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Paving a Contaminated Parkwaynew

Activists warn of plutonium under Colorado's proposed Jefferson Parkway.
Boulder Weekly  |  Elizabeth Miller  |  01-11-2013  |  Environment

Students Occupy TransCanada Office in Keystone XL Protestnew

Boston-area college students lock And glue themselves inside TransCanada office to protest the Keystone XL pipeline.
Boston Phoenix  |  Chris Faraone  |  01-08-2013  |  Environment

Solar Eclipsed: Why the Sun Won't Power Phoenixnew

The Valley of the Sun, more than any other metropolis in the United States, ought to be awash in solar panels. But for what you get, the cost of solar power has been much too high.
Phoenix New Times  |  Ray Stern  |  12-27-2012  |  Environment

Alarming Radiation Levels Found on Treasure Islandnew

The Navy's own data suggests that island residents were at risk of radiation exposure.
East Bay Express  |  Ashley Bates  |  12-26-2012  |  Environment

A Hell of Our Own Makingnew

Bill McKibben talks about the fight against climate change.
Reno News & Review  |  Marc Maximov  |  12-18-2012  |  Environment

Making A Green Noisenew

Rushelli Luna and Rhonda Webb, the driving force of Make a Green Noise, make things come alive like the vegetables and flowers they planted in a vacant lot in Compton.
Random Lengths News  |  Terelle Jerricks  |  12-13-2012  |  Environment

"We've Super-Sized Our Weather"new

Republican and evangelical Christian broadcast meteorologist Paul Douglas is on a mission to communicate urgency of climate change.
NUVO  |  Jim Poyser  |  11-28-2012  |  Environment

Indiana's first zero-net energy librarynew

During the four years the library has been open, it's never paid a utility bill, Brown claims, adding the building actually produced 1,861 more kilowatt-hours in its first year of operation than it consumed.
NUVO  |  Robert Annis  |  11-21-2012  |  Environment

Whither the River?new

How do you save an urban river in the age of global warming?
Eugene Weekly  |  Camilla Mortensen  |  11-16-2012  |  Environment

Refuse Wranglingnew

The state of Arizona takes the feds to task over toxic sewage.
Tucson Weekly  |  Tim Vanderpool  |  10-31-2012  |  Environment

Contamination Destinationnew

Officials contend that Treasure Island is safe, but residents say health problems abound.
East Bay Express  |  Ashley Bates  |  10-31-2012  |  Environment

Cleaning up coal in West Texas expected to help fuel San Antonio and wring out the oil patchnew

There's a mean-sounding hiss emanating from one of a dozen pipes rising like stovepipe to feed into a desert-tan battery that intermittently flushes high volumes of fluids 4,500 feet below ground.
San Antonio Current  |  Greg Harman  |  10-26-2012  |  Environment

Drawing a Line in the (Tar) Sandnew

Protests in Texas delay the Keystone pipeline while opposition to it grows.
Fort Worth Weekly  |  Peter Gorman  |  10-17-2012  |  Environment

Bag by Bagnew

The fine art and terrifying task of carrying groceries from market to home.
North Coast Journal  |  Mitch Trachtenberg  |  10-11-2012  |  Environment

Fifty Shades of Greennew

Last week, groundbreaking genetic testing revealed that in the wild, only about 750 true greenback trout still exist — and they all swim in the sparkling waters of Bear Creek, just southwest of Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs Independent  |  J. Adrian Stanley  |  10-08-2012  |  Environment

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