AltWeeklies Wire
A Hell of Our Own Makingnew

Bill McKibben talks about the fight against climate change.
Reno News & Review |
Marc Maximov |
12-18-2012 |
Environment
7,000,000,000new
The world's population hits 7 billion on Halloween.
Reno News & Review |
D. Brian Burghart |
10-27-2011 |
Environment
A Greenhouse in the Desertnew
How will global warming affect the world's deserts? Scientists in Nevada predict potentially heartbreaking outcomes.
Reno News & Review |
D. Brian Burghart |
12-05-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Beekeepers Stung by Diseasenew
Nevada beekeepers struggle with Colony Collapse Disorder.
Reno News & Review |
Molly Hofmann |
06-14-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Crapped Outnew

House Resolution 4341 would protect massive manure heaps and ponds on corporate farms from environmental regulation.
Reno News & Review |
Dennis Myers |
05-11-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Yucca Againnew
Congressional legislation is expected in the next two weeks to try to accelerate opening of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump.
Reno News & Review |
Dennis Myers |
04-06-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Public Noticenew
In planning what to do with the nation's stockpile of mercury, the feds kept Nevada in the dark every step of the way.
Reno News & Review |
Dennis Myers |
03-23-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
A Tricycle Built for Sevennew

The German-engineered septocycle, also known as a conference bike, combines a guard-lowering silliness factor with mechanical engineering prowess.
Reno News & Review |
Kris Vagner |
10-31-2005 |
Environment
War of the Energy Worldsnew
A coalition of Nevadans say wind and geothermal power could achieve the same goals as a coal-burning plant proposed for the Nevada desert without environmental devastation.
Reno News & Review |
Deidre Pike |
07-26-2005 |
Environment
Tags: Sierra Club, San Diego, acid-rain-causing nitrogen oxide (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SOx), cartographer, Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, Public Resource Associates, Sempra Energy compressed coal-burning plant, Smoke Creek Desert, supply power to California. David Rumsey, the Gerlach General Improvement District and the Pyramid Lake Tribe, toxic emissions, Washoe County, Western Resource Advocates, Wildlife