AltWeeklies Wire
Toxic Town: Contamination in Texas Schoolsnew
Schools in the town of Somerville continue to show elevated toxins, but are the health risks bad enough to shut down the schools?
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
04-08-2008 |
Environment
Will Detroit Keep Incinerating Trash, or Seek a Greener Future?new
Confronted with that same dilemma more than two decades ago, the city responded by constructing the largest municipal waste incinerator in America. We went for the big burn -- and have been paying for it in a big way ever since.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
04-08-2008 |
Environment
Setting a Course on Biofuelsnew
Wisconsin researchers endeavor to work out the kinks.
Isthmus |
Mary Ellen Bell |
04-08-2008 |
Environment
Will an Island in Eugene Save the Columbia River's Salmon?new
What's behind low salmon numbers in the Columbia River Basin? The Army Corps of Engineers pins it on the Caspian tern, a fish-eating migratory bird species that likes to eat salmon smolt. The Corps' "relocation plan" will send the birds to other islands in Oregon and California, including one-acre square island recently built in the Fern Ridge Reservoir.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
04-04-2008 |
Environment
Mining Misstepsnew
The Forest Service bungles its own review, leading to suspicions that the fix may be in.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-03-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Inter-Species Interactionnew
Spending some quality time with our wild-animal friends.
Tucson Weekly |
Catherine O'Sullivan |
04-03-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Buck Stops Here on NBAFnew
Finally, there is an issue opponents and proponents of a federal disease research lab can agree on: State or local governments should not pay for a utility plant required as part of the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility, as the feds have proposed.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
04-03-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
A Gulf of Changenew
There remain privateers that feed off Louisiana's shoreline, only now they're charged with missions paid for and assigned by state government. The immediate aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita sent a flood of fly-by-night contractors and engineers into Louisiana, with many folding as soon as they set up.
Gambit |
Jeremy Alford |
04-02-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Dirt on Dirtnew
The new dawn of chemical farming, Superfund townhomes, and Wal-Mart wetlands.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
04-02-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Who'll Pay to Keep Lake St. Clair's Water Safe?new
From the local to federal levels, officials who tend to the vital Lake St. Clair watershed say they're making progress, but they're also worried about the future, about water levels, about the threat of invasive species. They're particularly worried about where they'll find the money to continue their efforts.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
04-01-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Connecticut May Ban Idling Vehiclesnew
The legislature wants to snuff out endless idling with a bill that would make it an infraction to idle longer than three minutes, and would transfer enforcement powers from state environmental officers to local police. But the bill exempts some of the worst polluters of all: big diesel trucks.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
04-01-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Ecoholic: My Life, Unpluggednew
Forget Earth Hour's 60 minutes -- how 'bout six days without power to shower, sauté or switch on the tube?
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
03-28-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Enviro-Friendly?new
Despite rebuke of its own product, Seventh Generation pushes to regulate toxic chemicals.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
03-28-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Dry Greennew
Xeriscaping allows you to go green while saving water.
Pasadena Weekly |
Jana J. Monji |
03-24-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Smoke Screennew
After five years, Anne Sholtz has yet to be sentenced for her role in multimillion-dollar smog-credit scam.
Pasadena Weekly |
Chip Jacobs |
03-24-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
