AltWeeklies Wire
20 Reasons the Earth Will Be Glad To See Bush Gonew
As our 43rd president scrambles to screw further with Mother Nature, we consider the ways our planet will be better off under Obama.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
12-18-2008 |
Environment
Why is Florida's Top Tourism Bureau Backing Offshore Drilling?new
The Florida Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus recently endorsed oil drilling off of Florida's coast.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Alex Pickett |
12-16-2008 |
Environment
Welcome to Nukesville, Floridanew
Who gets to pay for Progress Energy's new nuclear power plant? You do.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Alex Pickett |
12-16-2008 |
Environment
Dreaming of a Green Christmasnew
Here are some tips to keep a greener, more respectful holiday this year, and some ideas for you (and local governments) for future Christmas seasons.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Wayne Garcia |
12-16-2008 |
Environment
Militaries Map Out Scenarious for the Coming Climate Change Conflictsnew
I realized two years ago that the military in various countries were starting to run climate change scenarios in-house. So I started interviewing everybody I could get access to: not only senior military people, but scientists, diplomats and politicians.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
12-12-2008 |
Environment
Ecoholic: Gifting Green Handbagsnew
"What's a greener present: a vegan handbag made with fake leather or a real leather one?"
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
12-12-2008 |
Advice
Don't Believe the Hype: Clean Coal Still Pollutesnew
To call today's coal "clean" requires a handful of mind-erasing psycho-somethings and a magic carpet ride to Fairyland. It's true -- the potential to burn coal far cleaner than in decades past is now here. But the best devices are expensive and only in use at a few power plants across the country.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
12-10-2008 |
Environment
Eco Geeks & Safety Nerds Team Up to Help Consumers Shop Their Valuesnew
GoodGuide.com -- the brainchild of Dara O'Rourke, an associate professor of Environmental and Labor Policy at UC Berkeley -- offers independent safety, toxicity, environmental, and social benefit evaluations on 63,249 personal care, makeup, medical, and household chemical products and the companies that make those products.
East Bay Express |
Tim Kingston |
12-10-2008 |
Shopping
Oregon Eco-Activist Sent to Secretive New Prisonnew
The federal government has begun creating special prison units for terrorists, and eco-saboteur Daniel McGowan has been sent to the newest "communication management unit" (CMU) in Marion, Ill., possibly in retaliation for his continued environmental activism while behind bars.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
12-07-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Conservationists Hope Stimulus Efforts Get Directed Toward National Landsnew
The National Parks Conservation Association is trying to steer economic-stimulus efforts toward the parks, through back-to-work and service programs.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
12-04-2008 |
Environment
Will San Francisco Be the First U.S. City to Implement Congestion Pricing?new
The city could raise $35 million to $65 million for public transit improvements annually by charging drivers $3 to cross specific downtown zones during peak travel hours, according to a San Francisco County Transportation Authority study. But the plan requires approval from both local officials as well and the state legislature.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
12-04-2008 |
Transportation
California Regulators Admit 'Shredder Waste' from Junked Cars is Unsafenew
In September, regulators wrote to auto recyclers saying that the state's 1988 policy on shredder-waste handling would be rescinded. This policy shift largely went unnoticed by the public, but it was momentous.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
12-03-2008 |
Environment
Midwest Oil Mining is a Crude Idea to Manynew
A web of pipelines has sprouted up throughout the Midwest, following the Great Lakes, moving all the way from the Dakotas to Chicago and Detroit. But it comes at a heavy cost, a price so large that one environmentalist remarked that in comparison to the nightmarish ramifications of the oil sands, offshore drilling is an "environmental yawn."
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
12-03-2008 |
Environment
Car Recycling is a Huge Generator of Hazardous Wastenew
Donating your old car to charity may make you feel good, but it doesn't necessarily create a net benefit for the environment.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
12-03-2008 |
Environment
Attacking Ecocrimes: Stomping Out Oregon's Pollutersnew
Oregon has a history of not enforcing its environmental laws, allowing industries to pollute its air and water with barely a slap on the wrist. There have been bigger penalties given for growing cannabis than for emitting toxic gases. Is Oregon's new attorney general going to change that?
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
11-26-2008 |
Environment
