AltWeeklies Wire
Text Marks the (Oil) Spotnew

Gulf residents help map the oiled Gulf Coast from their phones and kites.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
07-28-2010 |
Environment
Tags: BP, Deepwater Horizon
San Francisco's Killer Frogsnew

A tiny pond near the mouth of Golden Gate Park is host to as many as 10,000 invasive African clawed frogs so voracious they're a threat to the entire state.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
07-23-2010 |
Environment
The Next Hot Spot for Offshore Drillingnew

The feds have targeted areas off the environmentally sensitive North Carolina coast for oil and gas exploration.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
07-02-2010 |
Environment
Animated Cartoon: "The Price at the Pump"new

How much are you really willing to pay for gas? Ted Rall and David Essman's new animated editorial cartoon for websites wants to know.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
07-01-2010 |
Environment
Come Hell or Saltwaternew

The ocean is probably going to be Monterey’s main water supply within six years.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
06-24-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Monterey, desalination
Tale of Two Landfillsnew
With a pair of giant corporations vying for control of San Francisco's trash, will the city's zero waste dreams ever become a reality?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
06-16-2010 |
Environment
Democrats, Griffin Differ on BP Demandsnew
A Tim Griffin news release today cites an Arkansas Times blog post in defense of the 2nd District Republican's position on BP's obligations in the Gulf oil disaster.
Arkansas Times |
Max Brantley |
06-16-2010 |
Environment
Tags: BP, Tim Griffin
Healing Haiti: Changing a Country From Withinnew

For more than 20 years, Jean André Victor worked as an agronomist in Haiti, tying to solve the riddle of how to fix centuries of environmental degradation and poverty.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
06-10-2010 |
Environment
The Last Oyster Harvest?new

A family of oyster harvesters contemplates the future after the gulf oil disaster.
Gambit |
Mary Tutwiler |
06-09-2010 |
Environment
Gas-Pipe Dreamsnew

Oil's not the only dirty, dangerous fossil fuel.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
05-27-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Liquified Natural Gas, LNG
Coming Soon to a Field Near Younew
Chevron has subpoenaed 600 hours of outtakes from the makers of the documentary Crude, as part of their defense against a major eco-lawsuit brought by the residents of a remote area of Ecuador. Anybody in a gas- or oil-drilling area should be paying attention.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Fort Worth Weekly Staff |
05-26-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Chevron
Michigan Debates the Future of Wind Powernew
Gov. Jennifer Granholm says the state can make a transformation from the "rust belt" to the "green belt" by aggressively pursuing policies that promote clean energy alternatives to the burning of fossil fuels.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
05-11-2010 |
Environment
Disaster in the Gulfnew

Taking a look at the ecological nightmare spawned by the oil leak, and what it could mean for the Louisiana seafood industry.
Gambit |
Jeremy Alford |
05-05-2010 |
Environment
The Appalachian Trail Isn't Dead . . . Yetnew
Rising pollution and private development threaten the Appalachian Trail.
C-Ville Weekly |
Brian Chidester |
05-05-2010 |
Environment
Long Island's Toxic Time Bombnew

The dilapidated and understaffed sewage treatment facilities in Nassau County are leaving Long Island vulnerable to a disaster of "Katrina" proportions.
Long Island Press |
Christopher Twarowski |
04-29-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Sewage, Nassau County