AltWeeklies Wire
Warm Globally, Act Locallynew
Seattle officials deserve credit for positing initial changes and for drawing attention to the problem of global warming, but even they have to go much farther.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
03-29-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Public Noticenew
In planning what to do with the nation's stockpile of mercury, the feds kept Nevada in the dark every step of the way.
Reno News & Review |
Dennis Myers |
03-23-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Clay, Sand, and Row Housesnew

Urban dwellers get up to their elbows in natural building techniques, and discover they're not just for rural eco-retreats any more.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
03-23-2006 |
Environment
Fire From the Skynew
In cattle country, wildlife falls under the federal gun.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
03-22-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Legumes That Zoom!new
Those aren't freedom fries you smell -- that's my biodiesel-fueled car.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ryder Palmere |
03-17-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Pitchfork Rebellionnew

A group of Oregon country dwellers think they're being poisoned by herbicides sprayed on private forestlands -- they just can't prove it. But state agencies can't prove them wrong, either.
Eugene Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
03-16-2006 |
Environment
Going Nuclearnew

Why should Houston want a nuclear power plant?
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
03-13-2006 |
Environment
The Greenest Capitalistnew

Carpet king Ray Anderson's 1994 epiphany began his quest to become a completely sustainable carpet manufacturer.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
03-09-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Psst ... Wanna Buy A National Forest?new
The Bush administration proposes selling off parts of the Ocala National Forest to pad the budget.
Orlando Weekly |
James Carlson |
03-02-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Green and Bare Itnew

A new crop of environmentalists prove biodiesel can be sexy.
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
02-23-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Oil Addictsnew

Peak oil proponents like Randy White see oil as the card that will bring the whole house down and change American life dramatically.
Willamette Week |
Ian Demsky |
02-22-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Land of Endangermentnew

New Mexico is ground zero in the current environmental battles brought on by the Endangered Species Act.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Nathan Dinsdale |
02-01-2006 |
Environment
Environmentalists Try to Free Fish Trapped in Reservoirsnew

Getting home is an uphill swim for the East Bay's steelhead trout, even without San Francisco's water agency and George W. Bush teamed up against them.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
12-12-2005 |
Environment
Fowl-Offal Plant Emits an Awful, Foul Odornew

Neighbors are complaining of the stench from a first-of-its-kind facility designed to convert turkey offal into oils, gas and minerals for use as fuel and fertilizer.
The Pitch |
David Martin |
11-30-2005 |
Environment
To Die on the Plainnew

Marlene Braun's struggle to save the Carrizo Plain drove her to suicide.
San Luis Obispo New Times |
John Peabody |
11-17-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment