AltWeeklies Wire
Runaway Growthnew
Forty years into the "War on Cancer," casualties are mounting -- and we still don't know what motivates the enemy.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
11-08-2011 |
Health
Who (Re)Built the Electric Car?new
ChargeCar reimagines plug-in vehicles.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
07-24-2010 |
Transportation
Tags: ChargeCar, Illah Nourbakhsh
Modern-Day Gold Rush Comes to Pennsylvanianew
Natural gas drillers are buying mineral rights from property owners across the state, but environmentalists worry about the price to be paid.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
04-27-2009 |
Environment
'Clean Coal' Isn't Clean, But Is It Our Best Hope Against Climate Change?new
"Clean coal" is a contradiction in terms: Mining coal and burning it remain a dirty business. But is even cleaner coal a real, if distant, promise ... or merely a dangerous distraction?
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
02-02-2009 |
Environment
Ad-ded Value: The Super Bowl Is More Mythic Than Evernew
In a fragmented media market, the Super Bowl is about all we have in common anymore.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
02-02-2009 |
Media
Why Environmental Consciousness Needs to Go Beyond Recyclingnew
For years, environmentalists have told us to first reduce consumption, then to reuse what we buy, and only then to recycle. But somehow, the option of last resort became the default setting. Leading environmental thinkers say it's time to take a different approach to our economy -- which means cultivating an even more radical relationship to the resources we use.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
04-28-2008 |
Environment
