June '01 Table of Contents

Local Ecology
	Guidelines for future development
		The City of San Diego should get its act together on current growth before asking us to increase population.
	A layperson's guide to the water transfer agreements
		What the "Babbitt Initiatives" mean for Southern California.
	Architecture for kids: Blueprint for a green theme park
		An elementary school class designs an "environmental" partner to SeaWorld.
Livable Communities
	Smart funding: purchased development rights
		Economic policy can move development from where we donÕt want it to where we do, with no financial losers.
Global Ecology
	Nature will not wait
		The president of Green Cross International and former President of the Soviet Union calls for a change in human consciousness if we are to save the environment and promote world stability and peace.
	Global warming and human impacts combine destructive forces on coral reefs
	Organic apple orchards competitive, sustainable
	Running out of reptiles
		Reptiles are in even greater distress worldwide than their better known cousins, the amphibians.
Business
	More environmental regulation can increase corporate profits
Pollution and Waste
	Findings may boost efforts to destroy pollutants with ultrasound
	Most-serious greenhouse gas is increasing, international study finds
		... and that gas is ... water vapor!
	Dirty dozen chemicals targeted by U.N. conference
	US EPA fines UCSD & UCLA for PCB violations
Energy
	An interfaith call for energy conservation and climate justice
	Scientists express grave concern over White House energy plan
	NRDC proposes "responsible" energy policy for the 21st century
	Clean coal?
		Long-time SDET reader - and her son - find "clean coal" an oxymoron.
	Solution to country's energy woes might include hot air
	Environmentally conscious energy efficiency efforts
		Assemblymember Christine Kehoe addresses our energy problems.
Diet & Health
	Childhood exposure to cats reduces asthma risk
	Making fast food more nutritious
	Cook your carrots for more antioxidants
	Ten years of herbal medicine studies reviewed
	Folate intake counteracts breast cancer risk associated with alcohol
Observations from the Edge
	America at a crossroads: veering left
		Our resident eco-radical find the seven deadly sins in our American way of life.