Scholastic Update articles from April 1998

Scholastic Update archives from April 1998

The battle for convent: a proposed plastics factory draws accusations of "environmental racism."(Cover Story)
April 13, 1998... A proposed plastics factory draws accusations of "environmental racism" Moments before she lost consciousness, Brenda Huget turned her ancient black Cadillac onto River Road and headed west. It was dusk, one night in July 1996. The...

The celebrated deformed frogs of Le Sueur County. (environmental mystery in Minnesota)(Cover Story)
April 13, 1998... When students discover a pond of weird frogs, an alarming environmental mystery begins It was supposed to be a simple nature walk. In August 1995, eight middle school students and their teacher were hiking in a field near Henderson,...

Clearing the air: student protests help shut down a smoky incinerator.(Cover Story)
April 13, 1998... Student protests help shut down a smoky incinerator Veronica Torres really wanted to get arrested. She was only 10 years old, marching down the middle of the Bruckner Expressway in New York City, surrounded by the honking horns of frustrated...

Report card on the environment: where does the U.S. stand? Environmentalists hand out the grades.(Cover Story)
April 13, 1998... Where does the U.S. stand? Environmentalists hand out the grades How much progress has the U.S. made in protecting its environment? Each year, UPDATE puts that question to experts at three leading environmental organizations: the Natural...

The White House effect. (environmental policy)
April 13, 1998... Has President Clinton done enough for the environment--or too little? Barbara Miller, a mother of four, lives near a rust-colored river in Idaho's Silver Valley. The valley gets its name from mines in the surrounding mountains, the nation's...

The next frontier: astronaut John Glenn's flight into orbit, captured the spirit of the 1960s.
April 13, 1998... Astronaut John Glenn's flight into orbit, captured the spirit of the 1960s The 1960s dawned bright and clear for America. Although the decade would soon be clouded by an unpopular war in Vietnam, race riots at home, and a series of...

A Titanic discovery. (exploration of the legendary shipwreck led by oceanographer Robert Ballard)
April 13, 1998... More than a decade before the Titanic made it to the big screen, explorers plunged to the ocean floor to search for the real thing In the opening scenes of the smash hit movie Titanic, the would-be discoverers of the most famous shipwreck in...