AltWeeklies Wire
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
Permit Pulled: DEP Action Halts Construction of a Waste-Coal Plantnew
Plans for a power plant that would have operated by burning waste coal were scrapped when the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection invalidated its air-quality plan permit on January 20.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
02-08-2010 |
Environment
Modern-Day Gold Rush Comes to Pennsylvanianew
Natural gas drillers are buying mineral rights from property owners across the state, but environmentalists worry about the price to be paid.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
04-27-2009 |
Environment
'Clean Coal' Isn't Clean, But Is It Our Best Hope Against Climate Change?new
"Clean coal" is a contradiction in terms: Mining coal and burning it remain a dirty business. But is even cleaner coal a real, if distant, promise ... or merely a dangerous distraction?
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
02-02-2009 |
Environment
Why Environmental Consciousness Needs to Go Beyond Recyclingnew
For years, environmentalists have told us to first reduce consumption, then to reuse what we buy, and only then to recycle. But somehow, the option of last resort became the default setting. Leading environmental thinkers say it's time to take a different approach to our economy -- which means cultivating an even more radical relationship to the resources we use.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
04-28-2008 |
Environment
The Metamorphosisnew
For over a century, the Carnegie Museum's section of Invertebrate Zoology has saved examples of millions of insects. Now, they're trying to help save the world.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Justin Hopper |
02-11-2008 |
Environment
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