AltWeeklies Wire
Soil Test This Fallnew
Testing the soil in a vegetable garden is quickly done, and the benefits are long-term. University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Richard Hentschel said that if the soil is right, gardeners should be able to produce fresh vegetables all season long.
Illinois Times |
Staff |
09-25-2012 |
Environment
Fight for Rightsnew
Small northern Alberta First Nations band could force government to regulate oil industry.
VUE Weekly |
Josh Marcellin |
09-21-2012 |
Environment
Waste Injection Wells: The Earth's Invisible Dumpnew
With more than 30 trillion gallons of toxic waste having been injected under the surface of the Earth, what happens if our belief that what goes down can’t come up is wrong?
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer and Jefferson Dodge |
09-21-2012 |
Environment
Tags: toxic waste, waste
Liquid Goldnew
How might Mayor Bach pay for expensive stormwater improvements? Here's one prediction.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
09-19-2012 |
Environment
Shaky Groundnew
Maggie Henry has spent 35 years growing her all natural farm in Northwest Pa. Now a nearby gas drilling operation in a field of old abandoned wells threaten to take it all away.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
09-19-2012 |
Environment
Climate Change: Real or Not?new
In 2008—back when President Barack Obama was a candidate—then-Sen. Obama promised to take on global warming.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
09-16-2012 |
Environment
Scorched Earthnew
How climate change could upend the Pacific Northwest.
The Inlander |
Joe O'Sullivan |
09-13-2012 |
Environment
Big Organic Joins Monsanto in Fighting Calif. Prop 37new
Large corporations that own organic food brands are also bankrolling the fight against the GMO labeling initiative.
East Bay Express |
Corey Hill |
09-13-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Monsanto
The Green Partynew
Democrats get down in Charlotte — but not at the planet's peril
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
J. Lee Howard |
08-31-2012 |
Environment
Tags: DNC 2012
Not my problem: Local agencies powerless to address sewage leaksnew
Three agencies deal with local sewage issues in Asheville, N.C.: MSD, the Asheville office of the state's Division of Water Quality and the Buncombe County Health Department. And not one of them is necessarily empowered to either repair the kind of problem Vickie Bradley encountered or force a solution.
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
08-30-2012 |
Environment
A Road Too Farnew
The November election presents plenty of hot-button issues. But amid the fuss about the economy and health care and other social issues, questions of how to handle our public lands and how to protect our environment also hang in the balance.
Boulder Weekly |
Elizabeth Miller |
08-28-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Election
Newsmonger: Residents oppose Newell Recycling move, Push and pull over Bexar County Jailnew
A smelly, metal-shredding neighbor may complicate ongoing plans to revive the iconic Lone Star Brewery to its former glory.
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
08-23-2012 |
Environment
Tags: green issues
Texas Republican Party The Real 'Extremist' in Climate Fightnew
Hot? Dumb question. Unless you work in an ice factory, movie theater, or chilly data center, you know you are.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
08-23-2012 |
Environment
The 'Dirty' Southnew
Mississippi's power plants make it one of the nation's dirtiest states for air pollution.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
08-17-2012 |
Environment
Drought expanding, but worst may be overnew
A report released Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor shows Indiana's drought has continued to worsen, but a state climatologist says the state has now "turned a corner" and conditions should improve.
NUVO |
The Statehouse File |
08-09-2012 |
Environment
