AltWeeklies Wire
I Will Live Greener in 2005new
For those whose New Year's resolution is to leave a lighter footprint on Mother Earth, here are five steps to advance your personal eco-revolution.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
01-07-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2004new
In 2004, wolves in Alaska were decimated by aerial hunting, and the last Po’ouli bird in Hawaii died.
Monterey County Weekly |
Defenders of Wildlife |
01-04-2005 |
Environment
Tags: yearinreview 2004, forests
Chain Reactionnew
Free the economy by breaking the addiction to namebland stores.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
12-21-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Dioxin in All of Usnew
Ecologists should make the poisoned Ukrainian leader Viktor Yushchenko their marytr.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
12-21-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Evangelicals Establish Own Brand of Environmentalismnew
In October, the National Association of Evangelicals approved a document acknowledging a sacred responsibility to steward the earth and care for God's creation. The move could hinder the Bush administration's scorched-earth policy.
New York Press |
Alexander Zaitchik |
12-20-2004 |
Environment
Marketing of Forest Floor Goes Unregulatednew
More than 32,000 people work harvesting forest plants and mushrooms in British Columbia each year. The growth of the industry raises questions about its impact on the forests and on the First Nations people who depend on them.
The Georgia Straight |
Sarah Efron |
12-14-2004 |
Environment
Environmental Watchdogs Withdraw While Farms Pollutenew
The issuance of pollution-prevention orders to Fraser Valley farmers has declined drastically since staff was reduced in British Columbia's Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection. The results are toxic.
The Georgia Straight |
Ben Parfitt |
12-14-2004 |
Environment
Arizona Water Issue Doesn't Restrain Urban Sprawlnew
Central Arizona has enough renewable surface water to build and sustain a metropolis of at least 10 million people. But planners should discourage sprawl by restoring the dried-up Salt River.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
12-14-2004 |
Environment
Beaten Pathsnew
Illegal immigration and smuggling is tearing apart the landscape of Southern Arizona causing environmental havoc. The Bureau of Land Management claims it's a little bit of a losing battle. As soon as one area is picked up, another area needs to be worked on.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
12-10-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Media Spun the Bhopal Disaster to Diminish Guiltnew
Twenty years ago, the media praised Union Carbide Corporation for the way it handled the accident in Bhopal, India, that killed thousands. Today the injury to the people of Bhopal continues. Neither UCC nor its new parent company Dow has coughed up a dime to clean up the contaminated water supply.
New York Press |
Matt Taibbi |
12-09-2004 |
Environment
To the Last Drop: Water Scarcity Is a Local Problem in the Northeastnew
Though many in the northeast think of water woes as a problem of the Southwestern desert, our aquifers are running out too.
Metroland |
Rick Marshall |
12-07-2004 |
Environment
Environmental Emergencynew
With the most closed or abandoned mines in the nation, Arizona faces an environmental crisis. Polluted river headwaters and groundwater cause activists to fear what will happen to the water table.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
12-03-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Cumberland Island Will Be Open to Autosnew
Until recently, the north end of Georgia's Cumberland Island was one of the more remote places in the Southeast. Most people could reach it only by foot. Now automobiles will be widely allowed on previously protected parts of the island, due to the work of U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
12-02-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Reawakeningnew
Central Illinois is the site of one of the nation's most ambitious floodplain restoration projects. The Nature Conservancy has assembled a 7,000-acre preserve called Emiquon where two lakes were drained
80 years ago for agriculture.
Illinois Times |
Jeanne Townsend Handy |
11-30-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Other States Push for Clean Air, But Not Georgianew
Eight states and New York City have filed lawsuits that seek to force five electric utilities to drastically reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. Yet while Atlantans breathe some of the nation's most unhealthy air, Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker has taken no action to hold power companies responsible for their pollutants.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
11-24-2004 |
Environment
Tags: business
