AltWeeklies Wire
Coal Train: Coming to Tracks Near Younew
With three proposed coal export terminals, Oregon is facing the prospect of over one mile long open-topped coal trains spewing diesel fumes and coal dust through its towns and into its forests, rivers and lakes. Will Oregon be the gateway for the fossil fuel exports Big Coal is looking for?
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
01-20-2012 |
Environment
Valero Working Overtime to Stop Climate-Change Legislationnew
Move over Koch Brothers, San Antonio's Valero Energy wants to keep the future oily.
San Antonio Current |
Robert Crowe |
01-18-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Valero, Oil industry
Jerry Brown's Plan Threatens Climate Change Goalsnew
The elimination of redevelopment could derail smart growth and encourage suburban sprawl.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
01-11-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Jerry Brown, climate change
Polar Bears, Our Environmental Bellwethersnew
We deploy voguish (if also necessary) green technologies in a hope that green money will save our blue planet and its white poles. Dare we place our hope in consumer capitalism? Can we buy our way toward a future?
INDY Week |
Eva Hayward |
01-04-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Polar Bears
How to Make Your Own Green Cleaning Productsnew
The area under most people's kitchen sinks is reserved for toxic chemicals that can either get you high or kill you. Somehow we've accepted the idea that the stronger the chemical smell, the cleaner our homes are, but anyone who's gotten dizzy off of fumes while scrubbing the tub has realized the irony of the situation: a clean home doesn't necessarily equal a healthy one.
Charleston City Paper |
Erica Jackson Curran |
01-02-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Green Cleaning Products
The Lost Pines of Texasnew
Except where it serves as a reminder of our connection to, and dependence upon, nature, the incredible loss of trees this year was a total disaster.
San Antonio Current |
Brandon R. Reynolds |
01-02-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Texas trees
Punishing Drought Just Getting Started in Texasnew
Natural weather cycles delivered the worst one-year drought in the historic record to Texas in 2011. Scientists examining tree rings had to go back as far as 1789 to find a worse one.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
01-02-2012 |
Environment
Tags: drought in Texas
Texas vs. EPAnew
As 2011 dawned, state leaders were openly refusing to abide by new nationwide greenhouse gas emissions standards.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
12-30-2011 |
Environment
Fill 'Er Upnew
A massive South County project has environmental watchdogs guessing.
North Bay Bohemian |
Darwin Bond-Graham |
12-30-2011 |
Environment
2011 in Review: Environmentnew
Despite numerous efforts to improve the environment, overall, things just spiraled further out of control as humans were unable to change their consumeristic ways.
NUVO |
Jim Poyser |
12-27-2011 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, climate change
Censored Scientist Wants to Restore Sound Policy-Making in Texasnew
Two months of sustained outrage from scientists, academics, and newspaper editorial boards may have changed things at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality — at least when it comes to publishing hard, peer-reviewed science.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
12-23-2011 |
Environment
Behind the GMO Curtainnew
Big Ag threatens war on Boulder, Colorado.
Boulder Weekly |
Jefferson Dodge and Joel Dyer |
12-15-2011 |
Environment
Petro Statenew
Alberta's economy is dominated by oil and gas, but critics contend that it also dominates government policy.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Drew Anderson |
12-15-2011 |
Environment
Oil and Water: Will They Mix?new
With drillers starting test wells, fracking's uncertainties float to the surface.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
12-15-2011 |
Environment
Trashednew
At UC Berkeley, recyclables end up in the landfill, outdoor plazas are drowning in litter, and gardeners spend their days collecting garbage. Welcome to the world's greenest university.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
12-14-2011 |
Environment
