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Eastern Europe's majestic waterways, fouled by sewage, toxic chemicals and acid rain, are in no better shape. Fish catches in the Baltic Sea, long a dumping ground for industrial wastes from Poland, East Germany and Lithuania, are declining dramatically, and summer bathing is in jeopardy. The Vistula River, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Where The Sky Stays Dark | 5/28/1990 | See Source »

Plainly, mankind cannot renounce nuclear power, so we must find technical means to guarantee its absolute safety and exclude the possibility of another Chernobyl. The best way is international legislation requiring that all new nuclear reactors be sited deep enough underground so that even a worst-case accident would not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sakharov: Mankind Cannot Do Without Nuclear Power | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

It is a precious resource, an area of surpassing natural beauty, a source of national pride and, to some extent, the very symbol of our nation. For several years, newspapers had been publishing alarming reports on threats to Baikal from industrial construction along its shores, the felling and rafting of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sakharov: Who Murdered Lake Baikal? | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

The big problem now was treatment of toxic waste. The pollution caused by floating logs down the rivers that empty into the lake kills the spawn of most fish, including the Baikal omul, which a century ago rivaled beef as a source of food for all Russia. The accidental discharge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sakharov: Who Murdered Lake Baikal? | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

What a difference a year makes. Bursts of applause erupted in Courtroom C of Alaska Superior Court in Anchorage last week, as the jury acquitted Hazelwood on the three most serious charges stemming from the accident. After almost eight weeks and a dizzying parade of witnesses, the prosecution managed to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: First Mess Up, Then Mop Up | 4/2/1990 | See Source »

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