E Magazine articles from January 2000

E Magazine archives from January 2000

LETTERS FROM OUR READERS.
January 1, 2000... MAKING THE GRADE I appreciate E Magazine very much and read every issue front to back. This is especially true of your review of environmental education ("The Learning Tree," September/October 1999), since I have been asked by the editors...

CORRECTION.
January 1, 2000... Proceeds from the ancient forests calendar featured in E's November/December 1999 Tools section go to Save America's Forests. The calendar can be ordered directly from the organization (www.saveamericasforests.org) for $11, or as a premium for...

Killing Them Softly.(Indian tiger protection)
January 1, 2000... World Bank Development Projects Push Indian Tigers to the Brink Although a recent New York Times piece claimed that wild tigers have made a "remarkable recovery" a quick look at the real numbers gives a more accurate picture of the...

Fuel Fossils.(fuel economy regulations)
January 1, 2000... The Auto Industry Fights To Save Gas Guzzlers From 1992 to 1997, the number of sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) on American roads doubled, to a whopping 13.8 million vehicles. In the same period, the category of "light trucks" (which includes...

Sound Ideas.(environmental radio programmes)
January 1, 2000... Environmental Radio Does The Unexpected In the early 1950s, many assumed that the advent of television would make radio obsolete. But radio proved more durable than that. There are now almost 14,000 radio stations across the United States...

GEORGE W. BUSH: DEEP IN THE HEART OF SMOG.(pollution and environmental legislation)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... While Texas Governor George W. Bush was away campaigning for his party's Presidential nomination last summer, his fellow Texans were choking on the dirtiest air in the country. During 1999, Texas led the nation in Clean Air Act violations, and...

MINING THE SACRED MOUNTAINS.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... To the Navajo, the extinct volcano marking the western pillar of their sprawling reservation is called Diichiti, the Mountain of Strength. It is sacred ground to the Navajo, Havasupi and Hopi tribes. But these San Francisco Peaks are also...

Greening the Elephant.
January 1, 2000... "Environmental Republican" An Oxymoron? "Environmentalists are a socialist group of individuals that are the tool of the Democratic Party. I'm proud to say that they are my enemy." So railed Alaskan Congressman Don Young (R-AK) on Alaska...

SACRIFICING TO SAVE SALMON.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Six months after the largest and most commercially-prized Pacific salmon species, the Puget Sound Chinook, hit the federal Endangered Species List, local efforts to craft a homegrown recovery plan for Seattle's signature fish remain mired in...

ROCKERS HONOR THE EARTH.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... As the world's population hit six billion last October, rock and pop stars concerned about the world's environmental problems teamed up with the United Nations to perform an unprecedented Internet-based global concert called Net Aid...

CLOSING SURF CITY.(beach pollution)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... These are tough times for Surf City, USA. The crashing waves and golden sands of Huntington Beach, once immortalized by the Beach Boys as the epitome of southern Californian living, has been stricken by a mysterious affliction. Since last...

News You Can Use.(Rachel's Environmental and Health Weekly, periodical)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Rachel's Weekly Provides Information to Empower Activists In 1962, Rachel Carson told the story that nobody else was telling. Toxic chemicals produced and distributed by powerful companies were entering the environment with far-reaching and...

High and Dry.(overfishing prevention)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Buying Back Boats To Solve The Overfishing Crisis In 1994, the most recent year for which figures exist, the world spent $124 billion to support a fishing industry that generated revenues of only $70 billion. In other words, we lost $54...

SAVED FROM THE SAW.(forested areas protection legislation)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... According to environmentalists, one of the best things about President Bill Clinton's forest protection plan, which would ban road building and logging on 40 to 60 million acres of national forests, is how difficult it will be to dismantle in...

A SEEDY SITUATION.(sterile crop seeds marketing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Although the future looks dim for a controversial, genetic engineering technique that leaves farmers holding sterile seeds (see "Terminator III, "Currents, July/August 1999), terminating the Terminator may be easier said than done. ...

WILDLIFE SMUGGLER'S BLUES.(illegal hunting control programmes)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... While habitat loss threatens the existence of species all over the world, illegal poaching poses an additional threat to animals in Asia, where large-scale smuggling of pelts and animal parts for Chinese medicine amounts to a billion-dollar...

Flying High, Swooping Low.
January 1, 2000... Assessing the Environmental Movement --at the Close of the `E Decade' The second issue of E Magazine coincided with Earth Day 1990, the 20th anniversary celebration of the first event and, in its own way, a landmark in environmental...

WILD IDEAS: 12 Trends for the New Millenium.
January 1, 2000... 12 Trends for the New Millennium The classic late 19th/early 20th century environmentalism articulated by John Muir, Teddy Roosevelt and others didn't stray far from protecting the land and the species that live upon it. But as the 20th...

Smelling Good But Feeling Bad.
January 1, 2000... Synthetic Perfumes, Colognes and Scents Are Turning Up Noses Have you ever wondered which personal fragrance or perfume will make you the most attractive? If the person you're trying to attract happens to be a member of the Sierra Club,...

Green Wires.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Deregulation Means a Clean Power Option for Many Americans The news that electricity deregulation will give consumers a choice for the first time in determining their power supplier is just starting to filter through the information...

Windows 2000.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Saving Money With Energy-Efficient Fenestration Most of us think we're being energy-conscious when we remember to put up the storm windows in the fall. But just because there are two panes of glass between you and the outside world doesn't...

Breathing Easy.
January 1, 2000... In America's First Environmentally-Smart Hotel To what some may consider a rather stagnant hotel industry, the newly opened Sheraton Rittenhouse Square is a breath of fresh air... literally. Every 34 minutes, guests of this Philadelphia...

Smarten Up.(EcoSmart Healthy Properties)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Wall Street's Showplace for Environmental Sustainability Wall Street is one of the world's most evocative addresses, but one thing it does not bring to mind is environmental sustainability. That may soon change with a showroom of green...

TOOLS FOR GREEN LIVING.
January 1, 2000... Resources for eco-awareness and action PROTECTING PARADISE "To protect the land" is the motto of Hawaii Naturals, whose exotic line of sauces, dressings and purees are inspired by the flavors of the islands. Many of the all-natural...

Water, Walt and What You Breathe.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Rundown on MTBE, Mickey and the Morning Commute How much air pollution gets inside my car when I'm driving in traffic?--Ben Au, Washington, DC When driving in traffic, you breathe gases such as nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide and...