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 Editorials | Environmental
A Force of Nature in Chile
 Patrick J. McDonnell
Both made their fortunes in trendy West Coast-based apparel: she as a longtime chief executive with the Patagonia label, he as co-founder of the Esprit line. An American couple are using their fortune to buy up land for a large preserve that is splitting a nation in more ways than one.more »»»
Research Scientists Work to Unravel Semiarid Landscapes
 NMSU
A team of researchers has developed a multi-faceted process to study arid and semiarid landscapes that takes into account the wide range of factors influencing changes that can result in desertification.more »»»
Mexico Creates Border Nature Reserve
 Mark Stevenson
Mexico is creating an environmental reserve about 30 feet wide and 600 miles long on the Texas border, a “green wall” to protect the Rio Grande from the roads and staging areas that smugglers use to ferry drugs and migrants across the frontier.more »»»
A Move to Save Coral Reefs
 NYTimes
The official recognition that coral deserves to be protected is a step in the right direction and may buy some time. But more action is needed, and quickly, if the underwater wonders that support so much life are to survive intact.more »»»
Scientists Say Arctic Once Was Tropical
 Seth Borenstein
Scientists have found what might have been the ideal ancient vacation hotspot with a 74-degree Fahrenheit average temperature, alligator ancestors and palm trees. It's smack in the middle of the Arctic.more »»»
The Missing Link
 Ned Potter
Remember everything you learned as a child about how living things began in the oceans, and then, at some point, walked up on land? It was a terrific theory, but until now, only that. High in the Canadian Arctic, a team of paleontologists has found what may be our great-great-great-great grandsomethings.more »»»
In the Pink
 S. Lynne Walker
A splash of color spills across the sky. Hundreds of flamingos stream along the Yucatan coast in a river of iridescent coral and rose. Mexico's flamingo population is on the rise, rescued from the threat of extinction by a Yucatan-based environmental group. Long threatened, the fragile Mexican flamingo population is now soaring.more »»»
Bush Snubs Gore Film on Global Warming
 Terence Hunt
Is President Bush likely to see Al Gore's documentary about global warming? "Doubt it," Bush said coolly Monday. But Bush should watch it, Gore shot back. In fact, the former Democratic vice president offered to come to the White House any time, any day to show Bush either his documentary or a slide show on global warming that he's shown more than 1,000 times around the world.more »»»
Clinton: We Must "Get Off Our Butts" to Stop Warming
 Reuters
Former President Bill Clinton said on Saturday global warming is a greater threat to the future than terrorism and that the United States and other countries must 'get off our butts' and do something about it.more »»»
Anxious Wait for Feared Volcano Eruption in Indonesia
 Bhimanto Suwastoyo
Searing heat clouds belched from Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano as scientists waited anxiously for a feared eruption that has forced thousands of villagers from their homes.more »»»
Bikini Protester Charms Chavez
 Reuters
A bikini-clad beauty queen protesting plans for a pulp mill in Uruguay pushed into a photo shoot of European and Latin American leaders at a summit on Friday and Venezuela's president said he blew her a kiss.more »»»
What's Dolphin for 'Flipper'?
 Keith Garvin
We've always known dolphins were cute, lovable and smart. Now scientists say dolphins can communicate with one another by "whistling" their own names. That's right. The mammals can recognize themselves and recognize and differentiate other members of the same species by using whistles, marine biologists say.more »»»
Hurricanes Expose Flaws in Idyllic Cancun
 Greg Brosnan
In the mid-70s, a once-deserted strip of Caribbean sand previously known only to a few fishermen became a world-famous resort with bars, hotels, a golf course and an international airport earning Mexico floods of hard currency. But, the resort sits on a hurricane route.more »»»
A New Landfill in New Orleans Sets Off a Battle
 Leslie Eaton
Block after block, neighborhood after neighborhood, tens of thousands of hurricane-ravaged houses here rot in the sun, still waiting to be gutted or bulldozed. Now officials have decided where several million tons of their remains will be dumped: in man-made pits at the swampy eastern edge of town.more »»»
Climate Change Drives Disease To New Territory
 Doug Struck
Valere Rommelaere, 82, survived the D-Day invasion in Normandy, but not a mosquito bite. Six decades after the war, the hardy Saskatchewan farmer was bitten by a bug carrying a disease that has spread from the equator to Canada as temperatures have risen.more »»»
16,000 Species Said to Face Extinction
 Sam Cage
According to the World Conservation Union, the number of species classified as being in serious danger of extinction rose from about 15,500 in its previous "Red List" report, published in 2004.more »»»
Environmentalists: Nature in Crossfire of Border War
 Ted Robbins
Millions of people enter the United States by avoiding inhabited areas, crossing through fragile desert and mountain ecosystems. In their wake, they burn wood, leave trash and create trails. And pursuing them, the Border Patrol chews up the landscape with motorcycles, ATVs and SUVs.more »»»
Around the World, Warmer Temperatures Mean More Infections
 Joy Victory
At first glance, an outbreak of diarrhea among passengers on board a cruise ship in Alaskan waters in the summer of 2004 seemed to be relatively harmless. Health officials theorized it might be the Norwalk virus, a bug that often affects people living in close quarters, such as in nursing homes, hospitals and cruise ships.more »»»
Stop the Fossil Foolishness
 Kelpie Wilson
Gas prices are on the rise again and news analysts are kicking it around, wondering who is being ripped off this time. But geologists, scientists and even some economists suspect that unlike other gas shortages, this one is the real thing: production has peaked and the era of cheap oil is about to end.more »»»
Whales Surface Across US in New Protection Campaign
 IFAW
The whales are gone from Banderas Bay, but whether or not you live close to water, plan on seeing quite a few whales breaching near you in the coming weeks. A new campaign to help protect endangered whales was launched just in time for Earth Day. more »»»
Is This Humanity's First Planetary Emergency?
