National Parks Deteriorating, Says GAO | by Jeff Elliott Our national parks are falling apart at an increasing rate with little being done by Park Service |
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Church Burning Shakes Up Segregated Town | by Martha Honey Volunteers from around the world join in effort to rebuild three black churches burned in tiny Alabama town |
Water Quality Tests Miss Significant Health Risk | New study calls failure to detect parasite in drinking water a significant public health threat |
CIA Funded Contras With Crack Sales | Remarkable series in San Jose Mercury News proves connections between Nicaraguan rebels and U.S. drug smuggling |
Ojibwe Activist Named Green Party VP | by Aaron Osterby Winona LaDuke, a prominent Minnesota Ojibwe and grass roots political activist, accepted the vice presidential nomination of the Green Party |
Nader on Clinton, Environment | In Pacifica radio interview Nader slams Clinton over environmental, corporate politicking |
August Setbacks to Net Free Speech | by David Hipschman Princeton University and several nations try to censor students, citizens, or residents in other countries |
Global Enviro Protections At Risk, Groups Warn | by Paul Weinberg Agreements on ozone protection, endangered species, and toxic waste could be overturned by World Trade Organization in December |
Communities Printing Local Money | by Binod Bhattarai Movement in Madison and 30 other cities to print community money |
EPA Names Top U.S. Polluters | by Pratap Chatterjee Dupont and mining giant Asarco are the top U.S. polluters, counting both smokestack emissions and Dupont's long history of injecting toxics underground |
Industry Trusted To Report Toxics | by Gaynell Terrell On the honor system to report their own pollution, no independent auditing of industry reports on 651 chemicals and compounds that must be monitored |
Fish Decline Must Stop, Experts Say | by Marguerite Abadjian Noting that almost all commercial species are over-exploited or depleted, marine biologists call for allowing fish populations to rebuild |
Farm Workers Battle Mushroom Giant | by Eyal Press UFW targets world's leading producer of mushroom spawn, where immigrants earn below poverty-level wages |
Dump Smokey The Bear, Say Enviros | by Pratap Chatterjee Message is working against forest policy for controlled burns |
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