Opinion
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Some advice for Gale Norton
Opinion -The agencies in Secretary Gale Norton's Department of Interior, plus the U.S. Forest Service (under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture), together manage well over one-quarter of the land in the United States. -
Conservation easements leave an unexpected legacy
Opinion -When Augustine Natale bought farmland in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1989, he did not recognize the significance of language that had been added 22 years earlier to an older deed to the same land. -
HammerHeads celebrate achievements in marine conservation
Opinion -Another barrel is thoughtlessly thrown into the depths of the Pacific Ocean. A helpless sea otter chokes feverishly after being strangled by a plastic ring from a six-pack of soda. -
Okanogan County irrigators sue federal government for water rights
Opinion -A coalition of county officials, farmers, and ranchers in Okanogan County, Washington, announced on February 5 their intention to sue the federal government for unlawfully trying to use the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to cut off water rights protected -
Buying nothing helps no one
Opinion -While most Americans celebrated their blessings, both material and spiritual, on Thanksgiving last year, the anti-consumer movement united to celebrate Buy Nothing Day. They called for a boycott of shopping, buying . . . indeed, consumption itself. -
A victory in Elko
Opinion -"We received threats and intimidation from the government up until election time, and then they [federal officials] became cooperative," says Nolan Lloyd, chairman of the Elko County Commission. -
California’s crisis means ANWR should be opened
Opinion -The Golden State is losing some of its luster, as energy prices soar, shortages become more acute, rolling blackouts disrupt lives and businesses, and utility companies confront bankruptcy. -
Education Industry News
Opinion -A sampling of education industry news from The Education Economy, a weekly publication of the market research firm Eduventures.com, which conducts research on the pre-K-12, post-secondary, corporate training, and consumer markets worldwide. -
Education Reform Produces Options for Dayton Parents
Opinion -As in many urban communities across the nation, Dayton, Ohio residents have watched their local public schools deteriorate as three decades of forced busing and subsequent middle-class flight took their toll. -
IPCC: “More politics than science,” scientist says
Opinion -In an early March briefing before congressional staff, members of the press, and scientists, Professor Richard S. -
Keep Fed Role in Education Simple, Panel Told
Opinion -At a field hearing in Chicago on March 2, members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee learned that education reforms in the Windy City have involved not only systemic changes to the city's public schools, but also the creation of a greater -
Kyoto and Oslo: The failed legacy of Clinton-Gore
Opinion -The election defeats of former Vice President Al Gore and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak would seem to spell the end of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming and of the Oslo agreement on Middle East peace. -
NESPA 2001 provisions
Opinion -The 325-page National Energy Security Policy Act of 2001, introduced by Senator Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) on February 26, offers a comprehensive package of proposals, including: Extensive reporting requirements and a series of studies addressing -
SAT Spat Overlooks Real Admissions Barrier
Opinion -In proposing to drop the SAT I from the University of California's admissions process, UC President Richard Atkinson implied it is the SAT that blocks most black and Hispanic students from entering the UC system. -
Supreme Court sides with EPA
Opinion -In one of the most-closely watched environment rulings in a decade, the United States Supreme Court on February 27 upheld the way the Environmental Protection Agency sets clean air standards, rejecting arguments that agency officials were required to -
The high costs of Kyoto
Opinion -New York Times columnist Bob Herbert opened a recent missive by claiming the "Earth has recently warmed so much, and the rate of warming is now so fast, that the effects have become increasingly obvious to the scientist and the layman alike. -
THE WHITE HOUSE March 13, 2001
Opinion -Thank you for your letter of March 6, 2001, asking for the Administration's views on global climate change, in particular the Kyoto Protocol and efforts to regulate carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act. -
Homeschooler or Truant?
Opinion -As part of a nationwide effort to combat truancy, a local government official in Somerset, England, has come up with an easy way for police officers to distinguish between homeschoolers and truants: Let the homeschoolers register with the local -
Life-saving chemical escapes United Nations ban
Opinion -An international coalition of public health and advocacy groups applauded the United Nations' recent vote against erecting a global ban on the pesticide DDT. "This decision is a great victory for public health," said Dr. -
Is the DDT ban intended to control global population?
Opinion -The number of malaria cases in Sri Lanka plummeted from 2.8 million in 1948 to just 17 in 1963, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development. In India, deaths from malaria fell from 750,000 per year to 1,500 a year over that period. -
Low-dose radiation fears unfounded
Opinion -In the January 2001 issue of Environment & Climate News, Herbert Inhaber made an excellent case for the future acceleration of our dependence on nuclear energy. -
Legislators Cautioned on Vaccine Authority Proposal
Opinion -Legislation proposed by the only physician-member of the Minnesota state legislature has raised red flags among some vaccine and health policy groups. Rep. Richard Mulder, M.D. -
Australia and the future of coal
Opinion -On a recent trip with family and friends, I had the pleasure of traveling through Australia . . . and learning that we have much to learn from the Aussies about energy. -
Politics threatens Appalachian Trail
Opinion -Fox News recently reported a conflict between a granite quarry and hikers on a stretch of the Appalachian Trail in western North Carolina.