AltWeeklies Wire
$81 Million– Record settlement Ends AQMD suit with BP-ARCO
On March 17 British Petroleum/ARCO West Coast settled a landmark case $81 million with AQMD on a suit worth $260 million.
Random Lengths News |
Mike Easterbrook |
04-01-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Court Rules on an 'Act of Bio-Piracy'new
A U.S. bid to patent the miracle neem tree was cut down by a European court.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
03-24-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
'Renewable Energy' Program Spews Out Pollutantsnew
Florida Power & Light's Sunshine Energy Program
isn't as green as promised. Most of the money sent in by well-intentioned customers will not go toward buying energy produced from traditional "clean" sources like solar or wind but from the burning of industrial wood waste and landfill methane.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
03-16-2005 |
Environment
DDT and the Contaminated Splendor of Painted Rock Reservoirnew
The emergence of Arizona's second largest lake is no cause to celebrate. Its water will disappear under the scorching summer sun, leaving behind a poisonous legacy.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
03-16-2005 |
Environment
Banana Workers Claim Pesticide Made Them Lose Virilitynew
A Dallas County jury will be hearing a case to determine whether Dole Food Company Inc. is responsible for the sterility of hundreds of Costa Rican workers. The case is part of a massive wave of litigation over the pesticide DBCP.
Dallas Observer |
Rick Kennedy |
03-15-2005 |
Environment
Business Over Biologynew
Recent survey results found for every five Fish And Wildlife Service scientists, at least one has been directed to exclude or alter information from a USFWS document. Critics say pro-business power has run amok at the agency.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
03-10-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
New Hatchery Salmon Policy Could Doom Wild Stocksnew
Environmentalists and fishermen worry that how the Feds are determining the salmon population could mask the decline of wild salmon and remove their protections.
Eugene Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
03-07-2005 |
Environment
Victoria's Secret Shame Exposednew
Victoria's Secret, the lingerie chain famous for its scantily clad models, received some unwanted exposure recently when environmental groups took out a full-page ad in the New York Times accusing the company of destroying Canada's boreal forests.
NOW Magazine |
Christen Smith |
02-18-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Tweaking and Twisting of an Atlanta Air Pollution Studynew
Carbon, which is emitted by automobiles, was the only pollutant mentioned in a recently revealed study of Atlanta's air. There was no mention of the link between lung ailments and sulfur pollutants, which are emitted by coal-burning power plants - such as those run by Georgia Power.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
02-03-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
PCB Levels Spiking in Galveston Bay Speckled Troutnew
New, unpublished data showing spiking levels of a toxic pollutant in the popular game fish has prompted state health officials to consider warning fishermen that consuming largae quantitities could damage their health.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
02-01-2005 |
Environment
Biologist and Environmentalists Clash Over a Mouse's Statusnew
Rob Ramey found that the Preble's jumping mouse, classified as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act in 1998, is no different from a lot of other mice running around. Environmentalists worry about the consequences if his finding prevails.
Westword |
David Holthouse |
01-26-2005 |
Environment
Bringing Down a Damnew
It was 1923 when engineers flooded Yosemite's magnificent Hetch Hetchy Valley. If building the O'Shaughnessy Dam can be seen as a glorious accomplishment of the 20th century, would tearing it down be a worthy testament to the 21st?
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
01-24-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Colorado Cash Flownew
Draining the Colorado River Delta costs billions of dollars each year in lost services and habitat for fish.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
01-20-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Scorched-Earth Philosophy Sucks Life From Wetlandsnew
Wetlands are vanishing from the Houston region faster than from any other urban area in the nation, biologists say. The area's drain-fill-and-pave approach to wetlands management could soon become standard practice nationwide.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
01-18-2005 |
Environment
Jeb Bush's Men Wanted Silence on Biotech Project's Impactnew
An employee for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection learned that any comment about the impact of Scripps Research Institute's biotech project on Palm Beach County's ecosystem was strongly discouraged.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Wyatt Olson |
01-11-2005 |
Environment
