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Charlottesville Considers Cutting Out Bottled Waternew
Mayor wants city to stop buying bottled water; Council skeptical.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
08-29-2007 |
Environment
University of Memphis Biodiesel Hits Highwaynew
The school recently won a $99,000 state grant to make a mobile biodiesel mini-manufacturing unit, which will be taken to area high schools and events to demonstrate how biodiesel is made.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
08-27-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment, biodiesel
Are Organics Worth the Price?new
The question itself is part of our anti-planet narcissism.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
08-24-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
In Buffalo, it's Apparently Not Easy Being Greennew
The city has struggled in vain to engrain environmental awareness and the positive economics of recycling on its residents.
Artvoice |
Peter Koch |
08-24-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Recycling, environment
Ethanol Lobby Buys its Way Into California Legislaturenew
In the face of rising gas prices and limited supplies of oil, California, like the rest of America, is making a major turn toward ethanol without fully examining the health and economic consequences in the quest for a so-called cleaner fuel.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
William J. Kelly |
08-24-2007 |
Environment
Georgia Power Takes a Fresh Look at Nuclear Powernew
Nearly two decades after its last reactor went online, the electric utility warily eyes a return to technology that once drove it to the brink of bankruptcy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
08-23-2007 |
Environment
Tags: energy, environment
Illinois Scientsts Get the Poop on Pig Powernew
Using a technique he developed known as thermochemical conversion, Yuanhui Zhang thought he could turn something that smells awful into products that have no smell -- he was thinking about something like odorless fertilizer, but he may have stumbled on something much more valuable.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
08-23-2007 |
Environment
Tags: energy, environment
Are Green Graves Really Green?new
Can a burial business still be eco-friendly if its new biodegradable caskets are brought in on cargo ships from China?
SF Weekly |
Lauren Smiley |
08-22-2007 |
Environment
Burning Green?new
Portland's "Burners" drive hundreds of miles into the desert to attend this year's "green" Burning Man.
Willamette Week |
Rachel Schiff |
08-22-2007 |
Environment
Opposition to Ethanol is Growingnew
As Michigan rushes ahead to build new plants that will turn corn into fuel for our cars, trucks and SUVs, an unusual assortment of opponents is trying to douse what critics call a "frenzy" for this alternative to gasoline.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
08-21-2007 |
Environment
Nova Scotia's Premier Votes in Favor of Global Warmingnew
Rodney MacDonald joined up with his counterparts from Alberta and Newfoundland to kill a plan to impose a national "cap and trade" system to reduce Canada's greenhouse gas emissions.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
08-20-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Is Toronto Running Away from Drinking Water Problem?new
The city's testing methods may be hiding the real number of homes with high lead levels.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
08-20-2007 |
Environment
Will Solar be Silicon Valley's Next Big Thing?new
Adobe boasts one of the best-known eco-friendly buildings in Silicon Valley, but it may have a lot more competition as clean-tech investment becomes the area's hot topic.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Erin Sherbert |
08-17-2007 |
Environment
50 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprintnew
Even though industry and governments are going to have to make earth-shaking changes to cool things down, there's plenty we can to do help -- the basics of reducing our individual carbon footprints are to do what Henry David Thoreau said: "Simplify, simplify."
Metro Silicon Valley |
Diane Solomon |
08-17-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Return to Goo Lagoonnew
Ross Island still has problems.
The Portland Mercury |
Scott Moore |
08-16-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
