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Killer Waves, Dude!
An Israeli company made a deal yesterday to sell an innovative new system that can generate electricity from the motion of ocean waves. An Indian company agreed to pay $4 million to S.D.E. Energy & Desalination Ltd. for a wave-generated power plant. The company claims to have developed a relatively cheap and eco-friendly way to […]
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Numb and Dumber
Sixty-nine percent of voters think Vice Pres. Al Gore would do a good job of handling the environment as president, according to a new USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll. Fifty-seven percent reject the notion that Gore’s views on the environment are too extreme. Unfortunately for Gore, though, 64 percent say he “doesn’t inspire” them (read: he’s boring). […]
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Court: Burn, Baby, Burn
A federal appeals court ordered the EPA yesterday to put on hold a regulation that would require 22 states to reduce their production of smog-causing gases that drift into other states. The three-judge panel issuing the decision did not question the merit of the regulation, but delayed its implementation pending a lawsuit filed by a […]
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Wails from Japan
Japan will seek to remove some whale species from the international endangered species list in hopes that it can resume commercial whaling, the nation said yesterday at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Grenada. The U.S., Britain, Australia, and New Zealand stand staunchly opposed to a resumption of commercial whaling. Similar requests from […]
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A Bad Acid Trip
Romania is being hit with acid rain and increased water and air pollution as a direct result of NATO’s bombing campaign in Yugoslavia, the Romanian environment ministry said yesterday. Air pollution from fires following the bombings has caused acid rains in areas of Romania along the Yugoslav border. The ministry said that environmental damage has […]
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Nah, Wilderness!
Rep. Jim Hansen (R-Utah) is trying to throw a wrench into the creation of new wilderness study areas in Utah. A provision Hansen has tacked onto an Armed Services authorization bill prohibits the creation of new study areas until it is determined whether such areas would create problems for an Air Force training range in […]
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Canyonland crusader plays Mother Goose
Skip Edwards is in his yard in rural Crawford, Colo., doing one of his favorite things: crawling behind Chaco, the goose he lives with. This is pretty much his job these days. She waddles. He crawls. He wants to learn her habits from the ground up. Skip and Chaco — or is it Chaco and […]
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Go West, Young Wolf
Wolf populations introduced into Idaho three years ago are thriving and expanding westward, with wolves expected to hit Oregon within one or two years, says Pete Frost of the National Wildlife Federation. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been surprised by the quick migration. Some Oregon residents, particularly ranchers, are less than thrilled by […]
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Putting in Their Two-Pence Worth
British customers are quite interested in buying their electricity from renewable sources, but they are reluctant to pay more than 10 percent over regular prices for it, according to a new Harris poll on the country’s electricity market. Britain this week completed deregulation of its market, and the poll found that the marketing pull of […]
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Enforcement Like a Bump on a Log
California’s logging rules and enforcement are too weak, allowing excessive tree cutting that leads to mudslides, damaged water supplies, and endangered fish and wildlife, according to a study released yesterday by a U.S. Forest Service geologist. Meanwhile, as part of a 50-year habitat conservation plan, Seattle Mayor Paul Schell (D) yesterday proposed that logging be […]
