Stories tagged with Environment
Unknown scientist, a political neophyte, leads the ‘neutered’ EPA
By A. James Memmott | June 25, 2008 at 7:59am | 0
Quick. Who’s the head of the Environmental Protection Agency?
Born to the manor, but devoted to the planet
By Laurie Bennett | June 7, 2008 at 7:35am | 0
Pity the child with the silver spoon. No matter what he accomplishes in life, it won’t measure up to the achievements of mom and dad.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Environmental Defense Fund partner for “Green Portfolio”
By John Decker | May 2, 2008 at 2:18pm | 0
Earlier this year, the Clorox Company teamed up with the Sierra Club to push a new ‘green’ line of cleaners. Now, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co is partnering with the Environmental Defense Fund to find ways to boost profits - and, also, the environment.
CleanSkies.tv: Webcasting news on energy and the environment
By John Decker | April 29, 2008 at 11:21am | 0
Under the leadership of a pair of television industry veterans, CleanSkies.tv is dedicated to covering two of the hottest news topics of our day - the energy industry and the environment.
Makah tribe hopes to renew whale hunts
By Eric Rosenberg | January 31, 2008 at 10:08am | 2
The National Marine Fisheries Service is weighing a request by a northwestern Indian tribe to hunt gray whales as part of its religious and cultural practices.
The last time the Makah tribe of Neah Bay, Wash., conducted a legal whale hunt was in 1999, and additional hunts have been held up since 2000 by lawsuits from environmental groups and government bureaucracy.
Environmentalists and military leaders unlikely bedfellows
By Laurie Bennett | July 8, 2007 at 5:57pm | 0
Environmentalists standards are finding unexpected support from the military and corporate America.
An organization called Securing America’s Future Energy, or SAFE, is headed by P. X. Kelley, a former Marine Corps commandant, and FedEx CEO Frederick Smith.
The goal of the high-powered nonprofit is to reduce the country’s dependence on oil, and to enlist other business and military leaders in the effort. Among its recommendations are increasing fuel-efficiency standards for passenger cars and light trucks, and expanding tax credits for efficient vehicles.
