AltWeeklies Wire
You're Getting Warmer
The Kyoto Accord began the race to halt global warming. On its 10th anniversary, why are we barely past the starting gate?
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Bill McKibben |
12-05-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Booming Carbon Credit Market Hits East Texasnew
While the promise of fortune is great, many landowners are waiting to see what influence government regulation of industrial greenhouse emissions will have on the market.
The Texas Observer |
Stayton Bonner |
12-03-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Drive for Clean Energy Sparks a British Columbia Gold Rushnew
No longer just an issue pushed by environmentalists, clean energy is becoming a money-making business.
The Georgia Straight |
Jeannine Mitchell |
11-30-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
World of Wasted Timenew
Climate change has stopped being human-created and in our control. Now what?
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
11-30-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Guilt-Free Carbon Unitsnew
Purchasing carbon offsets is an easy and relatively inexpensive way to feel good about what you are doing to make the world a greener place.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
11-28-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Charleston's Dirty Little Secretnew
Don't breathe deep -- there are killers in our air.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
11-28-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Nuke to the Futurenew
The portable nuclear reactor takes on the energy crisis.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
11-26-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Early Puberty's Toxic Causes and Effectsnew
New report links chemicals to problematic early development.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Jessika Fruchter |
11-21-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Green Map System Lets Local Enviros Do the Talkingnew
The neighborhood maps seek to "help residents and tourists make ethical consumer choices during their daily experience of the city," but don't take them at face value. Like all maps, they're complex, extremely condensed, and subjective.
Chicago Reader |
Harold Henderson |
11-19-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
What a Difference a Year Has Made for Ethanolnew
Touted as the solution to global warming and dependency on foreign oil, ethanol was offered up as the fuel of the future by its own industry and numerous politicians. Now skeptics of the biofuel are more vocal now than ever. Their concerns: the corn-based fuel's impact on the economy, the environment, consumer issues and, of course, politics.
Port Folio Weekly |
Jennifer O'Donnell |
11-16-2007 |
Environment
Farmers, Activists & Ag Experts Weigh in on Farm Billnew
This year's bill tips the scales at more than 1500 pages, with an estimated price tag of nearly $300 billion. For the next five years, this bill will go a long way toward determining what we grow, what we eat, and whose wallets and waistbands grow the widest.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard and Mike Ives |
11-16-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment, Farm Bill
A Moth's Errandnew
Pheromone spraying aimed at wiping out the light brown apple moth may be fruitless.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
11-15-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
TV Weatherman Thinks Global Warming is a Scamnew
John Coleman, KUSI weatherman and founder of The Weather Channel, declared global warming to be "a non-event, a manufactured crisis and a total scam."
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
11-14-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Making Solar Panels More Affordable in San Francisconew
"The idea with my proposal is the city would use its very high credit rating to borrow money at almost zero cost," Sup. Gerardo Sandoval says. That money would be turned over to citizens as low-interest loans to be paid back through a monthly assessment, similar to a property tax, with a very low interest rate.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
11-14-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
This Oil Spill -- and the Nextnew
There's a lot that can be done to make shipping in the San Francisco Bay safer.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Editorial |
11-14-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
