AltWeeklies Wire
Why it was Smart to Rescue San Diego's Urban Foresternew
If you know and appreciate trees in San Diego, you’ve probably heard the name Drew Potocki. While the city of Los Angeles boasts two urban forestry departments, San Diego must make do with one urban forester. That would be Potocki, who 13 years ago basically created the position from thin air.
San Diego CityBeat |
John R. Lamb |
12-30-2009 |
Environment
San Diego Sues Navy, Shipbuilders and Port District to Pay for Bay Cleanupnew
For nearly 30 years after the end of World War II, Naval personnel hosed down trucks and heavy machinery with diesel fuel, then dunked them in a tributary of San Diego Bay. It was all done in the name of "decontamination" -- ironic, because a new suit alleges this is one of dozens of practices cited as primary causes of sediment contamination in the bay.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
10-21-2009 |
Environment
San Diego Researchers Get Beyond Biofuelnew
Really, this is about scum. Green, slimy, don't-swim-in-the-water scum that just might save the world.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
09-03-2008 |
Environment
Life After CRTsnew
Entrepreneurs get in on the electronics-recycling business.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dorian Hargrove |
02-20-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment, e-waste
Enter the Trashy Vortexnew
Five reasons why you need a Pacific Gyre getaway.
San Diego CityBeat |
D.A. Kolodenko |
01-30-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
TV Weatherman Thinks Global Warming is a Scamnew
John Coleman, KUSI weatherman and founder of The Weather Channel, declared global warming to be "a non-event, a manufactured crisis and a total scam."
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
11-14-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
San Diego Wasting Time?new
Mayor stalls on mandatory recycling program.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kelly Davis |
07-30-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Taking the LEEDnew
Green-friendly architecture is trying to redesign the bottom line.
San Diego CityBeat |
Justin Roberts |
07-11-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
For Many, Petroleum Is No Longer an Optionnew
Though reasers represent the most hardcore end of the alternative-fuel-consumer spectrum, biodiesel, ethanol and natural gas are three federally regulated options increasingly available at the consumer level.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kia Momtazi |
06-27-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
To Burn or Not to Burnnew
How you can harm the environment when you're dead.
San Diego CityBeat |
D.A. Kolodenko |
04-25-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
