We are very close to learning whether or not what we’ve been waiting for all these years has finally come true: Cheap abundant energy via photovoltaics. What was required was a way to manufacture them for, say, one-tenth the current costs, and from what representatives of several photovoltaic manufacturers are telling us, that [...]

We have just published a feature story “Saving Endangered Species” covering the courageous activities of the organization WildAid, a San Francisco-based organization that prosecutes people who traffic in wild animal parts. WildAid also works to raise public consciousness, especially in Asia, in an attempt to reduce demand for wild animal parts.
There are a few [...]

WHEN THE BUYING STOPS, SO CAN THE KILLING

Caged helplessly, with permanent catheters,
Bears can yield gall bile for decades before dying.
(Photo: International Fund for Animal Welfare)

Editor’s Note: If we can cage our tigers and bears, and breed them for the slaughter, why do we need wilderness? If we have game parks, why have wilderness? [...]

Forests are considered sacred by most environmentalists. Over the past twelve years we’ve reported on deforestation and reforestation, and there has always been a consistent refrain from environmentalists: Monocultures are not forests. This point of view, while debateable, is one we basically agree with.
So why are environmentalists relatively silent on the potential [...]

One of the more interesting propositions to face California’s voters in November 2006 is Proposition 87, which would tax in-state oil producers to fund alternative energy projects. Proponents of this bill air a television commercial, narrated by Bill Clinton, where the Brazilian ethanol industry is referenced. The closing message is “If Brazil can [...]