AltWeeklies Wire
Knocking Opportunitynew
Bordered by wasteland and marked as a dump, a small Montana town near the Clark Fork River’s headwaters fears the Milltown Dam cleanup could shut the door on its future.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
10-06-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Roadkill Bluesnew
Park byways have become a bloody mess.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-29-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Jumping the Cutnew
Even as Bitterroot National Forest officials continue taking comment on a controversial timber cut, they've already spent $160,000 toward enacting a plan that 98 percent of the public says it doesn't want.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
09-22-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Shaking the Tree
Activists opposed to Oklahoma City’s proposed logging of Lake Atoka don’t consider the tree removal an environmentally sound idea. But officials claim the logging will control erosion near the metro’s main water source.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Deborah Benjamin |
09-16-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The New Gasnew
The high price of gasoline is starting to make alternative fuels look better. Meet Biodiesel, a simple derivative of vegetable oil, ethanol and lye that can be brewed in a backyard still.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
09-15-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Biologists Enlist Fish to Fight Aquatic Weedsnew
Unchecked, hydrilla can fill lakes and ponds with dense, green curtains that choke out native species and snare boats and swimmers. But it appears to have met its match in another equally exotic species -- the sterile grass carp.
Mountain Xpress |
Kent Priestly |
08-23-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Seeking Alternatives to Gas Guzzlersnew
With gas prices through the roof, a handful of Quebecers are converting their own cars to biodiesel vehicles. The DIY
combination of vegetable oil, animal fat and cooking oil is intriguing to green-minded drivers, although it hasn't taken off just yet.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
08-19-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Rats Take Over a Formerly Spiffy City Parknew
For years, the park was privately owned and maintained. In those halcyon days, the park was clean and peaceful, brimming with strollers and picnickers. No more.
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
08-08-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Southern Co. Tackles Global Warming ...or Does It?new
Southern Co. is making progress when it comes to pollution reduction, spending $6 billion on controls for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and mercury. But that money will do nothing to combat global warming.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
06-09-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Current Dangernew
Montana's Blackfoot River -- of A River Runs Through It fame -- is threatened by the crumbling Mike Horse dam. Again.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
06-03-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Mountain Families Clash With Environmentalistsnew
It's a conflict where both sides are right, each in their own way, and no one is a villain -- except the federal government, but that goes without saying.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
06-02-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Rancher Turns the Tables on Environmentalistsnew
The Center for Biological Diversity tried to make Jim Chilton a bad guy. He sued -- a switch, given that the Center is normally the one filing the lawsuits -- and won one of the biggest punitive damage awards Arizona is likely to see this year.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
06-02-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Drought of 2005new
Cascade Mountain snowpack is scant, so Seattle utilities have carefully measured and managed every drop of water.
Seattle Weekly |
Kirsten DeLara |
05-25-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Living with Falloutnew
Although a new study found that 15 Montana counties received some of the nation’s highest doses of fallout following Nevada’ nuclear tests in the 1950s, Montanans aren’t included in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
05-13-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
This Fish Is a No-Brainernew
If we were serious about living consciously, we'd stop eating fish.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
04-29-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
