AltWeeklies Wire
Subbing Out Mother Naturenew
The EPA plans to make wetland mitigation good business.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Cary |
04-12-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Doctor of Doomnew

An Oklahoma Book Award winner was reportedly investigated by the FBI after advocating the extinction of 90 percent of the Earth's human population by airborne Ebola virus.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Ben Fenwick |
04-12-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Hold the Saltnew

Too much of a good thing threatens the oysters in Galveston Bay.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
04-11-2006 |
Environment
Yucca Againnew
Congressional legislation is expected in the next two weeks to try to accelerate opening of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump.
Reno News & Review |
Dennis Myers |
04-06-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Bad Grassnew

A ranching-supported weed run amok could be a more serious threat to the Sonoran Desert than development.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
03-29-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Kicking the Fossil-Fuel Habitnew
Consumer demand is the key to solving our pollution problems.
San Antonio Current |
Lisa Sorg |
03-29-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Warm Globally, Act Locallynew
Seattle officials deserve credit for positing initial changes and for drawing attention to the problem of global warming, but even they have to go much farther.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
03-29-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Public Noticenew
In planning what to do with the nation's stockpile of mercury, the feds kept Nevada in the dark every step of the way.
Reno News & Review |
Dennis Myers |
03-23-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Clay, Sand, and Row Housesnew

Urban dwellers get up to their elbows in natural building techniques, and discover they're not just for rural eco-retreats any more.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
03-23-2006 |
Environment
Fire From the Skynew
In cattle country, wildlife falls under the federal gun.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
03-22-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Legumes That Zoom!new
Those aren't freedom fries you smell -- that's my biodiesel-fueled car.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ryder Palmere |
03-17-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Pitchfork Rebellionnew

A group of Oregon country dwellers think they're being poisoned by herbicides sprayed on private forestlands -- they just can't prove it. But state agencies can't prove them wrong, either.
Eugene Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
03-16-2006 |
Environment
Going Nuclearnew

Why should Houston want a nuclear power plant?
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
03-13-2006 |
Environment
Tackling Mercury Pollutionnew
Georgia's Environmental Protection Division just released one of the strongest air pollution rules in state history.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
03-09-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Greenest Capitalistnew

Carpet king Ray Anderson's 1994 epiphany began his quest to become a completely sustainable carpet manufacturer.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
03-09-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment