| Local Ecology | ||
| Lanes to nowhere | ||
| People who want less traffic congestion want more roads which just leads to more traffic. | ||
| At the crossroads | ||
| Preserving our quality of life depends on changing the way we develop our communities. Can we do it? | ||
| Kehoe leads California Coastal Commission in strengthening coastal program protections. | ||
| National Issues | ||
| Federal government energy waste costs taxpayers $1 billion annually | ||
| Is this another case of "do as we say, not as we do," or what? | ||
| Ford's new gas-guzzling SUV wins the "Exxon Valdez" award from the Sierra Club | ||
| Well deserved acknowledgment to a "rolling monument to environmental destruction." | ||
| Road building moratorium falls short of safeguarding unprotected wilderness | ||
| Major policy loopholes put some of our nation's last wild forests at risk. | ||
| Car Talk | ||
| Book review of The Green Guide to Cars and Trucks names best and worst of the 1999 crop. | ||
| Global Ecology | ||
| Study of tropical forests overturns important theory in ecology | ||
| Findings may cast doubt on some conservation methods. | ||
| Coral bleaching and death could be early warning of environmental change | ||
| Alien species cost U.S. $123 billion a year | ||
| Some were brought in by accident and some on purpose, but they cost us, just the same. | ||
| In Your Garden | ||
| The key to successful gardening... MULCH! | ||
| A simple way to preserve water and improve soil quality. | ||
| Personal pollution prevention | ||
| A few tips on keeping your personal pollution personal. | ||
| Diet & Health | ||
| Dioxins the view from Europe | ||
| Remember the dioxin controversy? Political pressure has put a lid on US investigations, but the Europeans are still investigating this ubiquitous toxin. | ||
| Greenpeace, Center For Food Safety and organic farmers sue EPA over gene-altered crops | ||
| Incorporation of Bt genes in plants threatens a critical resource for organic farmers. | ||
| Energy | ||
| Plug Power breaks new ground in automotive fuel cells | ||
| One step closer to an affordable, practical, mass-produced electric car. | ||
| Observations from the Edge | ||
| Fear and Loathing in Legoland | ||
| Our resident eco-radical just can't wait for Legoland to open ... right. | ||
