AltWeeklies Wire
Green Divide That Isn'tnew
From terrific Greenbelt to terrible ethanol subsidies, there's an odd consensus among Canadian political parties heading into elections.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
09-28-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Reefer Madness Threatens L.A. Portnew
Some environmentalists and now some regulators worry that excessively high stacks of refrigerator containers -- called reefers -- are hissing chemicals into the air that can cause skin cancer and global warming.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
William J. Kelly |
09-28-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Dark Behind the Lightnew
Electrically speaking, Eastern Massachusetts hums along comfortably on Colombian coal, but the mines that provide it are devastating land and lives on that country's Guajira Peninsula.
Boston Phoenix |
Aviva Chomsky |
09-27-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Exposing Big Oil's Red Pennew
Whistleblower Rick Piltz exposed the White House Council for Environmental Quality's plot to maximize doubt about climate change by aggressively editing scientific reports on the topic.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
09-26-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Critics Question Green Cred of Utility's 'Smart Energy'new
"Portlanders want green energy, but they don't want their energy coming from industrial factory farms," says Kendra Kimbirauskas, a Portland-based consultant for the GRACE Factory Farm Project, a New York-based nonprofit that opposes industrial farming.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
09-26-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Nerdwatching: We're Rolling in Greennew
Canadian e-cars come to B-town, invasive trees pegged as a top eco-fuel candidate, and a carbon calculator that multiplies guilt.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
09-26-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Greening Our I.T. Industriesnew
The new Green Grid aims to make data centers more energy-efficient.
NOW Magazine |
David Silverberg |
09-21-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Poor, Polluted -- and Deadnew
So a Texas power company can make a few dollars, Georgia officials will endanger our children.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
09-20-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Are Little Boxes Really the Next Wave of Eco-Housing?new
Prefabricated housing is all the rage these days -- who can beat the price and the prospect of actually having a finished home within months of approving a design?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Deborah Giattina |
09-20-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Chasing ACESnew
Illinois incorporates first-ever energy standards into rate relief, but are they garbage?
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
09-20-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Green Satellites are Dyingnew
Downsizing the climate sensor networks could be bad news for all of us.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
09-20-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Enviromental Bill in California Stalls Outnew
Bill aimed at reducing global warming through smart local land use policy won't be up for consideration again until January 2008.
Monterey County Weekly |
Michelle Caldwell |
09-13-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Greetings from Charleston's Underwater Futurenew
Our unchecked energy consumption -- led by manufacturing, consumerism, and plain old convenience -- has compressed eons of climate change into mere centuries, or perhaps even decades. And the heat is on this low-lying area.
Charleston City Paper |
Lindsay Koob |
09-12-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Portland Region's Top 25 Water-Using Residencesnew
These people waste so much water, it's scary.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin and Rachel Schiff |
09-12-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Nonprofit Hopes its Big Green Building Generates More than Warm Fuzziesnew
Urban Green Partnership's planned eight-story, 80,000-square-foot structure would be one of the most sustainable and self-sufficient multiuse buildings ever constructed in a city.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Will Dean |
09-11-2007 |
Housing & Development
