AltWeeklies Wire
Roadless Ragenew
Coloradans wrangle over the future of national forest land, but George W. Bush will have the final say.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Dan Wilcock |
02-13-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Gas Bill Aid Falls Shortnew
Once the natural gas market was deregulated, competition didn't bring down prices -- the market became more susceptible to gas price fluctuations.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
01-19-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Park Pactnew
Is big business eyeing our nationally protected lands?
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
12-15-2005 |
Environment
Tags: 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
Out of Breathnew
Ozone pollution is threatening the health of Pikes Peak area residents in Colorado. But does anyone care?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Terje Langeland |
11-11-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Putting Soul Back in Soilnew
Only consumers can ensure organics are ethical and ecological.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
11-07-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Protesting Mounts Over I-3new
Along with his Senate chums Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, Charles Norwood is championing an interstate that they've informally dubbed "I-3" -- an up to 1,000-foot-wide gash of concrete stretching 400 miles from Knoxville to Savannah.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
11-04-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Divine Destructionnew
Why save the planet when it's doomed? The anti-environmental "wise use" movement is gaining popularity among religious conservatives.
Seattle Weekly |
Stephenie Hendricks |
11-02-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Out of Energy?
Fuel alternatives abound, but the federal government isn't about to fund them.
Knocking Opportunitynew
Bordered by wasteland and marked as a dump, a small Montana town near the Clark Fork River’s headwaters fears the Milltown Dam cleanup could shut the door on its future.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
10-06-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Roadkill Bluesnew
Park byways have become a bloody mess.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-29-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Jumping the Cutnew
Even as Bitterroot National Forest officials continue taking comment on a controversial timber cut, they've already spent $160,000 toward enacting a plan that 98 percent of the public says it doesn't want.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
09-22-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Shaking the Tree
Activists opposed to Oklahoma City’s proposed logging of Lake Atoka don’t consider the tree removal an environmentally sound idea. But officials claim the logging will control erosion near the metro’s main water source.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Deborah Benjamin |
09-16-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The New Gasnew
The high price of gasoline is starting to make alternative fuels look better. Meet Biodiesel, a simple derivative of vegetable oil, ethanol and lye that can be brewed in a backyard still.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
09-15-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Biologists Enlist Fish to Fight Aquatic Weedsnew
Unchecked, hydrilla can fill lakes and ponds with dense, green curtains that choke out native species and snare boats and swimmers. But it appears to have met its match in another equally exotic species -- the sterile grass carp.
Mountain Xpress |
Kent Priestly |
08-23-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
