AltWeeklies Wire
Fall of the Redwood Empirenew
Clearcutting for vineyards is nothing new in wine country. Can it be stopped?
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
12-12-2011 |
Environment
EBMUD Kills Sierra Dam Proposalnew
The agency now says it may collaborate on the expansion of Los Vaqueros Reservoir near Brentwood.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
12-08-2011 |
Environment
National Forests' Fate Is Uncertainnew
Competing bills in Congress would either protect national forests or open them up to oil and gas development, motorized recreating, and logging.
East Bay Express |
Susanne Rust |
12-02-2011 |
Environment
Climate Change Warnings Heat Upnew
Two leading agencies say we must curb emissions now to avoid catastrophic warming.
East Bay Express |
Susanne Rust |
11-28-2011 |
Environment
Tags: Climate Change
17,000 Species — and Countingnew
A project to identify every living thing in the Great Smoky Mountains has a lot to show for its first decade of work. But where does it go from here?
Metro Pulse |
Jesse Fox Mayshark |
11-22-2011 |
Environment
Congress Continues Attack on Coal Ash Regulationsnew
A U.S. Senate effort is underway to block more restrictive federal regulation of coal combustion and its byproducts.
NUVO |
Jill McCarty |
11-21-2011 |
Environment
Giant Duck Threatens to Bring ExxonMobil to Its Kneesnew
If ExxonMobil collapses by the end of the day into bankruptcy, with company executives begging for forgiveness for their polluting ways, all the credit should go to a giant inflatable duck.
Houston Press |
Rich Connelly |
11-15-2011 |
Environment
Indianapolis Becomes a Better Place for Birdsnew
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently awarded Indianapolis $70,000 in recognition of the city signing the Urban Conservation Treaty for Migratory Birds.
NUVO |
Aisha Townsend |
11-14-2011 |
Environment
The Plastic Problemnew
Berkeley pioneered curbside recycling but is now buried in plastic after failing to convince residents to stop buying it. Do its neighbors have a solution?
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
11-11-2011 |
Environment
Tags: Recycling
State Warns Against Burning Yard Wastenew
IDEM urges residents not to burn their piles of leaves – even if it’s allowed locally – and to find healthier alternatives when disposing of their yard waste.
NUVO |
Franklin College Pulliam School of Journalism |
11-03-2011 |
Environment
No Drought, No Water Bond for California?new
Now that California is flush with water, the passage of an $11 billion bond measure is in doubt.
East Bay Express |
Lance Williams |
10-31-2011 |
Environment
Pro-Lifer’s War on the EPA a Morally Bankrupt Casenew
In the nearly 40-year war that has been the battle over abortion in the United States, liberals have frequently complained about the hypocrisy of those who prostrate themselves before medical clinics and yet fail to turn out for a single state-sanctioned execution or war protest.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
10-27-2011 |
Environment
Exploratory Drilling OKednew
Last week, county commissioners gave the green light to Ultra Petroleum of Houston to conduct exploratory drilling in the eastern part of the county.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
10-27-2011 |
Environment
Slideshow: A Trip to the Evergladesnew
At last week’s Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Miami, NUVO managing editor Jim Poyser took a daylong trip to the Everglades.
NUVO |
Jim Poyser |
10-27-2011 |
Environment
7,000,000,000new
The world's population hits 7 billion on Halloween.
Reno News & Review |
D. Brian Burghart |
10-27-2011 |
Environment
