Nukes Mean Mines: Are We Digging a New Toxic Legacy Before the Last One's Filled In?
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September 17, 2009
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Guns, Government and Elvis: as Texan as Chicken-Fried Steaknew
Among the groups who can bypass metal detectors at the Texas Capitol: legislators; state workers; and those who have concealed-carry licenses. No joke.
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Alice Waters Protested for Supporting Human Waste as Compostnew
The proprietor of Berkeley’s fabled Chez Panisse has emerged as a staunch and unlikely defender of fertilizing your garden with sewage sludge compost, which SF officials have recently discontinued giving away because of environmental concerns.
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Brady Welch |
04-01-2010 |
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Biodiesel Blows Up, but Not in a Good Waynew
Interest in biofuels has sank, a drag for one Seattle start-up called Imperium Renewables, which built a gigantic biofuel-production plant in Grays Harbor County. Earlier this year, the company laid off most of its staff at the plant... and on Wed., Dec. 2, there was a massive explosion there.
Seattle Weekly |
Mark D. Fefer |
12-14-2009 |
Environment
Recession and Climate Politics Combine to Shake Up the Pro-Nuclear Narrativenew
This is despite the high-profile support of old-school techno-fix enviros and shocking pro-nukers, and despite industry hopefuls who thought the atomic option was poised to become the winner of the low-carbon sweepstakes, an idea dissed by most climate campaigners.
NOW Magazine |
Alice Klein |
07-13-2009 |
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The Mysterious Death of a Done Nuclear Dealnew
If CPS Energy, San Antonio’s City-owned utility, took a solitary human form, it would be a headless corpse bouncing gently under a white hospital sheet on its way to the morgue.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
01-06-2010 |
Environment
El Mensaje de Mérida: Restoring Wilderness is Vital to Saving the Planetnew
Slash-and-burn agriculture and deforestation had unintended consequences on the early Maya. But these weren’t the only people doomed by unsustainable environmental practices or rapid shifts in the climate.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
12-09-2009 |
Environment
Texas Creates Task Force on Sexual Slavery as One Trafficking Case Wraps Upnew
Despite the fact that three out of four victims of sex trafficking in the United States are U.S. citizens, House Bill 4009, now awaiting Governor Rick Perry's signature, would be the first state-level legislation to assist domestic victims.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
06-17-2009 |
Crime & Justice
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A SeaWorld Ethics Primernew
Animal captivity for food, entertainment, and educational purposes is undeniably a fundamental feature of human civilizations everywhere, and SeaWorld has undeniably fostered a new public awareness of the beauty and grace of its show animals. At the same time, there are compelling reasons to challenge a marine-park industry that may no longer meet our criteria for civilized stewardship of the planet's wildlife.
San Antonio Current |
Jeffrey Wright |
04-14-2010 |
Animal Issues
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Kangaroo Court: San Antonio's Extra-Constitutional Crime-Fighting Toolnew
By a simple majority vote, San Antonio's Dangerous Structures Determination Board can order a house demolished, any tenants relocated, and send the bill to the owner.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
04-07-2010 |
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A Tour of the Eco-Friendly, Low-Tech Porn Counterculturenew
What the fuck does it mean to fuck a bike?” Reverend Phil Sano asked the crowd at C4 Workspace on Monday, March 8. The dozens of San Antonians assembled in the community space were about to find out. Sano was screening Bike Porn 3: Cycle Bound.
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Ashley Lindstrom |
03-10-2010 |
Sex & Reproductive Issues
Nouveau Ambulance Chasers And Justice for Allnew
There was a time not that long ago that lawyers got clients by joining clubs, wearing funny hats, shaking hands like third-place politicians, or coaching little league. Then the Supreme Court ruled that attorneys could advertise, and guys like my father, for good and bad, truly changed the landscape.
San Antonio Current |
Tim Maloney |
03-03-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Know Your Dealer: Cause and Effect in Partyvillenew
Like a sommelier’s list of rare vintages, the underground, illegal pharmaceutical buffet beckons users into the local facet of the “Drug War.” But could a dangerous conflict really derive its fuel from a service this enticing and available, and treated with such exclusivity?
San Antonio Current |
Baldemar Villarreal |
02-24-2010 |
Drugs