AltWeeklies Wire
A 278-year-old error over the N.C.–S.C. border is riling residentsnew
Unceremoniously marked 278 years ago with a stone here or a notch on a tree there, King George's boundaries leave a portion of Fred Berlinger's Polk County home in South Carolina.
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
05-09-2013 |
Environment
Tags: border
Sounding the Alarmnew
An early warning system would save thousands of lives when the next major earthquake hits. But will California find the money to implement it?
East Bay Express |
Azeen Ghorayshi |
05-02-2013 |
Environment
Tags: earthquakes
The Sludge Reportnew
A new study suggests river water may be killing Louisiana salt marshes.
Gambit |
Bob Marshall |
04-23-2013 |
Environment
Will Mayflower, Ark. ever be the same after Exxon oil spill?new
It's all fun and games until the world's richest corporation spills 200,000 gallons of goop in your backyard.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon and Leslie Newell Peacock |
04-10-2013 |
Environment
Tags: ExxonMobil, Mayflower Oil Spill
Fire in the Skynew
The sour side of life in the South Texas fracklands.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-29-2013 |
Environment
Tags: fracking
Water Crisisnew
Too many First Nations reserves living with contaminated water in third-world conditions.
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
03-20-2013 |
Environment
Black Waternew
Why flooding off the Waldo Canyon burn scar will be fierce.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
03-20-2013 |
Environment
Tags: Manitou Springs, Waldo Canyon Fire
How an Environmental Law Is Harming the Environmentnew
California's signature environmental law needs to be reformed because NIMBYs are using it to block smart growth.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
03-13-2013 |
Environment
Ranch Tradition: Hanging Onnew
Texas cattle raisers aren’t giving up — but neither is the drought.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
03-13-2013 |
Environment
Garbage Goes Greennew
New biofuels facility will further divert waste from Edmonton's landfill.
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
03-07-2013 |
Environment
Tags: Recycling, Edmonton Landfill
The Link Between Climate Change and the Food on Your Platenew
The results of climate change are already altering the way crops pollinate, mature and produce. Over time, they could change what we eat and when we eat it.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
03-06-2013 |
Environment
Rebels With a Causenew
Florida students protest Keystone XL with thousands in the nation's Capitol.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Arielle Stevenson |
02-20-2013 |
Environment
Smoke Screennew
With no incentive to change, Virginia continues to be a major polluter.
Style Weekly |
Peter Galuszka |
02-12-2013 |
Environment
Locking Up Water Rightsnew
In Texas and around the world, corporations are increasingly competing for rights to our most precious liquid asset.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince and Eric Griffey |
02-08-2013 |
Environment
Tags: Corporate Water
Environmentalists, landowners and Valero await decision on the Keystone XL pipelinenew
The town of Wells is easy to overlook, just a few blocks of homes and a school stretching along a busy state highway.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
01-30-2013 |
Environment
