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Florida's budget crisis and the economy will take center stage again when the Legislature convenes next month for its regular session. With an anticipated budget gap for 2009-10 of anywhere [...]

The BC Wilderness Tourism Association reports that the use of parks in British Columbia is declining. While the budgets for the improvement of the parks shrink, the BC Ministry of Environmental Protection's responsibility is growing. A table on British Columbia parks operating budget for the years 1977, 2001, 2005 and 2007 are presented.

The plans of the United States Forest Service to poison prairie dogs in the Conata Basin in South Dakota are discussed. The efforts of environmental activists to prevent the execution of these plans are described.

1. INTRODUCTION The categorisation of undersea noise as a source of pollution and as a potential threat to marine biodiversity by environmentalists began in the early 1990s in response to [...]

The environmental aspects of mining for precious metals in the United States are discussed. The efforts of environmentalists to secure public support for the introduction of mining reform in the United States are described.

Sylvia Herrera was seven years old when her teacher taped her mouth shut. It was her first week of school at Govalle Elementary in East Austin, Texas. She was being [...]

RVers are mad. They're mad at the government, they're mad at the oil companies, they're mad at OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) and they're mad at environmentalists. They aren't [...]

Marks serves on the Lake County Board of Supervises and is president of Republicans for Environmental Protection. Her efforts to parley her success in Illinois into the national arena, challenging President Bush's environmental policies and fostering an environmentally friendly attitude among Republicans, are profiled.

You just watched one of your candidate's television ads and liked what you saw--"Joe Wilderness" all decked out in earth tones, standing at a trailhead, talking about his dedication to […]

The Clinton administration is reportedly considering an outright ban on dioxin and chlorinated compounds in view of an EPA report linking them to cancer and other health problems. Environmentalist groups such as Greenpeace are also making an active effort to turn public opinion against these materials. However, the EPA and the environmentalists fail to mention that there is no direct evidence as of yet that conclusively proves their allegations.

As environmentalists fight to ban the use of chlorine, the focus on public-health hazards could boost the image of groups often suspected of placing nature above human needs. The outcome […]

The soon-to-be-formed World Trade Organization (WTO) is widely expected to benefit the more than 10 million US workers involved in international trade. The WTO is the world body tasked with the enforcement of the free-trade agreement signed by more than 120 nations. However, several environmental organizations are opposing the GATT and the WTO in the belief that both would subordinate environmental concerns in the name of commerce. They also contend that the formation of the WTO would seriously undermine the sovereignity of US environmental laws., The 10 million Americans working in jobs that depend on international trade may celebrate the inauguration next year of a new type of global government called the World Trade Organization. [...]

Environmental pilgrims are trooping to Clayoquot Sound to save the natural wonder from logging and clear-cutting. Clayoquot Sound is one of Canada's last remaining temperate rainforest. The sound, whose trees are as tall as buildings and have large diameters, has not been damaged by fire and has remained unchanged for thousands of years.

China's drinking water in rural areas has steadily deteriorated in quality because of China's rapid industrialization. Two nongovernmental organizations, Greenpeace and Huai River Protectors, have launched campaigns to improve the quality of drinking water in rural China. Insights on the groups' contrasting paths in solving the problem of industrial contamination of water are also given.