AltWeeklies Wire
Total Annihilationnew
What's the deal with Alberta's rat-free status?
VUE Weekly |
Ryan Bromsgrove |
08-27-2013 |
Environment
Waste: The Dark Side of the New Coffee Crazenew
Single-cup brewing is the hottest and most lucrative sector of the coffee market nationwide, but it's also producing massive amounts of trash.
East Bay Express |
Vanessa Rancaño |
08-26-2013 |
Environment
Trainloads of Toxics and Chemicals Going Through Eugene, Ore.new
A train-hopping videographer gets the information the government won't provide — just what's on the trains going through Eugene, Ore. Crude oil, hydrochloric acid and propane in tank cars known to puncture and tear.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
08-16-2013 |
Environment
Why Live Greennew
Some scientists are predicting that, due to our negative impact on the ecosystem, waterfront cities such as Boston and New York might disappear in the next century.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
08-16-2013 |
Environment
Bushwhacking Through California Parksnew
Years of state and federal budget cuts, including federal sequestration earlier this year, have resulted in overgrown trails, dirty bathrooms, and garbage-strewn picnic areas.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
08-14-2013 |
Environment
The bees are trying to tell us somethingnew
"If 30 percent of the cows fell over in the field every year, people would freak out."
INDY Week |
Raia Mihaylova |
08-08-2013 |
Environment
Tags: Bee population decline
A Model Forest?new
The recent purchase of 20,000 acres of coastal redwoods could become a prototype for sustainable lumber harvesting.
East Bay Express |
Madeleine Thomas |
08-08-2013 |
Environment
The Big Oil Lawsuit and Wetlands War in Louisiananew
A Southeast Louisiana flood control board is suing Big Oil for its role in wetlands loss.
Gambit |
Clancy DuBos |
07-30-2013 |
Environment
Green Tribunal: India and Enviro Lawnew
While America-centric enviros might think of India as "backward" with images of the 1984 Union Carbide Bhopal disaster and its toxic effects lingering, India just might surge ahead of us when it comes to its system for litigating development and the environment.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
06-30-2013 |
Environment
Rivers in Perilnew
How Jerry Brown's plan to build two giant water tunnels, along with legislation in Congress, could ultimately spoil the last of Northern California's wild and scenic rivers.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
06-24-2013 |
Environment
Black Daysnew
First the Waldo Canyon fire, now the Black Forest fire. Should Colorado just expect huge wildfires from now on?
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
06-19-2013 |
Environment
Tags: climate change, Black Forest fire
Sean Parker's Big Sur Vanity Wedding Falloutnew
Facebook co-founder Sean Parker spent millions on his recent Big Sur wedding, but when he rented a campground from the upscale Ventana Inn & Spa, he rented "an ongoing California Coastal Act" violation. Turns out, that campground should have been opened to the public years ago under Ventana's permit.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
06-13-2013 |
Environment
From Motown to Coketownnew
The petroleum byproduct known as "petcoke," which is derived from an extraction process involving tar-like bitumen from the oil sands of Alberta, Canada, and is turned into gasoline and other fuels sits, exposed, along the bank of the Detroit River. Everyone agrees it is unsightly, but is it unsafe, too?
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
06-12-2013 |
Environment
Tunnel Vision Part One: Delta in Perilnew
How California Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to build two giant water tunnels could devastate the largest estuary on the West Coast.
East Bay Express |
Joaquin Palomino |
06-12-2013 |
Environment
Triumph for the Humpbacks?new
Why a Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council member wants the whales removed from the endangered species list.
Maui Time |
Anthony Pignataro |
05-17-2013 |
Environment
Tags: humpback whales
