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Bayer Gives Us a Headache
Three years after Congress passed and Pres. Clinton signed to great fanfare a law meant to reduce children’s exposure to pesticides, the law has become a victim of politics as usual, and the EPA’s ability to enforce it, using science as a driving force, has been greatly weakened, according to a six-month investigation by the […]
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Ding, Dong, the Round Is Dead
The World Trade Organization’s ministerial meeting in Seattle ended in failure on Friday night, with delegates unable to reach agreement on issues to be addressed in a new round of trade talks. Enviros and other activists who had protested on the Seattle streets against the WTO, pointing to free trade’s damaging effects on the environment, […]
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Arctic Waters Straight Up
The amount of sea ice in Arctic waters has been shrinking since 1978 by an average of roughly 14,000 square miles a year, an area larger than Maryland and Delaware combined, according to a new study by an international team of scientists published in today’s issue of the journal Science. The researchers say the shrinkage […]
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Is the Color of Your Ralph Green?
Ralph Nader has told close associates that he plans to announce his candidacy in January and mount a serious campaign for president under the Green Party banner, reports Salon magazine. On the other end of the spectrum, Texas Gov. George W. Bush (R), in his first presidential debate last night, tried to sidestep a question […]
