AltWeeklies Wire
The New Face of Environmentalismnew
Van Jones renounced his rowdy black nationalism on the way toward becoming an influential leader of the new progressive politics.
East Bay Express |
Eliza Strickland |
11-07-2005 |
Environment
A Tricycle Built for Sevennew
The German-engineered septocycle, also known as a conference bike, combines a guard-lowering silliness factor with mechanical engineering prowess.
Reno News & Review |
Kris Vagner |
10-31-2005 |
Environment
It's Getting Hot in Herenew
Climate scientist Raymond Bradley's work on global warming is not controversial among scientists, but a Republican Congressman thinks it is.
Valley Advocate |
Andrew Varnon |
10-06-2005 |
Environment
I Sing the Scooter Electric
A former gas guzzler ponders hurricanes, climate change and the Car of the Future, before settling on an electric scooter.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Jennifer Lowe |
09-28-2005 |
Environment
Fire Storm: Can Burning Man Evolve Creatively to Cut Pollution?new
As water engulfed New Orleans in early September, fire consumed Black Rock City, Nevada. And oil fueled both events. Is Burning Man turning a blind eye to its fossil fuel addicton?
Eugene Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
09-19-2005 |
Environment
The Falls Guysnew
A battle over restoring an abused national treasure pits an engineer against an environmentalist; and at first glance, they are taking unlikely sides.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
06-09-2005 |
Environment
Current Dangernew
Montana's Blackfoot River -- of A River Runs Through It fame -- is threatened by the crumbling Mike Horse dam. Again.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
06-03-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Supersizing the American Homenew
The gains in energy efficiency that homebuilders have achieved are being offset by the increased size of homes and the explosive growth of amenities.
City Newspaper |
Krestia DeGeorge |
04-13-2005 |
Environment
New Hatchery Salmon Policy Could Doom Wild Stocksnew
Environmentalists and fishermen worry that how the Feds are determining the salmon population could mask the decline of wild salmon and remove their protections.
Eugene Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
03-07-2005 |
Environment
Bringing Down a Damnew
It was 1923 when engineers flooded Yosemite's magnificent Hetch Hetchy Valley. If building the O'Shaughnessy Dam can be seen as a glorious accomplishment of the 20th century, would tearing it down be a worthy testament to the 21st?
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
01-24-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Scorched-Earth Philosophy Sucks Life From Wetlandsnew
Wetlands are vanishing from the Houston region faster than from any other urban area in the nation, biologists say. The area's drain-fill-and-pave approach to wetlands management could soon become standard practice nationwide.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
01-18-2005 |
Environment
Arizona's Fossil Creek to Be Revivednew
Nearly 90 percent of Arizona's native riparian stream systems have been lost, and more than half of its native fish species are endangered. But business leaders and environmentalists are working together to restore Fossil Creek.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
11-09-2004 |
Environment
