Pollution

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  • California throws down a global warming gauntlet

    The auto industry says California's plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions is illegal and will force consumers to settle for wimpy cars. A major collision between the Golden State and the federal government is looming.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski June 28, 2004

  • Just say no, to hydrogen

    If we're serious about stopping global warming, hybrid cars make a lot more sense than a hydrogen future, says Joseph Romm, a former Clinton administration energy official.
    April 29, 2004

  • Green China?

    While the U.S. sells out its own environment to the highest bidder, China is getting serious about energy conservation. Two scientists explain how and why.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski November 20, 2003

  • Save the Earth -- dump Bush

    In a slashing interview, environmental leader Bobby Kennedy Jr. denounces the administration's "crimes against nature" and discusses the Democratic presidential pack, the dawn of Arnold's California reign -- and his own political future.
    By David Talbot November 19, 2003

  • Hydrogen, ahoy!

    Diesel-powered boats are big-time polluters, pumping out more noxious fumes per passenger than cars or buses. Is it time to clear the decks for fuel-cell-powered watercraft?
    By Katharine Mieszkowski October 23, 2003

  • Bush's greens: Too extinct to show up

    A California law school held a symposium on Bush's environmental policies -- and the feds stayed home.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski October 14, 2003

  • Adventures in smog trading

    A world market for buying and selling pollution credits is poised to take off and could be our best chance to stop global warming. Too bad George Bush won't let it happen.
    By Linda Baker June 4, 2003

  • When oil fields become battlefields

    If Saddam repeats his Gulf War strategy of torching oil wells, he could set off one of the worst environmental disasters in history.
    By Farhad Manjoo March 20, 2003

  • Not-so-clean cars

    President Bush says hydrogen fuel-cell cars guarantee a pollution-free future. But there's a catch: Where's all the hydrogen going to come from?
    By Katharine Mieszkowski February 25, 2003

  • Bush's scorched-earth march through California

    The feds are ramping up their assault on the environment -- and the cash-strapped state is finding it hard to fight back.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski January 30, 2003

  • The environment

    Bush's pro-industry policies are hastening the end of the polar bears -- and maybe the planet.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski January 22, 2003

  • Bush to California: Choke on this

    The White House has joined with the oil and auto industries to undermine the state's rigorous environmental regulations.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski December 16, 2002

  • Free drugs from your faucet

    How did tiny amounts of nearly every drug under the sun get into our drinking water -- and what are they doing to us?
    By Mark D. Uehling October 25, 2001

  • Poison Valley, Part 2

    What new cocktails of toxic chemicals are brewing in the high-tech industry's "clean rooms" -- and will we ever know what harm they're causing?
    By Jim Fisher July 31, 2001

  • The pro-business nature boy

    Who cares about the war against the environment? Amory Lovins is convinced capitalism will clean up after itself.
    By Damien Cave April 30, 2001

  • Don't go near the water

    Jeb Bush's controversial plan to dump wastewater near drinking wells may be his big brother's next environmental mess.
    By Jake Tapper April 18, 2001

  • A national disgrace

    By Kevin Sweeney
    March 31, 2001

  • Calling Erin Brockovich

    The chemical industry's dirty secrets are making us sick.
    By Arianna Huffington March 30, 2001

  • "Upside Down" by Eduardo Galeano

    The author of "Memory of Fire" delivers a scathing, mischievous indictment of North America's hypocrisy and consumer culture.
    By Greg Villepique October 12, 2000

  • Mikhail Gorbachev explains what's rotten in Russia

    In a rare interview, the former Soviet leader says glasnost is working, but globalization isn't.
    By Mark Hertsgaard September 7, 2000

  • Italian protesters vote in undies

    Upset about noise pollution at the nearby airport, voters in Agrate Conturbia make a scene in their skivvies.
    By J.A. Getzlaff May 4, 2000

  • Living in shimmering disequilibrium

    The Pulitzer Prize-winning author calls for spiritualizing the environmental movement as Earth endures the greatest mass extinction in 65 million years.
    By Fred Branfman April 22, 2000

  • "Erin Brockovich": The real story

    In the movie, the victims in the celebrated lawsuit won big. In reality, many are wondering where the money went -- and they're mad at their lawyers.
    By Kathleen Sharp April 14, 2000

  • Hired sniffers patrol Marseille for odor

    Police say the French port city will stink no more.
    By J.A. Getzlaff April 6, 2000

  • Dead fish stink up Rio's Carnival

    Polluted harbor has partyers holding their noses.
    By J.A. Getzlaff March 16, 2000
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