 Bill Blakemore
The reports of a number of leading scientists show a new level of concern about the possibility of global warming producing planetwide upheaval in the lifetimes of today's children.more »»»
Forget Computers. Here Comes the Sun.
 John Markoff
T. J. Rodgers is surrounded by a sea of silicon wafers on the roof of his company's headquarters in Silicon Valley. No, not the ones that Mr. Rodgers used to make high-speed computer memories, these wafers are soaking up the sun's rays and turning them into electricity.more »»»
Scientists Say They're Being Gagged by Bush
 Juliet Eilperin
Scientists doing climate research for the federal government say the Bush administration has made it hard for them to speak forthrightly to the public about global warming. The result, the researchers say, is a danger that Americans are not getting the full story on how the climate is changing.more »»»
Debate Revives as 9/11 Dust Is Called Fatal
 Anthony DePalma
In the cold, clinical language of the autopsy report of a retired New York City detective that was released this week, there were words that thousands of New Yorkers have come to anticipate and to fear.more »»»
Greenpeace Arctic Mission to Spotlight Polar Bears
 Reuters
Two U.S. explorers plan to start a four-month summer expedition to the North Pole to gather information on the habitat of an animal they believe could be the first victim of global warming - the polar bear.more »»»
Mexico Dam Faces Growing Radical Opposition
 Mark Stevenson
Hundreds of machete-wielding farmers opposed to a hydroelectric dam project briefly seized a pumping plant, cutting off much of the water supply to Acapulco just days before tourists flock to the Pacific resort for their Easter vacations.more »»»
'Worse than a Fool'
 James Wolcott
Among the many peculiarities of this president is his utter refusal to listen to those within his own orbit in the oil realm. It's understandable, if unacceptable, that Bush would ignore the warnings of environmentalists regarding Peak Oil and global warming, but why would he tune out the words of his gummy ally Tony Blair, Matthew Simmons, the expert oil analyst and author of Twilight in the Desert who has briefed Bush personally, and Richard Rainwater?more »»»
As Water Crisis Gets Bigger, Some Experts Say Smaller is Better
 Mark Stevenson
The colossal numbers behind the world water crisis are daunting: 1.1 billion people don't have clean water, causing diseases that kill 3.1 million people a year; 1.7 million deaths could be prevented just with better sanitation.more »»»
Border War
 George Ball
The horticultural world is having its own debate over immigration, with some environmentalists warning about the dangers of so-called exotic plants from other countries and continents "invading" American gardens. These botanical xenophobes say that a pristine natural state exists in our yards and that to disturb it is sinful and calamitous.more »»»
Judges Overturn Bush Bid to Ease Pollution Rules
 Michael Janofsky
A federal appeals court on Friday overturned a clean-air regulation issued by the Bush administration that would have let many power plants, refineries and factories avoid installing costly new pollution controls to help offset any increased emissions caused by repairs and replacements of equipment.more »»»
Mexican Government Plans to Expand Its Nuclear Power Program
 Ioan Grillo
The Mexican government plans to expand the nation's nuclear power program to cope with the country's rapidly growing energy needs, the head of the state electricity monopoly said Tuesday.more »»»
Wasteful Mexico City Hosts Water Summit
 Mark Stevenson
Mexico City is plagued by an almost diabolical combination of floods and water shortages, rising sewage and sinking water tables. What better place for world leaders to come together to discuss how to better manage water?more »»»
Wood Debris From Mexico's Hurricanes Could Spark Explosive Forest Fires
 Ioan Grillo
Mexican officials on Friday warned that wood debris left by hurricanes and an unusually hot spring could spark lethal forest fires this year. National Forestry Commissioner Manuel Reed said emergency workers were on alert for extremely dangerous fires in southern Mexico, which was ravaged by storms last year.more »»»
Whales in the Way of Sonar
 NYTimes
The debate over whether the Navy's use of sonar to detect submarines is harming whales and other sound-sensitive species is back again. This time the battleground is the waters off the southeastern United States, where the Navy hopes to establish a training area for sailors who need to practice their sonar skills in a shallow ocean environment.more »»»
