AltWeeklies Wire
Environmentalists and Landowners Argue Over Who Owns New York's Riversnew
The public's right to navigate the more than 50,000 miles of rivers and streams and more than 7500 ponds, lakes and reservoirs in New York state is hidden deep within a thicket of legalese, in the form of two state court opinions.
Seven Days |
Kirk Kardashian |
07-31-2009 |
Environment
Good Point Recycling Ships Old Electronics from Middlebury to Mexiconew
Middlebury's Good Point Recycling collects digital discards from transfer stations and solid-waste dumps around New England. Salvageable machines are refurbished for reuse and the rest gets reduced to recyclable components to be reprocessed.
Seven Days |
Kevin J. Kelley |
06-26-2009 |
Environment
Tags: Good Point Recycling, e-waste
Gil Rhodes, the Junkyard Dognew
The ABC Metals owner has been flouting the law for years. Why has no one shut him down?
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
08-15-2008 |
Environment
Compost Enforcements Threaten Vermont's Solid-Waste Dreamsnew
Last summer, 13 garbage experts covered a 20-by-10-foot wall with sticky notes. As members of a state-sponsored subcommittee studying "organics," they were preparing to tell Vermont's Agency of Natural Resources what should be done with the state's compostable waste.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
08-08-2008 |
Environment
Vermont Eco-Designer John Todd Aims to Heal the Planetnew
In the last three decades, Todd has received numerous accolades for his work, but his recent honor may be the most fitting. In June, he won the first annual Buckminster Fuller Challenge, an international competition among hundreds of scientists and inventors from 27 countries.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
07-25-2008 |
Environment
Vermont is Spinning its Wheels on Wind Energynew
Despite the state's clean-and-green ethic and polls showing that three out of four residents would support it in their own backyards, wind projects have faced stiff regulatory resistance in Vermont.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
05-27-2008 |
Environment
Amy Todisco Helps Housekeepers Clean Greennew
The founder of the online store Green Living Now helps people navigate the extensive and often confusing world of "natural" products.
Seven Days |
Alison Novak |
05-12-2008 |
Environment
Enviro-Friendly?new
Despite rebuke of its own product, Seventh Generation pushes to regulate toxic chemicals.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
03-28-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Groundwater Risingnew
Who's bottling Vermont's H2O -- and at what price?
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
02-29-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Vermont Bike Advocates Ask for Room on the Roadnew
Vermont is renowned for being a great place to ride a bike. Scenery and quiet country roads abound. Safety, however, is in shorter supply.
Seven Days |
Kirk Kardashian |
02-08-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Carbon Copy?new
Just what is carbon trading, anyway?
Seven Days |
Jon Margolis |
02-01-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Fission Accomplishednew
When the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant finally closes, will there be enough money to clean up its radioactive legacy?
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
12-17-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Keeping Coolnew
Sterling College's Center for Northern Studies talks tundra in a warming world.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Farmers, Activists & Ag Experts Weigh in on Farm Billnew
This year's bill tips the scales at more than 1500 pages, with an estimated price tag of nearly $300 billion. For the next five years, this bill will go a long way toward determining what we grow, what we eat, and whose wallets and waistbands grow the widest.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard and Mike Ives |
11-16-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment, Farm Bill
Laid to Rustnew
Six years and $19 million into a major Superfund cleanup, why is the Ompompanoosuc River running orange?
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
09-05-2007 |
Environment
