AltWeeklies Wire
Prepare for the Worse: Climate Change Meets Disaster Planningnew
Disaster preparedness experts try to get homeowners and cities prepared for the looming threats of shaking earth and giant waves.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
10-24-2013 |
Environment
Reef Madnessnew
The fight to save offshore oil platforms and the ecosystems they support.
Gambit |
Kari Dequine Harden |
10-17-2013 |
Environment
Colleges Cutting Carbonnew
Students take the grassroots divestment movement to university administrations at colleges and universities across Indiana.
NUVO |
Jaclyn Goldsborough |
10-02-2013 |
Environment
Fair is Fairnew
Fair-trade organizations make sustainability more than a fringe cause.
VUE Weekly |
Madeline Smith |
09-26-2013 |
Environment
Tags: Fair Trade
Boulder County Floods: What's in the Water?new
A look at potential flood-related impacts on human health and the environment.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer |
09-26-2013 |
Environment
Border Alertnew
Coping with catastrophe along the line.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-12-2013 |
Environment
How to Stop a Floodnew
A guided tour through Williams Canyon in Colorado shows that containing its watery rage is tricky business.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
09-12-2013 |
Environment
Rampant Poaching Threatens Ginseng's Survivalnew
With wild ginseng root fetching upward of $800 a pound, untold numbers of poachers have taken to local forests, overwhelming meager law enforcement resources and leaving the plant's survival in doubt.
Mountain Xpress |
Jake Frankel |
09-04-2013 |
Environment
Tags: North Carolina
Total Annihilationnew
What's the deal with Alberta's rat-free status?
VUE Weekly |
Ryan Bromsgrove |
08-27-2013 |
Environment
Waste: The Dark Side of the New Coffee Crazenew
Single-cup brewing is the hottest and most lucrative sector of the coffee market nationwide, but it's also producing massive amounts of trash.
East Bay Express |
Vanessa Rancaño |
08-26-2013 |
Environment
Trainloads of Toxics and Chemicals Going Through Eugene, Ore.new
A train-hopping videographer gets the information the government won't provide — just what's on the trains going through Eugene, Ore. Crude oil, hydrochloric acid and propane in tank cars known to puncture and tear.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
08-16-2013 |
Environment
The Big Oil Lawsuit and Wetlands War in Louisiananew
A Southeast Louisiana flood control board is suing Big Oil for its role in wetlands loss.
Gambit |
Clancy DuBos |
07-30-2013 |
Environment
Green Tribunal: India and Enviro Lawnew
While America-centric enviros might think of India as "backward" with images of the 1984 Union Carbide Bhopal disaster and its toxic effects lingering, India just might surge ahead of us when it comes to its system for litigating development and the environment.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
06-30-2013 |
Environment
Rivers in Perilnew
How Jerry Brown's plan to build two giant water tunnels, along with legislation in Congress, could ultimately spoil the last of Northern California's wild and scenic rivers.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
06-24-2013 |
Environment
Black Daysnew
First the Waldo Canyon fire, now the Black Forest fire. Should Colorado just expect huge wildfires from now on?
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
06-19-2013 |
Environment
Tags: climate change, Black Forest fire
