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Park Pactnew
Is big business eyeing our nationally protected lands?
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
12-15-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Environmentalists Try to Free Fish Trapped in Reservoirsnew
Getting home is an uphill swim for the East Bay's steelhead trout, even without San Francisco's water agency and George W. Bush teamed up against them.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
12-12-2005 |
Environment
Don't Drink the Waternew
In the urban colonias of the Greater Houston area, the water stinks.
The Texas Observer |
Jake Bernstein |
12-05-2005 |
Environment
Fowl-Offal Plant Emits an Awful, Foul Odornew
Neighbors are complaining of the stench from a first-of-its-kind facility designed to convert turkey offal into oils, gas and minerals for use as fuel and fertilizer.
The Pitch |
David Martin |
11-30-2005 |
Environment
To Die on the Plainnew
Marlene Braun's struggle to save the Carrizo Plain drove her to suicide.
San Luis Obispo New Times |
John Peabody |
11-17-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
A Bus That Runs on a Sweeter-Smelling Oilnew
Members of the Houston Global Awareness Network made it to the Republican National Convention last year without having to pay fuel costs because the bus they chartered ran on vegetable oil.
Houston Press |
Greg Harman |
11-14-2005 |
Environment
U.S. Computer Donors Add to Pollution in Africanew
Companies or agencies with obsolete computers often ship them to places like Nigeria under the guise of "bridging the digital divide," but that can be an excuse for dumping toxic waste abroad.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
11-14-2005 |
Environment
Out of Breathnew
Ozone pollution is threatening the health of Pikes Peak area residents in Colorado. But does anyone care?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Terje Langeland |
11-11-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Putting Soul Back in Soilnew
Only consumers can ensure organics are ethical and ecological.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
11-07-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The New Face of Environmentalismnew
Van Jones renounced his rowdy black nationalism on the way toward becoming an influential leader of the new progressive politics.
East Bay Express |
Eliza Strickland |
11-07-2005 |
Environment
Protesting Mounts Over I-3new
Along with his Senate chums Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, Charles Norwood is championing an interstate that they've informally dubbed "I-3" -- an up to 1,000-foot-wide gash of concrete stretching 400 miles from Knoxville to Savannah.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
11-04-2005 |
Environment
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Piebald Tour U.S. on 40¢ a Gallonnew
Driving a beat-up tour van from gig to gig burns a lot of fuel, and with gas prices as pumped up as they are these days, a nationwide tour just isn’t feasible for many bands.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
11-03-2005 |
Environment
Divine Destructionnew
Why save the planet when it's doomed? The anti-environmental "wise use" movement is gaining popularity among religious conservatives.
Seattle Weekly |
Stephenie Hendricks |
11-02-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
A Tricycle Built for Sevennew
The German-engineered septocycle, also known as a conference bike, combines a guard-lowering silliness factor with mechanical engineering prowess.
Reno News & Review |
Kris Vagner |
10-31-2005 |
Environment
A Day in Court for Neighbors of Rocky Flatsnew
Opening arguments finally got under way in the class-action suit against the two companies that operated the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant until 1989.
Westword |
Patricia Calhoun |
10-18-2005 |
Environment
