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An ecotour to the Amazon jungles in Brazil with officials of the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) and other environmental groups reveals the reality of life in this controversial region. Away from the city where they could shout their usual rhetorics these people find themselves at a loss in the forest.

Not too long ago, Adrienne Morrison, an environmental activist, would have had a tough time getting Lucy Dunn, a development executive, to the phone. Today they're in almost constant contact. [...]

A campaign to curb the excesses of direct mail has attracted unlikely support, finds Jez Abbott Never before have two celebrities from down under taken so much interest in the [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a controversial plan Jan. 13 to reduce industrial, municipal and agricultural water pollution by instituting a policy that would allow sources of discharges to [...]

Texas Gulf shrimp boat operator Diane Wilson has followed her doctors' advice to end her water-only fast as DuPont refuses to give in to her demand that a zero-discharge study be conducted in the company's nylon plant in Victoria, TX. Wilson began her fast on Jun. 5, 1996, to force DuPont to commit to a zero-discharge policy and ensure the safety of shrimp areas in the Texas Gulf. She contends that unless such a policy is implemented, these areas are likely to be contaminated by several chemicals that will be discharged by the plant from its new water treatment system.

Relations between the insurance industry and environmentalists are becoming warmer as their interests are convergent. Insurance companies are becoming increasingly interested in environmental issues as the greenhouse effect may be the root cause of the upsurge in natural disasters that have created major insured property losses. Environmentalist organizations have expertise that insurers can tap to reduce pollution and thus limit their insured losses related to environmental liability., While an alliance between insurers and environmentalists may seem unlikely at first glance, it may be a practical match, since both groups have a stake in studying the causes of [...]

PRESIDENT George W. Bush's voluntary plan to slow the growth of heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming is drawing support from industry but sharp criticism from environmentalists. The National Association [...]

I want to tell you about a conversation I had recently while driving to a restaurant with a friend. It went something like this: Me: "I was browsing in a […]