Scholastic Update articles from April 1995

Scholastic Update archives from April 1995

Happy Earth Day to you.(25th anniversary of Earth Day)(Cover Story)
April 7, 1995... No one had ever seen anything like it. On April 22, 1970, some 20 million people in nearly every state, city, and town in America poured into the streets to demonstrate for, of all things, saving the earth's environment. Throughout their...

Environmental report card.(includes questionnaire)
April 7, 1995... What better time to issue a report card on the state of our environment than the 25th anniversary of Earth Day. How much progress has been made--or not made--since the first Earth Day? To answer that question, we consulted experts at three...

Has regulation run amok?(environmental regulation)
April 7, 1995... It wasn't a tropical rain forest or some exotic habitat for rare birds. It was just a patch of weeds and mud behind a parking garage that the city of Columbus, Ohio, wanted to cover with concrete. But when minute traces of a toxic chemical were...

Endangered species. (controversial environmental issue)(Survival of the Fittest)
April 7, 1995... In the 25 years since the first Earth Day, environmentalists say they have made real progress in protecting forests, wetlands, and the rest of America's natural heritage. Their opponents--including loggers, ranchers, industrialists, landowners,...

Public lands. (controversial environmental issue)(Survival of the Fittest)
April 7, 1995... The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain, 1.5 million acres of frosty land in northern Alaska, seems to be a very different place, depending on whom you ask. Brock Evans of the National Audubon Society says it is an environmentalist's...

Toxic waste. (controversial environmental issue)(Survival of the Fittest)
April 7, 1995... Residents of the Timber Stream neighborhood, in Pitman, New Jersey, suspected something was wrong when pink, foamy water began bubbling up in their backyards. After hairless patches started appearing on neighborhood dogs, residents knew they had...

Mushers and modems.(exploration of Arctic ecosystem)
April 7, 1995... Last month, 6 people and 33 dogs left an ice-encrusted island on the Arctic coast of Russia. Led by American explorer Will Steger, the dogsledders are currently braving temperatures cold enough to freeze their eyes shut, shifting plates of ice...

Green teens get results.(environmentally active teenagers)
April 7, 1995... Over the past 25 years, the world has become increasingly aware of the dangers facing the environment, and concerned citizens have taken action to protect it. In town after town, it is young people who have led the way, making a real difference...

Pitch in and clean up.(environmental associations)(Directory)
April 7, 1995... Who says you can't make a difference? There are plenty of ways to get involved in environmental issues. You can clean up roadsides in your town, raise funds for an endangered species, or petition Congress to protect wetlands. If you're...