On AlterNet: wetlands

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "wetlands"

5 Amazing Places in the US in Danger of Being Destroyed by Dirty Energy

Erik Loomis, AlterNet. February 8, 2012.

We've won a temporary reprieve from the Keystone XL Pipeline, but there are still places greatly at risk in the country.

The Sugar Industry's Assault on the Environment and Florida's Politics

Alan Farago, AlterNet. October 18, 2010.

A recent move by Florida Governor Charlie Crist to take land out of sugar production to help save the Everglades is monumental on so many levels.

Could Protecting Levees Be a Key in Halting Global Warming?

Joan Melcher, Miller-McCune.com. January 6, 2009.

Restoring freshwater wetlands not only may help save levees, protect farmland and save freshwater supplies but also address climate change.

Can the People Who Live in Coastal Towns Ever Be Safe From Hurricanes?

Lizzy Ratner, AlterNet. October 9, 2008.

Environmental destruction is making it harder and harder to protect coastal dwellers and their communities.

Five Things You Need to Know about Hurricanes

Carl Pope, Huffington Post. September 8, 2008.

Three years after Katrina and a week since Gustav, we are in need of a sobering reminder of some basic truths.

Will One of the Country's Greatest Wetlands Be Restored?

Leonard Doyle, Independent UK. June 26, 2008.

A return to the state of nature is planned for Florida's unique "River of Grass."

How the Army Corps Is Swindling Americans

Michael Grunwald, Grist.org. April 2, 2008.

With the help of Congress, they've been ripping off Americans long before the Katrina debacle, and no one's willing to stop them.