Environment

The Green Great Wall plan proposes the planting 9 million acres of forest at a cost of up to $8 billion to halt desertification. Will it work?

March 21, 2003 - Wired

Republicans joined Democrats in the U.S. Senate to quash the Bush administration's plans to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

March 21, 2003 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Facing challenges of depleting resources and population growth, a call is made for Authorities in Puerto Rico to implement the sustainable development vision that is stated in its public policy.

March 20, 2003 - El Nuevo Día

The Bush administration's proposal to allow oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been rejected by the U.S. Senate.

March 20, 2003 - The Washington Post

The Senate has rejected Bush's bid to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, despite Despite argument that the drilling is critical to national security.

March 20, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

Is the Cleveland National Forest in the way of urban growth, or a sacrosanct wilderness area amid a growing state?

March 17, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

The four-day work schedule many government offices have adopted may be a nice perk, but it actually increases pollution.

March 15, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

The Aspen Times details an innovative affordable housing for land preservation trade in Aspen, Colorado.

March 14, 2003 - The Aspen Times

Is Dennis Murphy the new face of the practical environmental movement, or a sellout to the development community?

March 14, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

The Pentagon is seeking exemptions from major U.S. environmental laws which would give it the freedom to pollute land, air, and water without being liable for damages.

March 14, 2003 - The Independent

Energy independence is possible if we can launch an Apollo-style effort to harness the power of hydrogen.

March 13, 2003 - Wired

Joy Grant is helping the Nature Conservancy to become a global environmental organization.

March 12, 2003 - Grist Magazine

Scars from oil exploration activiy in northern Alaska are still visible eighteen years later.

March 12, 2003 - The New York Times

Tree farming in Chile has dire economic and social impacts on the indigenous people.

March 12, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

That the world's poor cause environmental destruction is a disturbing tenet propounded by many environmentalists.

March 7, 2003 - Reason Online

A landmark map reveals a link between indigenous peoples and healthy ecosystems.

March 3, 2003 - National Geographic

A panel of experts have criticized the Bush administration's proposed plan to research global warming saying it is unlikely to achieve President Bush's stated goals.

March 1, 2003 - The New York Times

Conservation groups say the effort to save a pristine Manhattan-sized island off the coast of Baja California could be a model for saving threatened wilderness areas.

February 26, 2003 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

A report released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency titled "America's Children and the Environment" could impact the debate over how best to control air pollution

February 26, 2003 - The Washington Post

Thousands of square miles of Britain could disappear into the sea due to floods caused by global warming.

February 24, 2003 - The Guardian Unlimited