AltWeeklies Wire
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
L.A.'s Smog Propagandistnew
Too bad for our health that Joe Coto gets less press than Bill Burke.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Alan Mittelstaedt |
01-11-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
A New Hybrid Organization Aims to Heal the Seanew
The Center for Ocean Solutions aims to do what amounts to heresy in old-school academia: Knock down barriers to interdisciplinary marine research. Dissolve scientists' fear of policy and policymakers' fear of science. Connect the smart with the powerful. Turn ideas into realities.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
01-10-2008 |
Environment
Don't Do Doggie Doonew
Don't pick up dog crap, and save a sea turtle as a result!
Tucson Weekly |
Catherine O'Sullivan |
01-10-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Panic Shroomnew
Are mushrooms and human hair the organic, 21st-century answer to toxic disasters like the spill in San Francisco Bay?
Metro Silicon Valley |
Alastair Bland |
01-10-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Timber Versus Tourism: The New Rogue River Feudnew
Environmentalists team up with whitewater rafters and business owners to save Oregon's famous fishing river, the Rogue.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
01-09-2008 |
Environment
Seattle's E-Waste Conundrumnew
Our new state e-waste law won't go into effect for another year. It's a complicated scheme in which industry will take back its wares, at no cost to the consumer, via the Washington Material Management and Financing Authority.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
01-07-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
A Green Report Card for L.A.'s Mayornew
Environmentalists are holding Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to his campaign promise to turn Los Angeles into the cleanest, greenest big city. His goals deserve high marks, but his execution is, well, closer to average, mostly because of delays and roadblocks imposed by industry.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Abigail Palmer |
01-04-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Godzilla vs. Mothranew
How monumental estimates of a tiny invasive moth's economic and environmental impacts are threatening San Francisco with aerial spraying.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
01-03-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Can Burning Man Leave a Legacy of Renewable Energy?new
Last month, a 90-kilowatt solar array -- some of which was used to power the eponymous Man at last year's event -- was placed in the town of Gerlach, Nev., as a donation to the Washoe County School District. It will give the school free, clean power for the next 25 years, saving the district about $20,000 annually.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
01-03-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Short Showers Can't Stop North Carolina's Droughtnew
Local leaders and water experts say the state needs to spend more time and money on a regional approach to planning, conservation and sustainability. Press releases and public service announcements, even with the cooperation of the media, aren't cutting it.
INDY Week |
Cat Warren |
01-03-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
2007 Was the Year of Climate Changenew
Not, mind you, the year anything substantive was done about climate change, but rather the year climate change took center stage.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
12-28-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Global Warming Drives Animals Up California's Coastnew
Tidal species native to the Central Coast may be vulnerable to takeover by invaders better equipped for the heat, with ripple effects up the food chain.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
12-27-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
