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Sunday in the Park With Kim Jong Il

Some Koreans are hoping that the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea will be turned into a nature preserve. The 155-mile-long DMZ — laced with landmines, razor wire, and chain-link fence — has been cut off from human interference for nearly half a century, so many plants and animals are thriving there, including […]

An Engine That Benz the Rules

German-American automaker DaimlerChrysler AG announced yesterday that it intends to invest about $1 billion in fuel-cell technology and become the first major auto manufacturer to market fuel-cell vehicles. By 2002, the company plans to produce buses equipped with fuel cells, and by 2004 it will sell fuel-cell cars. Meanwhile, Japanese scientists report in the new […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Hitting the Nader on the Head

Wow! Did I ever infuriate my liberal friends when I said I would vote for Ralph Nader! [See Won’t You Be My Nader?.] They’ve been hammering me with earnest lectures about how every vote for Nader will help get Bush elected, and how an elected Bush will devastate the environment, enrich the rich, hand the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]