AltWeeklies Wire
Managing the Wildsnew
Work continues on a new forest plan, despite controversy over how specific the plan should be.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Hull |
10-10-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Plan To Withdraw Water From a Fla. River Sucks. Literally.
The state agency charged with managing Northeast Florida's water supply has given its blessing to siphon off 262 million gallons daily from the St. Johns River and its tributaries, a plan that river advocates say will be nothing short of catostrophic.
Folio Weekly |
Owen Holmes |
10-10-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Plugging into Backyard Car Conversion Kitsnew
Bay Area residents are working on making plug-in hybrid electric vehicles widely available, filling a void left by the auto industry.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sara Knight |
10-10-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Troubled Waters: The Klamath River Messnew
The Klamath River of Oregon and California is an object lesson in what can go wrong when people start tinkering with natural ecosystems, and a paradigm of what's wrong with the way rivers have been managed in the West.
The Source Weekly |
H. Bruce Miller |
10-09-2007 |
Environment
Eco-Campusnew
From Williams College on the East Coast to the University of Washington out west, campuses across the country are "greening" up their acts.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
10-04-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Water Situation in Georgia is Grimnew
We'll be damn lucky to have a drop to drink unless state leaders start acting like adults.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
10-04-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Probing Questionsnew
Are national forests rubber-stamping mining exploration permits?
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
10-04-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Cordoning off the Seanew
California's Marine Protected Areas represent a new approach to conservation -- and a potential boon for scientists.
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Steve Hahn |
10-04-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
James Benney, the Indian Hunternew
Benney is so inspired by the East Bay's dozens of Native American sites that he published his own guidebook about them -- so why do all the experts wish he hadn't?
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
10-03-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
South Texas Uranium Revival Puts One County on a Powder Kegnew
Uranium Energy Corp has a pending application with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to mine uranium from within the freshwater aquifer beneath Goliad County, but some residents are fighting back.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
10-03-2007 |
Environment
Pennsylvania's Sprawl = More Greenhouse Gasesnew
A new report, Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change, details how rampant sprawling development has changed how we travel and how that adds up to more greenhouse gases.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Will Dean |
10-02-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
CleanScapes Hopes to Monitor Your Recyclingnew
The company's founder wants to bring the equivalent of the red-light camera to your front curb. Just as the traffic camera captures you running through a stoplight, CleanScapes' incriminating photos would catch you improperly disposing of a milk carton.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
10-01-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Greening Begins at Homenew
Virtually everything you do, there's a way to do it that conserves or reuses -- and what better place to start that lifestyle change than at home?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
10-01-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
New Philly Companies Help Locals Build Greennew
Three green building stores have opened in the city in the last three months, all of them offering certified green building materials and information for making the best choices when building green.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
10-01-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Economics of Water Powernew
Run-of-river independent power projects have gained environmental steam, but are they really the right way to go?
The Georgia Straight |
Matthew Burrows |
09-28-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
