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Net Loss
Populations of wild salmon in the North Atlantic have fallen to record lows, and if current trends continue, the salmon may be headed for extinction, the World Wildlife Fund said today. In the last 25 years, the number of large salmon returning to spawn in North American rivers has fallen from 800,000 a year to […]
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Road, Road, Road Your Vote
Al Gore promised yesterday that as president he would expand the Clinton administration’s national forest roadless initiative to include the massive Tongass National Forest in Alaska, and would ban not just road-building but also logging on 43 million acres of undeveloped national forest land. Gore: “If I am entrusted with the presidency, it will be […]
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The Gall!
America’s federal lands are increasingly threatened by thieves who make off with everything from mushrooms to cedar trees and sell the natural resources for profit. From 1991 to 1997, poachers stole 15,000 barrel cacti from federal lands in California, including the Mojave National Preserve, and sold them to makers of miznaga, a Mexican candy. Earlier […]
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It's My Green Party, and I'll Vote How I Want To
Is a vote for Ralph Nader for president a vote in favor of a new greener, more progressive political movement or a de facto vote for Republican candidate George W. Bush? The Green Party nominee has campaigned in more than 35 states so far, hammering home his anti-corporate message and criticizing Al Gore for being […]
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Pamela K. Miller, Alaska Community Action on Toxics
Pamela K. Miller is a biologist and director of Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT). ACAT works to protect human health, water and air quality, and the natural environment by collaborating with affected communities under right-to-know and other laws. ACAT exposes polluters, seeks to hold them accountable, and offers technical assistance to citizens who want […]
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Sonic Boon
The U.S. Navy has given up its controversial plans to test sonar systems off the New Jersey shore after enviros and federal regulators protested that the tests could harm whales and other marine animals. Two months ago, a dozen whales beached themselves in the Bahamas one day after Navy sonar exercises. Many scientists believe that […]
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Towering Infernal
Enviros estimate that more than 4 million migrating birds are killed each year in the U.S. as they collide with communications towers, and the problem is becoming more severe as thousands of new towers crop up to serve cell phones and digital pagers. Bird conservationists are particularly worried about new mega-towers that will be constructed […]
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Mutual De-fence Treaty
Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe plan to sign a historic agreement next month to create a massive wildlife park that will protect elephants, leopards, rhinos, lions, and buffalo. Wildlife ministers from the three nations will agree to remove the fences that divide their wildlands in order to create a reserve area of about 38,000 square […]
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Eek Coli
One of the worst North American outbreaks of E. coli has hit the small town of Walkerton, Ontario, presumably because water supplies were contaminated by runoff from nearby cattle feedlots after a heavy rainstorm on May 12. Five people have died and nearly 1,000, or about a fifth of the town’s population, have fallen ill […]
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Putin Up Their Nukes
The Russian government has come up with a plan to build as many as 38 new nuclear reactors by 2020, disregarding concerns that the nation could be setting itself up for a repeat of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Russian enviros are particularly disturbed that the Ministry of Atomic Energy plans to help pay for […]
