AltWeeklies Wire
The Green Machinenew
The goal of making Oregon's utilities more environmentally friendly has got the state's largest electricity buyers saying Gov. Ted Kulongoski, legislators and enviros are selling out all ratepayers in an ill-conceived green-wash.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
03-28-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Environmental Magnet School That's an Environmental Catastrophenew
Opened in 2000, Cesar Chavez High School is one of Houston's newest and biggest high schools, a state-of-the-art building the community desperately needed for nearly 3,000 kids -- and it sits within a quarter-mile of three large petrochemical plants.
The Texas Observer |
Dave Mann |
03-26-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Apocalypse Soon?new
Some very smart people think an oil crisis is imminent -- if so, kiss your old life goodbye.
Tucson Weekly |
Saxon Burns |
03-21-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Struggle to Shape Michigan's Electric Futurenew
At this point the issue isn't whether environmental action needs to be taken; instead, the debate is focusing on the form that action should take.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
03-21-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Emergency Unpreparednessnew
For all the climate change talk, Toronto is still in denial about storm-proofing our infrastructure.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Cash |
03-16-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Tyrone Hayes on Discovering Atrazine's Risksnew
When agribusiness giant Sygenta commissioned biologist Tyrone Hayes to study the effects of atrazine, it got more than it bargained for.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
03-15-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Harbour Solutions Stinksnew
Every day residents dump raw sewage into Halifax Harbour -- the public works project Harbour Solutions is supposed to fix the problem. But while no one doubts the new system will be better than doing nothing at all, it's still dogged by criticism at every step.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
03-12-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Dr. Helen Caldicott's Nuclear Missionnew
The truth that Caldicott has devoted her life to telling -- that we are on the brink of environmental calamity as a result of nuclear weapons that could kill off a good portion of the human race -- remains as dangerous as it ever was.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
03-12-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Enviros Risingnew
Can a fight over a proposed Arizona mine turn a national tide?
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
03-09-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Collision Course at Canadian International Auto Shownew
Fawning car show fans are oblivious to auto biz's imminent crash with environmental reality.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Cash |
03-09-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Not So Fast, Suburbsnew
Former Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. says the suburbs may be hoodwinking the city on upgrading the wastewater plant.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
03-09-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Al's Army: Coming to a Church Near Younew
The former presidential candidate has trained more than 1,000 volunteers to present his slideshow on global warming, made famous by the documentary An Inconvenient Truth.
The Memphis Flyer |
Mary Cashiola |
03-08-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Planning for a Post-Carbon Worldnew
Think James Howard Kunstler meets Home Improvement's Tim Allen.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
03-07-2007 |
Nonfiction
Green Tidenew
Mysterious matter threatens one of the world's most important ecosystems.
Miami New Times |
Rob Jordan |
03-05-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Activists: We Didn't Cause Japanese Whaling Ship Firenew
Our critics call us eco-terrorists, but I believe it's our duty and we've been given the right under the UN Charter for Nature to uphold international conservation laws.
NOW Magazine |
Captain Paul Watson |
03-05-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
