A consumer magazine publishing news, information and commentary on environmental issues. Content includes international and domestic environmental news, feature articles, and a guide to green living. Addresses such subjects as recycling, food safety, air
In the rustic New England shoreline village of Guilford, Connecticut, homes go for 250,000 and up. But if you want a bargain, visit Meadow Street, where any one of nine solid homes, some abandoned by their owners, are going begging, despite price...
The first bioengineered animal, patented in 1988 and called the "Harvard oncomouse," was programmed with a gene predisposing it to cancer. Harvard researcher Philip Leder developed the animal, and chemical giant DuPont owns exclusive rights to the...
Looking for bareknuckled, frontier capitalism at its most rapacious? I am currently engrossed in Empire of Wood by Donald MacKay, a history of Macmillan-Bloedel, the British Columbia-based multinational corporation which, from its small beginnings...
April 24, 1994 will mark eight years since Reactor Four at the Chernobyl atomic Power complex in the Uk-raine blew up, heaving 50 tons of radioactive materials into the sky. But unlike natural disasters, this one isn't healing. After the accident,...
Battery makers are all charged up over the future of batteries. Duracell, Eveready and Rayovac, titans in the battery field, are revolutionizing how we power up everything from Walkmans to laptop computers. "Better rechargeables and new alkaline [traditional]...
Summer is just around the corner, and it's time to begin thinking about how the kids will spend those precious two months away from the classroom. For many, the solution means finding a place where a child can learn new skills, make new friends and...
Last December 2, the second day of the National Black Church Environmental and Economic Justice Summit, Charlotte Keyes stood attentively on stage awaiting her turn in the row of speakers. She had traveled from Columbia, Mississippi, a modest town...
Upon entering the U.S. Forest Service headquarters in Washington, DC, a red brick Federalist battleship with a clock tower and a castle turret at the front corners. I half expect to find a few rasta-haired wood nymphs from Earth First! roaming the...
Multilevel marketing - otherwise known as MLM or "network marketing" - a a familiar concept to many Americans, though most would more readily recognize the names Amway and Shaklee, companies which have employed such neighbor-to-neighbor sales strategies...
Is There Really Such a Thing as a Sinless Snack? When nutritionist Jane Hurley walked down the potato chip aisle of a supermarket just five years ago, she left with a conclusion that would make a couch potato cringe with guilt: Pretzels. That's it....
Introduced on Earth Day 1993, by an epic cast of characters including Vice President Al Gore, the concept is simple: Computer equipment capable of going into an energy-saving "sleep" mode when sitting idle earns itself an Environmental Protection Agency...
The Endangered Species Act is the most innovative, wide-reaching and successful environmental law that has been passed in the past quarter century. I can cite case after case: the resurgence of the American alligator, the fact that the skies are once...