AltWeeklies Wire
Connecticut May Ban Idling Vehiclesnew
The legislature wants to snuff out endless idling with a bill that would make it an infraction to idle longer than three minutes, and would transfer enforcement powers from state environmental officers to local police. But the bill exempts some of the worst polluters of all: big diesel trucks.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
04-01-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Ecoholic: My Life, Unpluggednew
Forget Earth Hour's 60 minutes -- how 'bout six days without power to shower, sauté or switch on the tube?
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
03-28-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Enviro-Friendly?new
Despite rebuke of its own product, Seventh Generation pushes to regulate toxic chemicals.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
03-28-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Florida's Poisoned Wellnew
What was contaminating our drinking water? Who knows -- Dade County officials stopped looking.
Miami New Times |
Isaiah Thompson |
03-24-2008 |
Environment
Nuclear Power is Back on the Tablenew
Are you comfortable with that?
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
03-24-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Gray Water: The Wave of the Futurenew
For communities serious about saving precious resources, green-friendly gray water systems may be the way to go.
Pasadena Weekly |
Jana J. Monji |
03-24-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Tapped Out: Surviving in a World Without Waternew
Some 18 percent of the world's population wouldn't know clean water if they saw it, and roughly 2.6 billion people, says the UN, don't have access to basic toilets. Beyond that, scientists have been telling us for years that greenhouse gases are enveloping the planet, which is only getting warmer and drier.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
03-24-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Clock is Ticking on Great Lakes Cleanupnew
John Austin of the Brookings Institution says that if the government spends $26 billion cleaning up the Great Lakes, the economic benefit to America will be $80 to $100 billion. Will the next president step up?
Artvoice |
Bruce Fisher |
03-14-2008 |
Environment
Fight Against Nukesnew
Environmentalists and nuclear activists challenge the Savannah River Site plans to take part in a controversial new "Bombplex 2030" program.
Metro Spirit |
Murfee Faulk |
03-12-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Eco-Terrorism? There's No Such Thing
Property rights extremists equate burning a Hummer H2 with the mass murder of 9/11. But terrorism involves killing people -- not gas guzzlers.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
03-10-2008 |
Environment
The Plastic Plaguenew
Even China has found ways to deal with the glut of plastic shopping bags. When will Chicago get it together?
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke |
03-10-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
SoCal's Ports of Harmnew
With the death toll in the thousands every year, what will it take for L.A. and Long Beach to clean up their act?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Alan Mittelstaedt and Emma Gallegos |
03-07-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Portland Schools Struggle to Meet Enviro Goals at Lunchnew
Even as the district has cultivated an eco-friendly image with a "green" schools push and a new farm-to-school program to provide local food for its lunches, it has served almost 33,000 meals each school day since 2001 on nonreusable plastic-foam trays.
Willamette Week |
Shefali Kulkarni |
03-05-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Chemicals and Quarantines in San Francisconew
City officials resist plans to use aerial spraying against a potentially damaging moth.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
03-05-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Turning Science into Social Changenew
A conference in Mexico positions sea turtles as a catalyst for future environmental efforts.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Ben Preston |
03-03-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
