AltWeeklies Wire
Growing Uncertaintiesnew
Climate change is forcing farmers in the Northeast to rethink their seasonal strategies.
Metroland |
Amy Halloran |
08-03-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Climate Change
Climate Change Will Unleash Buried Toxicsnew
San Francisco Bay is surrounded by hazardous waste that will leach into groundwater and the bay itself when sea levels rise.
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
07-19-2012 |
Environment
If Houston's Dams Failnew
They've already been labeled "high risk." Experts say the resulting damage could be bigger than Katrina in New Orleans.
Houston Press |
Steve Jansen |
07-18-2012 |
Environment
Ocean of Noisenew
The U.S. Navy's expanded sonar testing operations add to underwater cacophony for sensitive marine life.
North Bay Bohemian |
Juliane Poirier |
07-10-2012 |
Environment
Delta Bluesnew
Can salmon survive California's 'Peripheral Canal'?
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
07-09-2012 |
Environment
Extreme Heat: The New Normalnew
Extreme heat and minimal-to-nonexistent rain are killing crops and livestock around Indiana. Other likelihoods: Higher food costs, reservoir restrictions and the rippling economic pinch.
NUVO |
Rebecca Townsend |
07-06-2012 |
Environment
Toxic Plume Contaminates N.Y. Drinking Water Wellsnew
How a toxic plume created by Grumman Aerospace Corp. and the U.S. Navy during WWII continues to contaminate more and more public drinking water supplies today.
Long Island Press |
Christopher Twarowski and Rashed Mian |
07-02-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Navy, water supply
'Good Stewards of the Environment'new
The U.S. Navy insists that they can protect marine mammals from the harm caused by warships using active sonar in the waters around Hawaii. What if they're wrong?
Maui Time |
Anthony Pignataro |
06-29-2012 |
Environment
Could Imperial Valley Become Owens Valley?new
Political and drought conditions could turn Southern California's Imperial Valley into another Owens Valley.
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
06-25-2012 |
Environment
Dianne Feinstein's Warnew
California's senior senator has been fighting for Drakes Bay Oyster Company at Point Reyes National Seashore -- and against the creation of the first marine wilderness on the West Coast.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
06-14-2012 |
Environment
Fracking Lessonsnew
What everyone in gasland can learn from the decade-long fight in Pavillion, Wyo.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer |
06-01-2012 |
Environment
When Will Oakland Go Green?new
Some Bay Area communities are forming public-power networks to buy and build renewable energy, but East Bay cities have been slow to join the green revolution. Is that about to change?
East Bay Express |
Darwin BondGraham |
05-30-2012 |
Environment
Lead-Ammo Ban Sought to Protect Condors and Eaglesnew
Environmental groups contend that condors and bald eagles are being poisoned when they feed on dead animals killed by lead bullets.
East Bay Express |
Tia Ghose |
04-22-2012 |
Environment
Tags: bald eagles, Lead-Ammo Ban
Air Force moves to shutter community board overseeing toxic pollutionnew
Robert Alvarado is a decades-long veteran of life in the so-called Toxic Triangle, the small fence-line community that bumps up against the now-shuttered Kelly Air Force Base.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
04-20-2012 |
Environment
Can Berkeley Tackle its Plastics Problem?new
The city is taking its first steps toward recycling mixed plastics.
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
04-13-2012 |
Environment
