AltWeeklies Wire
Enter the Trashy Vortexnew
Five reasons why you need a Pacific Gyre getaway.
San Diego CityBeat |
D.A. Kolodenko |
01-30-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Smoke Signalsnew
If government can help farmers quit tobacco, we can wean nuke and chem workers off nasty industries, too.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
01-28-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Nano Protocolnew
The West can't dis emerging Indian car culture -- unless we cough up carbon caps for all.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
01-28-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Synthetic Pheromone Cocktails Attract More than Apple Mothsnew
In response to public concerns about the aerial spraying of synthetic pheromone products last fall, the California Department of Food and Agriculture has stated that that the products used are "highly specific" and won't affect monarch butterflies. But they appear to attract at least five other "leafroller" moths of the tortricid family.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
01-24-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Using Biodiesel is Win-Win Situationnew
The newly established SFGreasecycle picks up used fats, oils, and grease at no charge from wherever people are willing to spare them. The list currently comprises mostly eateries, but also households, high schools, a synagogue, and museums. By the beginning of 2010 it aims to collect 100,000 gallons of grease per month.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rachel Stern |
01-23-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment, biodiesel
San Antonio's Solar Slopenew
Fiascos abound as the Public Utility Commission wrestles with solar terms.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
01-23-2008 |
Environment
Sacred Garbage?new
Native Americans trash plans to expand a sprawling Illinois landfill.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
01-18-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Is it Time for Toronto to Ban Styrofoam Packaging?new
The new year did not commence well for Canadian recycling, especially right here in Toronto. In late December, 10 months before the city was poised to start adding styrofoam and plastic bags to its blue bins, Canada's only dedicated styrofoam recycler sent out a closure notice, effective immediately.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
01-18-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Ballyhoo in Balinew
The EPA's global failure on greenhouse gas emissions means dirtier cars -- for now.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
William J. Kelly |
01-18-2008 |
Environment
Fueled Differentlynew
The California startup Abundant Biofuels uses special shrub, strategy to produce green energy.
Monterey County Weekly |
Mark C. Anderson |
01-17-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
New Tax Credit Puts the Greenbacks in Green Energynew
The Oregon Department of Energy is experiencing a gold rush as it tries to set rules for new green energy-related tax credits.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
01-16-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Phone Book: Useful Resource or Outdated Waste?new
In the internet age, with Aunt Martha's phone number at your Googling fingertips, those weighty space-eaters known as phone books seem like un-green antiques every time they arrive unsolicited.
Willamette Week |
Amanda Waldroupe |
01-16-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Proposed Coal Plant a Symbol of Looming Energy Debatenew
The proposed Wise County plant has come to symbolize growing debates about the importance of a region's economic health verses the actual health of its residents, the power of Dominion in state government and the looming battle over the future of public investment for our energy.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
01-16-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Hundreds Flood Virginia Capitol to Oppose New Coal Plantnew
Alternative energy, efficiency the way to go, locals say.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
01-16-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Twilight of the Giants: Old-Growth Hemlocks Under Siegenew
The country's largest Eastern hemlocks -- many of them hundreds of years old -- face a "functional extinction" because of a tiny pest, the hemlock woolly adelgid. Here's the story of one man’s mission to measure and document the trees before they're gone.
Mountain Xpress |
Kent Priestley |
01-15-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
