AltWeeklies Wire
Making Waves ... and Powernew
Is it the Americans or powerful oil and gas interests standing in the way of wind farms on the Great Lakes?
NOW Magazine |
Staff |
07-20-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Corporate Pollution Absolutionnew
Planktos is dumping questionable materials into the ocean so that you can buy forgiveness in the form of carbon credits.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
07-18-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Will This Be Firestorm 2007?new
The risk of another major fire season in British Columbia is high.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
07-13-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Timber!new
When President Bush declared western New York a federal disaster area following last October's freak snowstorm, he touched off an urban logging operation in Buffalo, paid for by federal dollars and benefiting only a few private contractors.
Artvoice |
Buck Quigley |
07-13-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Plugged In To Windnew
Texas remains the national leader in wind energy, yet only 2.5 percent of the state's energy comes from renewable sources.
San Antonio Current |
Stephen Keller |
07-11-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Taking the LEEDnew
Green-friendly architecture is trying to redesign the bottom line.
San Diego CityBeat |
Justin Roberts |
07-11-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Driving to the Brinknew
Every time Congress considers raising CAFE standards, the automakers wail and howl.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
07-10-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
What Global Warming Could Mean for Michigannew
Winters are milder, lakes aren't freezing over the way they once did, spring-like weather is arriving earlier -- and those changes beget more change.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
07-10-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Environmentalists Skeptical of 'Clean' Coalnew
Although the debate over coal-burning power plants often begins at the smokestack, the Sierra Club finds that coal's path of destruction really begins in the mine and continues to wreak havoc until waste finds its way to a landfill, abandoned mine, or human lung.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
07-09-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Grapes of Cashnew
Lewis & Clark College owns thousands of acres in Eastern Oregon. If you think that's odd, read what the school might do with them.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
07-05-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
A Texas Town is Poisoned, But No One is Responsiblenew
A pesticide-processing plant that operated in South Mission from 1950 to 1972 is believed to be the cause of cancer and birth defects -- but since the facility closed, attempts to remove toxic residues and compensate residents have repeatedly foundered.
The Texas Observer |
Jesse Boga |
07-03-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Biomass, Fuel of the Futurenew
University of Wisconsin-Madison will be one of three institutions nationally to receive federal grants worth $25 million a year for five years to discover more efficient ways of producing biofuels.
Isthmus |
Phil Hands |
07-02-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Toxic Indianapolisnew
Our city's air pollution problems are disproportionately harming our economy, our health and our natural environment -- they are also a direct result of competing political agendas and interests between state and city governments, as well as our own bad habits.
NUVO |
Laura McPhee |
06-29-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Gas Guzzling is a Hard Sell, But the Senate Is Buyingnew
Excuse me if I'm not impressed with the new fuel economy standards (35 miles per gallon by the year 2020) just passed by the US Senate.
Artvoice |
Michael I. Niman |
06-29-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Politics of Pollutingnew
The Senate moves to greatly increase gas mileage in cars and trucks, but doesn't go far enough for California.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
06-29-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
