AltWeeklies Wire
Unsanctioned Sicknessnew
With victim-compensation legislation stalled, and the science of asbestos-related disease uncertain, how does the federal government plan to "heal" Libby, Montana?
Missoula Independent |
Mike Keefe-Feldman |
09-09-2004 |
Environment
Methane Madnessnew
Montana Gov. Judy Martz insists that Canada assess the environmental impacts of coal bed methane drilling north of Glacier National Park. So why is she giving a pass to the same industry in her own backyard?
Missoula Independent |
Yogesh Simpson |
08-26-2004 |
Environment
Class-Action Lawsuits Likely in Wake of BioLab Firenew
Three months after a massive chlorine fire 25 miles east of Atlanta caused the evacuation of at least 11,000 Rockdale County residents, BioLab Inc. is just one step away from finishing its environmental cleanup. The 3,000 or so people hoping to sue the company are another matter.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
08-26-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Is B.C. Jeopardizing Glacier to Pay for the Olympics?new
British Columbia sees drilling in Elk Valley as a source of revenue. But with it comes with the possibility of impacting watersheds in Montana, including some in Glacier National Park, with increased salt or metal levels.
Missoula Independent |
Mike Keefe-Feldman |
08-20-2004 |
Environment
Sierra Club Election Snags on Immigration Debatenew
While Sierra Club leaders worry about a takeover by proponents of fringe causes, dissident board candidates argue that an influx of foreigners endangers biodiversity and food production in California.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Matt Kettmann |
08-07-2004 |
Environment
Robert McNamara's Son Pursues Passion for Social Justicenew
Raised during his father's war, California organic farmer Craig McNamara cultivates fields and minds.
Sacramento News & Review |
Cosmo Garvin |
08-07-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Nassau County Dumps Trash on a Public Beachnew
The county is using one of its public beaches as an illegal landfill. File cabinets, old auto parts, rusty oil drums, and home appliances are piled ten feet high behind massive walls of sand, apparently created to disguise the trash behind them.
Long Island Press |
Christopher Twarowski |
08-07-2004 |
Environment
Serious Beach Books Could Ruin Your Tilapia Dinnernew
Marine researcher Richard Ellis inks out humanity's remarkably efficient depletion of marine life, be it plant, fish, or mammal. Ellis's book on the ocean is reviewed along with Russ Rymer's "American Beach," James Jones' "From Here to Eternity," Lisa Stocker's "P-Town Summer" and Charles Sprawson's "Haunts of the Black Masseur."
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
08-07-2004 |
Fiction
Film Turns Environmentalism Into Big Cheesy Fun
Sitting through the enviro-apocalyptic thriller The Day After Tomorrow is akin to watching The Weather Network while having a really bad acid trip.
Monday Magazine |
Robert Moyes |
08-07-2004 |
Reviews
Wilderness on Holdnew
Next month the Wilderness Act turns 40. Montana hasn't put it to use in two decades. Is it still relevant today?
Missoula Independent |
Mike Keefe-Feldman |
08-06-2004 |
Environment
Smell? What smell?new
Examining the decisions of a local air quality board in North Carolina reveals statewide problems with influence, laws and enforcement.
Mountain Xpress |
Steve Rasmussen |
07-23-2004 |
Environment
Owners of Abandoned Hazardous Waste Left Warning Signsnew
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enforcer Bob Rosen was dumbfounded that a now-defunct company left 13,000 drums, most of them filled with hazardous waste, in an open-air shipping depot in southeast Atlanta. Then he spotted a stream of fluid spouting from a cracked barrel.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
07-15-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Bringing Back the Salmon: Gail Norton Claims Credit for Bushnew
Interior Secretary Gail Norton jetted into Oregon to claim credit for returning salmon and steelhead to the Deschutes River "for the first time since 1968" on Tuesday. The Pelton Round Butte Dam complex has been the biggest stumbling block to healthy anadromous salmon fisheries in the high desert rivers for the last 50 years.
The Source Weekly |
Lacey Phillabaum |
07-14-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Cake Out in the Rain: Tanker Leaks Liquid Uraniumnew
While the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies was convened in San AANtonio, a truckload of liquified uranium was dripping on the highway in Asheville, N.C. -- and daily shipments of uranyl nitrate are routine.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
07-09-2004 |
Environment
A Company Goes Bust -- and Leaves the EPA with One Big Messnew
A potential toxic soup sits in a shipping depot in southeast Atlanta. A shuttered company that specialized in disposing hazardous waste has abandoned about 13,000 containers there. Fifty-five-gallon drums containing flammable oils and lubricants are stacked on and amid chemicals that, if mixed with the flammables, could ignite.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
07-01-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
