AltWeeklies Wire
Why Aren't Oregon's Schools Protected from Pesticides?new
Parents drove up to Triangle Lake School and found it surrounded by a clearcut. Then they found out a timber company planned to spray pesticides and there's no laws to stop them.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
03-01-2008 |
Environment
Groundwater Risingnew
Who's bottling Vermont's H2O -- and at what price?
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
02-29-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
FEMA's Toxic Trailersnew
Katrina evacuees living in FEMA trailers are being told by FEMA and the CDC that they need to move because their homes could be toxic.
Gambit |
Amanda Spake |
02-28-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Building Green in San Francisconew
The city considers rival plans to implement mandatory green design standards for new residential and commercial buildings.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
David Carini |
02-28-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Prodigal Sonnew
The critter people love to fight about, the wolf, is coming home. Is Idaho ready to get over the emotional crap and take the leash from the federal government?
Boise Weekly |
Deanna Darr |
02-27-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment, wolves
Why Are We Still Smothered in Paper?new
We were promised a paperless office, a workplace devoid of the scattered, cluttered clumps of paper humpbacking everyone's desk. So what happened?
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
02-27-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Oil Spill Goes Virtually Unnoticed in South Baltimorenew
The spill's size would seem large enough to garner public notice: 80,000 gallons would fill more than a dozen oil trucks.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
02-26-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Loading 600 Tonsnew
We take a field trip to watch single-stream recycling in action.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
02-26-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Orgone Warriornew
Have you noticed a wave of positive energy overtaking Augusta? It just might be Dwayne Dotson and his orgonite workshop.
Metro Spirit |
Murfee Faulk |
02-25-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Recycling's Own Boxer/Briefs Debatenew
The industry is split on the merits of separating versus "single stream."
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
02-25-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Future of Biofuels Takes Rootnew
Jatropha looks like a weed, but its seeds could be used to power your car -- this bean may be the biofuel of the future.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Jonathan Parkinson |
02-25-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment, biofuels
What Lies Below Sanford, Fla.new
The city cares more about the look of its historic downtown than the toxic chemicals underneath it.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Sheffield |
02-25-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Activists: British Columbia's Carbon Tax is Far Too Modestnew
The provincial government's new levy on fossil fuels is even lower than one proposed by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.
The Georgia Straight |
Matthew Burrows |
02-22-2008 |
Environment
Durham City Council Still Drags Feet on Droughtnew
North Carolina's drought book-ended the City Council's agenda Monday, and as usual, little was accomplished.
INDY Week |
Cat Warren |
02-21-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment, drought
Life After CRTsnew
Entrepreneurs get in on the electronics-recycling business.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dorian Hargrove |
02-20-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment, e-waste
