As politicians pore over the disarray in Seattle, they might look to citizens' groups for advice. The non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that descended on Seattle were a model of everything the
Before 1989, Eastern Europe had almost no laws curbing pollution. Much has improved since then, if only because most of the countries concerned are queueing up to join the European Union. Laws
Volatile energy prices have made energy an unlikely campaign issue in U.S.-and prompted a lot of hypocritical nonsense from the two presidential candidates. How could America use less oil? : a
The Arctic National Wilife Refuge, 8m hectares of it, is the last protected piece of the Alaskan Arctic. Just to the west is Prudhoe Bay, the largest single oilfield in North America, and 18
Devastating fires are a part of summer in the south west of America. They ravage thousands of acres in the region each year. Drought and strong winds propel fires; but the biggest fires were begun by
The concern about nuclear waste contaminating the sea and beaches has led the Danish and Irish governments to call for the closure of Sellafield's spent-fuel reprocessing plant, which opened only in
Yet another tropical cyclone threatened southern Africa this week as its people struggled to recover from last month's floods. In cruel contrast, it also became evident that much of east Africa,
Marijuana became semi-respectable in Maine on November 2nd, by the wish of 61% of state's voters. A new law allows patients with certain medical conditions, who have tried other remedies and found
