Environment

Yale and Columbia based the rankings on an Environmental Sustainability Index, gauging each nation's rate of success in meeting a set of critical environmental goals.

January 27, 2006 - The New York Times

China's chemical plants threaten its famous rivers which flow through major population centers.

January 26, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Tired of stalemate, weekend warriors, conservationists, and ranchers are starting to support compromise solutions in the West's land battles.

January 26, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor

Topics include linking development, infrastructure, and drinking water policies; protection of water resources with higher-density development; and smart growth and stormwater management.

January 26, 2006 - Environmental Protection Agency

An interview with the author of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse on topics from water resources to long-range planning and the U.S.'s isolationism.

January 25, 2006 - Albuquerque Weekly Alibi

Conservative leader Stephen Harper, who will become Canada's new prime minister has promised to opt out of the Kyoto treaty.

January 24, 2006 - Calgary Sun

According to one advocate, a doctrine individuals can practice in all walks of life, making a tangible difference in promoting sustainability at a local level.

January 24, 2006 - The Austin Chronicle

"The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment", commissioned by the UN and released January 19, spelled out a grim future for humanity and the earth -- but it also showed how this future can be avoided.

January 23, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Successful litigation by a Sierra Club chapter in California's Central Valley results in $17.5 million to purchase conservation easements in San Joaquin County, as well as the establishment of a farmland preservation fee in the City of Stockton.

January 23, 2006 - The Stockton Record

Former chiefs of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) -- five Republicans and one Democrat -- criticise the Bush administration's response to global warming.

January 22, 2006 - The Guardian Unlimited

A proposal to haul old ships to Oregon for salvage and recycling presents a classic case of economic development versus environmental protection.

January 21, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor

In "Plan B 2.0, Rescuing a Planet under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble", Lester Brown explores how city design fits into larger, global environmental issues.

January 19, 2006 - Earth Policy Institute

A new study reveals some surprising results about how people inhale the most air pollution on a daily basis.

January 18, 2006 - Scientific American

Europe's second congestion pricing program has been put into effect. Unlike London's (a plan promoted by mayor-to-be Ken Livingston), the Stockholm program was initiated by the city's Green Party, though with the support of Social Democrats.

January 11, 2006 - Reuters (on-line)

School officials in Oregon are learning a thing or two from a prototype uber-green classroom near Salem, which uses a large skylight and other technologies to enhance and regulate the natural light coming into the space.

January 5, 2006 - The Oregonian

Willie Nelson's concern for family farmers and disdain for the Iraq war led him to market a new brand of biodesil fuel, BioWillie, now sold at 13 gas stations in the Southwest.

January 5, 2006 - The New York Times

So much garbage was left behind by Katrina that if stacked in 1-yard cubes, the waste would wrap around the Earth more than once.

January 5, 2006 - The Chicago Tribune

Market-based programs to buy and sell pollutants that contribute to global warming are gaining popularity.

January 5, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor

The big green stories of the year, as reported by Grist Magazine, involved hurricanes, climate change, Bush follies, and oh yeah, one or two good things.

January 4, 2006 - Grist Magazine

Is the government's focus on brownfield development a distraction from other toxic sites that are more dangerous, but have less commercial appeal?

January 3, 2006 - The Boston Globe