AltWeeklies Wire
Seeking Alternatives to Gas Guzzlersnew
With gas prices through the roof, a handful of Quebecers are converting their own cars to biodiesel vehicles. The DIY
combination of vegetable oil, animal fat and cooking oil is intriguing to green-minded drivers, although it hasn't taken off just yet.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
08-19-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Rats Take Over a Formerly Spiffy City Parknew
For years, the park was privately owned and maintained. In those halcyon days, the park was clean and peaceful, brimming with strollers and picnickers. No more.
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
08-08-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
You Can't 'Nuke' Global Warmingnew
New studies add evidence that nuclear power
causes more problems than it solves. One of them is the health risks caused by even low-level doses of radiation.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
07-15-2005 |
Commentary
Wander Womannew
An apprentice to the world at large, Rebecca Solnit has made a life's work out of scavenging for connections. Her latest collection of essays sweeps through myriad varieties of loss, from objects to memories to love.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
07-05-2005 |
Nonfiction
Southern Co. Tackles Global Warming ...or Does It?new
Southern Co. is making progress when it comes to pollution reduction, spending $6 billion on controls for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and mercury. But that money will do nothing to combat global warming.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
06-09-2005 |
Environment
Tags: 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
Mountain Families Clash With Environmentalistsnew
It's a conflict where both sides are right, each in their own way, and no one is a villain -- except the federal government, but that goes without saying.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
06-02-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Rancher Turns the Tables on Environmentalistsnew
The Center for Biological Diversity tried to make Jim Chilton a bad guy. He sued -- a switch, given that the Center is normally the one filing the lawsuits -- and won one of the biggest punitive damage awards Arizona is likely to see this year.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
06-02-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Drought of 2005new
Cascade Mountain snowpack is scant, so Seattle utilities have carefully measured and managed every drop of water.
Seattle Weekly |
Kirsten DeLara |
05-25-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Living with Falloutnew
Although a new study found that 15 Montana counties received some of the nation’s highest doses of fallout following Nevada’ nuclear tests in the 1950s, Montanans aren’t included in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
05-13-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
This Fish Is a No-Brainernew
If we were serious about living consciously, we'd stop eating fish.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
04-29-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Hydrogen—The Next Snake Oil?
Touted as the energy solution to greenhouse gases, hydrogen turns out to have more problems than it is supposed to solve.
Monday Magazine |
Russ Francis |
04-18-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Facing the End of the Oil Era
Worries about high gas prices pale in comparison to worries about Peak Oil.
Monday Magazine |
Alisa Gordaneer |
04-18-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
$81 Million– Record settlement Ends AQMD suit with BP-ARCO
On March 17 British Petroleum/ARCO West Coast settled a landmark case $81 million with AQMD on a suit worth $260 million.
Random Lengths News |
Mike Easterbrook |
04-01-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Court Rules on an 'Act of Bio-Piracy'new
A U.S. bid to patent the miracle neem tree was cut down by a European court.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
03-24-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
