Nov 15th, 2008 · This week the U.S. Supreme Court gave the Navy the OK to use sonar off the coast of California — environmentalists complain the sounds confuse whales. But it turns out the planet's oceans are actually getting louder anyway. Geochemist Peter Brewer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute talks about a recent study finding that global warming is changing the way sound travels underwater.
Jun 11th, 2008 · An attempt by Donald Trump to develop a huge golf resort on a piece of Scottish coastline is receiving a mixed welcome from the residents. Some people support the project as a way of boosting the local economy. But environmentalists have condemned the plan.
May 29th, 2008 · A biotech company says it has created genetically engineered canola and rice plants that need only half as much nitrogen fertilizer. But some environmentalists don't think that any genetically engineered crops can really be "green."
May 14th, 2008 · Bush administration officials are under a court order to decide by tomorrow whether to add the polar bear to the list of endangered species. The decision will cap a three-year campaign by environmentalists to show that climate change has the potential to imperil wildlife. Critics say any listing is a bad idea.
May 4th, 2008 · A short distance from the new $30 million Al-Azhar Park in Cairo, Egypt, young environmentalists are installing solar hot-water heaters in poor neighborhoods. They're overcoming setbacks — and bridging religious divides — to bring change in a time of environmental upheaval.
Apr 27th, 2008 · Environmentalists want people to curb their use of tumble dryers. But some refuse to let go of their dryer sheets. Essayist Diane Roberts says a tumble dryer is "an instrument of moral rectitude," and helps keep her neighborhood harmonic because no one knows who wears a thong.
Apr 22nd, 2008 · In West Virginia, science lessons on climate change have the potential to divide teachers from students, and students from their parents. But one teacher, Tiffany Litton, has earned the trust of her students. Her classroom, she says, is a place for honest inquiry, not a forum for anyone — whether the coal industry or environmentalists — to promote an agenda.
Apr 20th, 2008 · In Egypt, where antiquities have stood for millennia, climate change is posing new threats to an ancient country and its people. As temperatures climb and shorelines change, environmentalists worry about displaced populations, rising poverty and increased soil salinity in the fertile Nile Delta.