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Modern-Day Gold Rush Comes to Pennsylvanianew
Natural gas drillers are buying mineral rights from property owners across the state, but environmentalists worry about the price to be paid.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
04-27-2009 |
Environment
Going Green Means Taking Down the King of Coalnew
The general manager of Colorado's largest electricity cooperative believes that coal will keep electric bills cheap. But with cheap and easily accessible coal getting harder to come by and politicians considering a hefty carbon tax on fossil fuels, critics say a new coal plant could end up being a multimillion-dollar liability.
Westword |
Joel Warner |
04-27-2009 |
Environment
Getting Lost on the Neches Rivernew
Jim Schutze gets lost canoeing the Neches River, and finds the wildlife refuge Dallas wants to dam to secure its water supply.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
04-27-2009 |
Environment
A Blue-Ribbon Green Housenew
Two LSU architecture students win a design competition with an affordabe, sustainable house for a New Orleans area ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. The design incorporates a shipping container, a wall of recycled crab traps with oyster shells in them, and fishing nets used as balcony railings.
Gambit |
Noah Bonaparte Pais |
04-24-2009 |
Environment
Routine Inaction on Environmental Reports Fuels Frustrationnew
A woodland caribou report recently released by Environment Canada is the third major federal environmental report of the past 18 months to be sat on, shelved or downplayed. Conservationists have expressed frustration and the report's authors have joined the growing trend for scientists to be openly critical of government.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Ian Doig |
04-23-2009 |
Environment
Can E3 Put the Green Back in Banking?new
E3bank, the first sustainability-focused bank in the Philadelphia region, is not your typical financial hub.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Andrew Thompson |
04-23-2009 |
Environment
Bet You're Not As Committed to 'Sustainable Living' As These Portlandersnew
The 7-acre Tryon Life Community Farm in Southwest Portland is home to a residential worker collective known as Cedar Moon. Sixteen adults and six children ages 3 to 9 live in two buildings directly off a long, pothole-speckled driveway.
Willamette Week |
Adrienne So |
04-22-2009 |
Environment
Albuquerque's Drinking Water Could Be at Risknew
Groundwater from Albuquerque's aquifer lies less than 500 feet below Sandia Labs' Mixed Waste Landfill. Sandia says there's no evidence any of the waste in the landfill has contaminated the water, but an environmental watchdog group says we can't know for sure.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
04-14-2009 |
Environment
Trashing the Bordernew
Illegal immigrants dump tons of waste in the wilderness every day -- and it's devastating the environment.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
04-02-2009 |
Environment
Boulder Struggles to Balance Conservation with Recreationnew
Boulder's draft Grasslands Ecosytem Management Plan was lauded by conservationists as a long overdue effort to inventory the city's grasslands and investigate the threats those lands face. But the document has drawn fire from a coalition of recreationists who believe that the plan exhibits an "anti-trail" bias.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
03-16-2009 |
Environment
Oregonians Want Green Energy at Any Pricenew
There are a variety of explanations for the lack of outcry about Oregon's subsidies for wind farms. But perhaps most important, the idea of subsidizing renewable energy has the strong support of Gov. Ted Kulongoski, other political leaders and -- if polls are correct -- a large portion of Oregonians.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
03-11-2009 |
Environment
North Carolina Town Seeks Authority to Override Homeowners' Associationsnew
Aldermen in Carrboro, N.C. are asking for the authority to "provide by ordinance that no deed restriction or covenant can have the effect of limiting or prohibiting the use of green or sustainability features on a residential property."
INDY Week |
Sam Wardle |
03-05-2009 |
Environment
Endangered Birds Versus Green Energy in the Salinas Valleynew
The owner of a Monterey County winery would have been required to hire an ornithologist for three years to monitor bird deaths from his proposed wind turbines.
Monterey County Weekly |
Zachary Stahl |
02-19-2009 |
Environment
The Age of Aquaculture: The Dish on Farm-Raised Fishnew
Buying fish has become confusing and controversial as the debate between farm-raised vs. wild fish grows. What's good, what's bad and what are the larger issues for an industry that's making its presence known.
Boise Weekly |
Tara Morgan |
02-18-2009 |
Environment
Tags: food, farming, water quality, environment, business, fishing, water rights, Idaho, Northwest, aquaculture
Corn Ethanol is Fueling Controversy ... Except Among Democratsnew
Mounting opposition to corn ethanol, and the spreading global food crisis, pose a serious question for President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders in Washington: Will they attempt to slow or reverse the ethanol mandates?
The Texas Observer |
Robert Bryce |
02-18-2009 |
Environment
