Monday, 19 Jun 2000 SMITHERS, British […]
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Turbine Time
Wind power is gaining ground in Massachusetts, particularly along the Atlantic coast where high-speed winds are common. A number of wind projects are under consideration in the state, including a plan to build at least 10 turbines atop a mountain in western Massachusetts, which would be the state’s first commercial wind-energy facility. Wind power will […]
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Brain De Palma
Even as new roads are built into the Amazon and ranching, farming, and logging continue to pose huge threats to the rainforest, some business and political leaders in the region are increasingly advocating environmentally friendly development. For example, the government of Joao Capiberibe, the governor of Amapa, one of nine states in the Brazilian Amazon, […]
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We've Got Spirit, How 'Bout You?
Enviros are campaigning hard to stop logging in the Great Bear Rainforest on the coast of British Columbia, Canada, a biologically rich area that is the only home of the Spirit Bear, a rare white subspecies of black bear. Meanwhile, some activists who have been battling to end old-growth logging on the coast have served […]
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And other words from readers
Re: Won’t You Be My Nader? Dear Editor: I am disappointed to hear that Donella Meadows plans to vote for Ralph Nader and is encouraging her readers to do the same. While I agree that he is more committed to environmental issues than Al Gore, voting for Gore is, in Meadows’s own words, “the undeniably […]
