E Magazine articles from January 1998

E Magazine archives from January 1998

Ted Danson: acting for the oceans. (interview with actor and American Oceans Campaign co-founder Ted Danson)
January 1, 1998... Few celebrities who take up an environmental cause get beyond a superficial commitment. But as co-founder of the American Oceans Campaign (AOC), Ted Danson has steeped himself in the issues. While lobbying on Capitol Hill, he has been known to...

The last roundup: wild horses - and yesterday's prized pets - get sent for slaughter(Currents)
January 1, 1998... For Americans out of touch with their rural past, horse auctions offer a vivid and nostalgic reminder of what life was like before the horseless carriage. But appearances can be deceiving. The lively, competitive bidding for everything from...

Private rights, public wrongs: should states regulate logging on private property?(Currents)
January 1, 1998... The sun hits the snow-capped peaks of Mount Culebra, sending snowmelt down to the Culebra River and into the elaborate system of hand-dug irrigation ditches of farmers and ranchers around San Luis, in southern Colorado. Snow usually lasts on the...

Downhill racers: as big-time skiing consolidates, new environmental problems arise.(Currents)
January 1, 1998... The downhill ski industry, founded by enthusiasts who started ski areas because they loved skiing, was long ago transformed into a big business run by bottom-line managers. But in just two years, four companies that once owned only one or two...

WIPP lash: doubts linger about a controversial underground nuclear waste storage site. (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant)(Currents)
January 1, 1998... Twenty-five miles southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico, and just north of the Texas border, lies a 10,000-acre plot of desert land owned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). This is no ordinary piece of real estate: Far underground, nearly 2,150...

Too popular for their own good: herbal medicine is thriving, but the trade puts pressure on 'wildcrafted' plants.(Currents)
January 1, 1998... Ancient Cyrenian coins from 300 B.C. were often embossed with the image of the silphion plant. That's how much Mediterranean societies valued the plant as both medicine and commodity. But you can't find silphion anymore - collected only from wild...

A sea of troubles: in the International Year of the Ocean, are we reaching the limits? (includes related articles on nutrient pollution and nuclear waste)
January 1, 1998... Ours is a water planet. The ocean covers 71 percent of the surface area of the globe, and constitutes over 90 percent of all habitable space on Earth. Its total volume is around 300 million cubic miles and its weight is approximately 1.3 million...

Lights out: the case for energy conservation - it works, so why aren't we using it? (includes related article on the Solar Living Center)(Energy for the Next Century, Part 2)
January 1, 1998... Something strange is happening in Times Square, something even stranger than Disney moving into an area once famous for peep shows and hardcore Triple-X movies. In a district where an explosion of neon lights and honking horns symbolizes the...

Herbs to the rescue: 10 plant remedies you can't do without.(Green Living)
January 1, 1998... If you're like most people, chances are your medicine cabinet is overflowing with a slew of manmade products, full of synthetic chemicals, petroleum, artificial colorings and animal by-products. From cortisone cream and mercurochrome to...

Snip, snip: cutting planet-plundering government programs with Green Scissors. (Green Scissors Campaign)(Green Living)
January 1, 1998... When environmentalists talk about forming coalitions, they're usually thinking about working with other greens, not budget-cutting conservatives. But, as the highly effective Green Scissors Campaign demonstrates, when big-ticket government...

Touring light: The Ecotourism Society sets the standards.(Green Living)
January 1, 1998... As more and more ecotourists hit the trail, tourism operators are recognizing the business-boosting benefits of calling themselves green. But what's to prevent even the most eco-unfriendly entrepreneur from making such a claim? Not much so far....

Beyond wood: tree-free and chlorine-free papers offer alternatives to forest destruction.
January 1, 1998... Tree-Free and Chlorine-Free Papers Offer Alternatives to Forest Destruction Most of us don't think of ourselves as paper gluttons, but the average American consumes 681 pounds of the stuff every year, adding up to about six 30-year-old pine...

Sustainable style: earth-friendly resources for home redecorating.(Green Living)
January 1, 1998... Usually, it's the little touches - picture frames, scarred books adorning polished shelves, a unique rug - that transform an impersonal space into a personal home. Fortunately, eco-friendly decorating doesn't mean having to compromise your...

Batteries, neurotoxins and green food: the rundown on hazardous waste, Pine Sol and companies that care.(Green Living)
January 1, 1998... Household batteries are often discarded on the ground and near, or even in, water sources. What is the impact of this, and what would be the ideal disposal method? - Tom Shamrell, Brattleboro, VT Unfortunately, most of the estimated 750 million...