AltWeeklies Wire
Energy Interests Fund Duke's Climate Change Researchnew
Duke Energy and ConocoPhillips have donated $3.5 million to Duke University's Climate Change Policy Partnership, and that financial support may have influenced academic research.
INDY Week |
Matt Saldana |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Hot Air Rises in North Carolinanew
State senator parades dubious "global warming experts" before commission.
INDY Week |
Mosi Secret |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
James Hansen Won't Be Quietnew
NASA scientist calls for 10-year moratorium on coal-fired power plants.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Feds Catch Up With James Webbnew
SEC freezes assets, seeks repayment for investors in real estate scheme.
INDY Week |
Jennifer Strom |
11-29-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
When Plagues Won't Endnew
The South -- and North Carolina in particular -- is the literal and metaphoric epicenter of the 21st century HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Tags: Health & Science
Gassing Animals May be Outlawed in N.C.new
The use of carbon monoxide could be outlawed as a euthanasia method in animal shelters by 2012.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
11-16-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Inside the Mind of Kenneth Mareadynew
No medicine or therapy could cure his depression and addiction -- now his last resort is prison.
Tags: Health & Science
I Wanna Be (Bio)degradednew
As the exceptional drought persists, some schools, businesses and homes are switching from ceramic dinnerware and glass tumblers to paper plates and plastic cups to conserve water -- if you decide to go the disposable route, go biodegradable and compostable.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
11-08-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Living Green: Dealing With Droughtnew
Before resorting to drastic measures, plunk down $10 or so and buy a low-flow aerator; installed on your faucets and showerheads, it adds air to the stream of water to keep the flow even and full.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
11-01-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Remaking Raleigh: Visions for an Urban Landscapenew
Planning director Mitch Silver sees a 21st-century city.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
11-01-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Feds Tiptoe Around Fire Safety Violations at Nuke Plantnew
Progress Energy's Shearon Harris plant remains under investigation for its violations by the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the NRC's Office of the Inspector General.
INDY Week |
Matt Saldana |
11-01-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Burmese Refugees Working for Democracynew
Soe Naing hid in a jungle along the Burma-Thailand border after the military killed hundreds of peaceful protesters in 1988, and eventually ended up in North Carolina. The same military junta recently lashed out against Buddhist monks and pro-democracy demonstrators.
INDY Week |
Charles Duncan |
10-25-2007 |
International
Tags: Burma, international
Smithfield Foods Sues Unionnew
The $6 million civil racketeering suit alleges the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union has engaged in "extortionate and unlawful conduct" in its attempts to organize Smithfield's hog slaughter plant.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
10-25-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The FCC's Media Malicenew
Chairman Kevin Martin wants to fast-track relaxing media ownership rules so that a company could own TV and radio stations -- and a newspaper -- in the same market.
Stop the Presses: The Paperless Newspapernew
It's hard to dispute that the newspaper is doomed in the long run, as an inefficient and wasteful medium that technology can easily improve upon -- but while the newspaper is expendable, the tradition it represents and the information it supplies are not.
Tags: media
