AltWeeklies Wire
Use of Gassing Challenged in North Carolinanew
As state policymakers propose tightening restrictions on the use of carbon monoxide gas to put homeless companion animals to death, opponents of the practice say it is inhumane under any circumstances.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
08-09-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Living Green: Get Off the Bottlenew
Americans throw away 60 million plastic bottles each day, most of which wind up in landfills.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
07-26-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Biotech or Biohazard?new
A proposed federal lab in Butner, N.C., would study the world's deadliest diseases.
Tags: Health & Science
Capping Greenhouse Gasesnew
Durham unveils report and plans to curb global warming.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
07-05-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Committee Passes Energy Bill in North Carolinanew
Groups say utilities' influence weakens proposed law.
Smithfield Foods' Extreme Makeovernew
The world's largest hog slaughterhouse tears a page from the Wal-Mart PR playbook with its recent TV ads touting the perks of working there: Health benefits, dental insurance and college scholarships.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
05-31-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Living Green: Organic Trash, Garden Treasurenew
Instead of tossing those tough asparagus stems or the seemingly endless mounds of pine straw, consider composting.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
05-03-2007 |
Commentary
GOP Leaders Look to Rebound Before '08new
Conservatives gather in Raleigh and deviate from the party line.
Living Green: Get Reelnew
What's the greenest way to mow your lawn?
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
04-26-2007 |
Commentary
In North Carolina, Insider Meetings Shape Energy Lawsnew
The Energy Issues Working Group, a "605" group with little public scrutiny, includes lobbyists of all stripes and state agency employees.
The Big Pig: Smithfield Packingnew
The world's largest hog processor wants to grow even larger -- will the problems it creates for farmers, workers and the environment grow with it?
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg and Bob Geary |
04-05-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Tyrone Hayes on Discovering Atrazine's Risksnew
When agribusiness giant Sygenta commissioned biologist Tyrone Hayes to study the effects of atrazine, it got more than it bargained for.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
03-15-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
'The VA is Waiting for Us to Die'new
Vietnam veteran David Best battles a system stacked against him.
Tags: war & peace
Addressing Nuances of Executionsnew
The furor over the death penalty continued last week with a bill introduced to the State Senate to form a 15-member legislative study committee to review North Carolina's lethal injection procedure.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
02-16-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Progressive Prescriptionnew
How the General Assembly can cure the North Carolina's biggest ills.
