AltWeeklies Wire
No Cost for Dredging South Fork Yet: Locals Weigh In on Possibilitiesnew
With the exception of a slip of the tongue by Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority Chairman Mike Gaffney, last week’s public meeting on a dredging feasibility study for the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir kept talk of potential costs underwater.
C-Ville Weekly |
Brendan Fitzgerald |
03-17-2010 |
Environment
Get the Buzz: Why Bees are a Sweet Addition to City Lifenew
When I was a kid, my mother used to make a big jar of honey and fresh-squeezed lemon juice every winter. The thick, bittersweet concoction was our cough medicine, and we would gladly line up for a spoon of that rather than cod liver oil or castor oil — both of which were also freely passed out among us.
Metro Times |
Larry Gabriel |
03-16-2010 |
Environment
The Permaculture Credit Union Might Be America’s Greenest Banknew
Within a month of becoming president of the Santa Fe-based Permaculture Credit Union—a unique financial institution based, as the name suggests, on eco-friendly principles—Don Sarich had his first encounter with a skeptical government regulator.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Corey Pein |
03-11-2010 |
Environment
A Colorado Town Wants Fewer Trash Trucks and More Recyclingnew
For two years, Teri Christman has been battling the garbage trucks that roar through her town. She's fighting to change city law so that only one trash company can operate in Manitou, and she wants that company to also provide single-stream recycling to every home.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
03-11-2010 |
Environment
Fish Fry: Worst-Case Scenarios for Carp in the Great Lakesnew
Scientists, lawyers and the hosting politician had the to-be-expected persuasive presentations at a forum about what it would mean for Lake St. Clair and the Great Lakes if Asian carp breach barriers to rivers and canals in Indiana and Illinois and enter Lake Michigan.
Metro Times |
News Hits staff |
03-02-2010 |
Environment
Central California Farmers Worry About the Impact of a Proposed Solar Farmnew
The sun that shines on Central Cali's Panoche Valley is now luring industry into the unruffled pastureland. Solargen Energy proposes a solar array that, if built today, would be the biggest in the world. But for local sustainable farmers, the project might as well be Wal-Mart.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
02-26-2010 |
Environment
Get Ready, Get Set: Ten Great Ideas That Could Save the Planetnew
No. 1: Shut down coal-fired power plants. We’re already producing 23 percent more electricity than peak demand forecast for this summer. And 27 percent more power than peak demand forecast for the summer of 2014, according to a recent report by the Ontario Clean Air Alliance.
NOW Magazine |
NOW Magazine Staff |
02-26-2010 |
Environment
Could Public-Private Partnerships Save New York State Parks?new
In response to Gov. David Paterson’s plan to save New York $6.5 million by cutting funding to state parks, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy said this week that corporate sponsorships could be the answer. Levy, a Democrat, has said he would turn Republican if it would help his run for governor.
Artvoice |
Buck Quigley |
02-26-2010 |
Environment
Berkeley Has Abandoned its Once-Touted Home-Solar Financing Programnew
The City of Berkeley's home-solar financing program was going to be revolutionary. The highly publicized plan was supposed to help thousands of city residents install solar panels on their roofs without any up-front money. That was two years ago.
East Bay Express |
Judith Scherr |
02-24-2010 |
Environment
An Unpublished Study Shows the Lethal Effects of the Cosco Busan Oil Spillnew
Federal and state scientists hid from the public the groundbreaking results of a government report on the extreme danger posed to fish by the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill. Even as they shared them with the companies that control the Cosco Busan.
SF Weekly |
Peter Jamison |
02-24-2010 |
Environment
Will California Continue to Lead the Fight Against Global Warming?new
Despite problems, Arnold Schwarzenegger might still be remembered as the “green governor” who ushered in California’s landmark, sweeping global-warming law, Assembly Bill 32, also known as California’s Global Warming Solutions Act. The governor who built the green economy. But it's crunch time.
Sacramento News & Review |
Cosmo Garvin |
02-18-2010 |
Environment
UNC Stutter-Steps on its Way to Becoming Coal-Freenew
UNC will go carbon neutral, which means it will balance any carbon dioxide emissions with an equal amount of reductions or offsets, officials say. But according to the university's current climate plan, that won't happen until 2050.
INDY Week |
Joe Schwartz |
02-12-2010 |
Environment
Poor and Homeless People May Grow Food in Downtown's Oft-Abused Parknew
Colorado Springs nonprofits hope to grow food that will be tended by homeless people, poor folks and runaway teenagers, with all of it going to feed the hungry.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
02-11-2010 |
Environment
Lawmakers Look to Shake Up the Recycling World, With Tons of Tires Nearbynew
"Our goal is to break even," Chris Houtchens says, describing the financial tightrope he walks each day so that the company he runs with his father, American Tire Exchange, can turn a profit selling usable tires in the states or in Mexico.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
02-09-2010 |
Environment
Look Closer at 'Environmentalism' and Economic Healthnew
Every January since 1969, speakers, writers and aged witnesses are asked to recall the offshore oil well blowouts. They’re always asked, "What was it like?” By now, shouldn’t the question be, “Is it still relevant?”
Santa Barbara Independent |
Robert Sollen |
02-08-2010 |
Environment