North Pole Meets South Pole: Earth Is Melting at Both Ends
 Bill Blakemore
For the first time, scientists have confirmed Earth is melting at both ends, which could have disastrous effects for coastal cities and villages. Antarctica has been called "a slumbering giant" by a climate scientist who predicts that if all the ice melted, sea levels would rise by 200 feet.more »»»
Climate Change May Spark Conflict Between Nations
 The Independent UK
John Reid warns climate change may spark conflict between nations - and says British armed forces must be ready to tackle the violence.more »»»
Flap Over Grand Canyon Overflights
 AP
The National Park Service is once again trying to balance sightseeing with silence in the Grand Canyon. The effort comes after more than two decades of rancor, including multiple lawsuits and a Congressional order that has led to cutbacks in sightseeing flights over the canyon - but not enough quiet to please environmental groups.more »»»
Mexican Industry Takes Voluntary Action Against Climate Change
 CSRwire
Mexico’s environment ministry (SEMARNAT) recognized fifteen major companies today for publicly reporting their greenhouse gas emissions through a voluntary public-private initiative known as the Mexico Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Program.more »»»
US Energy Programs Trump Conservation
 Blaine Harden
The Bureau of Land Management, caretaker of more land and wildlife than any federal agency, routinely restricts the ability of its own biologists to monitor wildlife damage caused by surging energy drilling on federal land, according to BLM officials and bureau documents.more »»»
Defense Overtones Clouds U.S.-Mexico Scientific Venture
 Associated Press
In the biggest joint Mexico-U.S. scientific venture ever, builders are finishing a monster telescope on top of a volcano that will let astronomers look back 13 billion years and uncover secrets about the creation of the universe.more »»»
Tijuana Sprawl Cuts into Key Ecosystem
 Sandra Dibble & Mike Lee
Every day, bulldozers push Tijuana's perimeter farther east, carving up hillsides and gobbling vacant parcels. Piece by piece, critical wildlife pathways that cross into San Diego County are lost.more »»»
U.S. Judge Rules against Mexican Water Lawsuit
 AP
A federal judge ruled against environmentalists and Mexican agricultural interests trying to block a U.S. plan to rebuild a leaky stretch of a canal near the border that supplies water to farms in California's Imperial Valley.more »»»
Fewer Migrating Whales Arrive in Mexican lagoons
 Frank Jack Daniel
The number of gray whales making a yearly migration from the icy North Pacific to breed in Mexico's warm lagoons has dropped this year, scientists say, possibly because of changing weather patterns.more »»»
Censoring Truth
 NYTimes
The Bush administration long ago secured a special place in history for the audacity with which it manipulates science to suit its political ends. But it set a new standard of cynicism when it allowed NASA's leading authority on global warming to be mugged by a 24-year-old presidential appointee who, quite apart from having no training on that issue, had inflated his résumé.more »»»
Mexico Bans Imports and Exports of Primates and Marine Mammals
 IFAW
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) announced that Mexico has banned the importation and exportation of primates and marine mammals. The decree by Mexico protects animals and confronts the powerful interests that traffic and exploit these species for profit.more »»»
Hurricanes Shape New Natural Order
 Cain Burdeau
Last year's record hurricane season didn't just change life for humans. It changed nature, too. Everywhere scientists look, they see disrupted patterns in and along the Gulf of Mexico.more »»»
Al Gore, Sundance's Leading Man
 William Booth
Has ever a little indie film faced a greater hurdle? Imagine this sales pitch: Babe, it's a movie about global warming. Starring Al Gore. Doing a slide show. With charts. About "soil evaporation." Improbable? Perhaps.more »»»
Ex-EPA Chiefs Blame Bush in Global Warming
 John Heilprin
Six former heads of the Environmental Protection Agency - five Republicans and one Democrat - accused the Bush administration Wednesday of neglecting global warming and other environmental problems.more »»»
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