Beware! Tree-Huggers Plot Evil to Save World
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In Michael Crichton's sorry excuse for a thriller, shameless environmentalists use bad science to raise money and draw attention to their cause.
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For much of his life, Viroj Dedsongprak paid little attention to the mangrove forests that surrounded his Thai village. He thought nothing of it when neighbors chopped down trees for firewood or plowed them under for shrimp ponds.
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Several films will test a new kind of villainy, in which the real victim is the environment and the enemy is all of us.
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Comment is free: Madeleine Bunting: Synthetic biologists say their technology could tackle climate change and feed the hungry, but its dangers are terrifying.
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PORTLAND, Ore. Want a real Christmas tree, but don&#39;t like the idea of chopping one down? A company in Oregon is stepping in to fill a void for environmentally conscious consumers.
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The proliferation of action-adventure movies can be explained by our collective craving for heroes. They need not come from other planets or have super powers, for we have all-too-mortal creatures worthy of hero worship in our firefighters.
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Warmer-than-usual winters are stoking fears for the survival of New Englandâs maple forests.
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âTorchwoodâ is set in a present-day world threatened by alien invasion, though as enemies the aliens stand not as a metaphor for our darker instincts and foibles; they seem to stand for nothing at all.
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Science & environment: A perilous three-way hunt is under way as rival eco-warriors pursue a Japanese fleet
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VILLAGERS campaigning to save the trees in thei
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Some say stricter measures endanger wildlife, but others argue those concerns are smokescreens for pro-immigrant sentiment
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The idea of destroying a  swathe of rainforest, home to hundreds of rare species, to  clear land for a sugar plantation is an environmentalist's  worst nightmare.
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Business & money: Campaigners sceptical about companies' new-found enthusiasm for environment.
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Excuse us if we don't join environmental and other advocacy groups in a dither about a new directive from President Bush aimed at reining in ambitious bureaucracies. This is an old struggle that will be entertaining - and frustrating - our grandchildren.
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When Hurricane Charley moved out, the conmen moved in. From selling $5 ($A7) bags of ice by the road to charging up to $11,000 to take down damaged trees, the rip-offs are rampant.
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Science & environment: The fashion for new decorations every year is helping create an eco timebomb
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By David Usborne in New York  There is something doleful about the whispering of the white- barked aspen trees that carpet the slopes of the Rocky Mountains. It is a sound of sickness and death.