AltWeeklies Wire
Greenest House Ever?new
Peeking under the hood of a development that may just be the greenest urban residence ever built within the limits of the law.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Ethan Stewart |
08-30-2011 |
Environment
Fighting Tar Sandsnew
Protesters from around the country are holding a sit-in at the White House against the destructive oil extraction process.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
08-24-2011 |
Environment
Fighting Wind, Stillnew
Roger Whitten, a Palouse resident, is still fighting wind power in his back yard, despite construction plans and an agreement with the region’s largest utility company.
The Inlander |
Heidi Groover |
08-19-2011 |
Environment
PG&E to Increase Frackingnew
The utility is involved in a project that may further increase demand for fracked natural gas while raising your monthly utility bill at the same time.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
08-17-2011 |
Environment
Cloudy with a chance of ashnew
LG&E shuts down plant that spewed coal ash over PRP
LEO Weekly |
Joe Sonka |
08-04-2011 |
Environment
Meltdown in Naptownnew
Efforts to respond to the varied and complex consequences of human-influenced climate change may be locked in long-term political quagmire. At the local level, though, the equation is simpler: It's a matter of life and death.
NUVO |
Rebecca Townsend |
08-01-2011 |
Environment
Protest Rules: Against Big Oil in Montananew
The last night of the Earth First! 2011 Round River Rendezvous was one of the quietest nights of the almost weeklong gathering. The environmental activists slept at their campsites in the Lolo National Forest, awaiting a 5 am wake-up call for an action against Big Oil that would use chants, signs and “sleeping dragons.” After days of workshops and training sessions, participants knew the action would target the tar sands route and oil pipelines; they knew their legal rights and they knew how to practice civil disobedience and direct action as safely and ethically as possible.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
07-21-2011 |
Environment
The New Normalnew
The world’s climate has already changed. Now what?
Santa Fe Reporter |
Laura Paskus |
07-15-2011 |
Environment
Going Green: Weather reportnew
Freaky storms can be certifiable proof—or a complete headache—for climate-change scientists
Pacific Sun |
Stan Cox |
07-15-2011 |
Environment
‘Clean’ Coal Sticks Its Snout Under San Antonio's Tentnew
In the slow-motion planetary train wreck that is fossil-fuel-derived climate disruption — whether you call it global warming, global ‘weirding,’ or a worldwide conspiracy of the labcoat class — no one factor ranks higher in the blame game than coal.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
07-14-2011 |
Environment
Green Monster: The Emerald Ash Borer in Upstate New Yorknew
In one corner of a long, barely lit room, standing in a spot that had been swept clean of the peeled ash bark that littered the rest of the space, Mike Callin, head forester for the Department of Environmental Conservation in Lake Katrine, addressed his team.
Syracuse New Times |
Alex Gecan |
07-13-2011 |
Environment
Water: Worst-Case Scenarios, What-Ifs, Heroes and Wastersnew
Humankind’s most recently scheduled date with the apocalypse came and went without much fanfare. But in New Mexico this year, with fire scorching the ground, smoke filling the air and drought settling in, it doesn’t exactly feel like we’ve gotten off scot-free.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Zane Fischer |
06-21-2011 |
Environment
Carbon Nation: CO2 Injection Hits the Northwestnew
Carbon capture and storage. It’s magic! With a little hocus pocus gas becomes liquid. But it might be a little more like a curse than a spell, or at least it has been for a farm in Canada where ponds began to fizz and ponds began to bubble.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
06-16-2011 |
Environment
Endangered Species Act Has Kept the Water Flowing in Texas, and it Won't Stop the Oilnew
Despite all the political huffing you hear coming from Texas these days, the federal Endangered Species Act has actually been an economic boon to Texas.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
06-09-2011 |
Environment
Invasion of Big Lagoonnew
The New Zealand mud snail reproduces like crazy, but is it a threat?
North Coast Journal |
Keith Easthouse |
06-07-2011 |
Environment
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