AltWeeklies Wire
Flying Back From the Edge of Extinctionnew
Operation Migration and the endangered whooping crane.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
04-10-2015 |
Environment
It's Time to Restrict Groundwater Pumping in Californianew
Big Ag is doing irreparable harm to the state's underground water supplies — and for no good reason.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
04-09-2015 |
Environment
The Legal Battle Over Texas Oyster Reefsnew
The Texas Gulf Coast has become a battleground among oystermen fighting for control of the reefs on the bottom of the bay, and Texas may be only the beginning.
Houston Press |
Dianna Wray |
01-30-2015 |
Environment
Over a Barrel, From Alberta to New Brunswicknew
The Energy East pipeline is causing turmoil.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Jacob Boon |
12-12-2014 |
Environment
Progress, Derailed?new
Has the Obama administration hobbled the Endangered Species Act?
Tucson Weekly |
Judith Lewis Mernit |
12-10-2014 |
Environment
San Jacinto River Waste Pits Unleashed Toxins Into Rivernew
Meet the residents living along the San Jacinto River who say their lives and their health have been harmed by what is sitting in the water.
Houston Press |
Susan Du |
11-05-2014 |
Environment
Is time running out on daylight saving time?new
In most of the United States, people will dial back the clocks one hour at 2 a.m. on Nov. 2, when daylight saving time ends. And they’ll wonder why. Really. Why?
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
10-31-2014 |
Environment
F'ing sand: Frac sand mining threatens health, welfare in Wisconsinnew
Victoria Trinko hasn’t opened the windows in her Wisconsin farmhouse in two years. And when she goes outdoors on the farm her family has operated in Chippewa County since 1936, she often wears a mask. Trinko lives less than a mile from a frac sand mining operation — and that’s nothing like living less than a mile from a sandy beach.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
10-02-2014 |
Environment
World leaders gather at UN summit to talk climatenew
Today, leaders from across the world, as well as leaders from some of the world's top corporations, are gathering in New York City to talk about climate change. The summit is a prelude to talks that'll take place next year in Paris. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened today's summit and "has asked these leaders to bring bold announcements and actions to the summit that will reduce emissions, strengthen climate resilience, and mobilize political will for a meaningful legal agreement in 2015," says the event's webpage...
City Newspaper |
Jeremy Moule |
09-23-2014 |
Environment
When the Water Runs Outnew
A package of bills now waiting for Governor Jerry Brown's signature would regulate the use of groundwater for the first time in California. But for some residents, it's too late.
East Bay Express |
Joaquin Palomino |
09-10-2014 |
Environment
To Catch a Salmonnew
An epic run of fall Chinook salmon on the Columbia River faces dams, predators and coal trains.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
09-02-2014 |
Environment
Nature and Industrynew
As the city of Worcester continues to grow more industrially robust, what is the cost? And are the city’s still-standing natural surroundings paying the price?
Worcester Magazine |
Taylor Nunez |
08-22-2014 |
Environment
Tainted bloomnew
A Toxic Algae Bloom Caused a Three-Day Ban on Water Usage for a Half-Million Residents in Toledo. Experts Say it's a 'Wake-Up Call' for Lake Erie
Cleveland Scene |
Ryan Felton |
08-19-2014 |
Environment
Activists Champion Efforts to Divest From Fossil-Fuel Industrynew
Meet Planet Enemy No. 1: The fossil-fuel industry. And meet the new sheriff in town: The growing movement to divest ownership of fossil-fuel stock.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
07-31-2014 |
Environment
Agents of Changenew
People called them crazy. An environmental disaster changed that.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ryan Pitkin |
06-11-2014 |
Environment
