November 2002 Table of Contents

Local Ecology

 

In pursuit of good growth

 

 

Answering the question: What is sprawl, and why?

 

Mayor seeks volunteers and sponsors for citywide tree planting

 

 

Celebrate San Diego Arbor Day on November 16.

 

Don't get "frosted" heating your home this winter

 

 

Energy-saving tips for the winter season.

 

Old Point Loma Lighthouse to celebrate 147th birthday on Friday, Nov 15

 

Park Service project could exterminate rare deer mouse

National Issues

 

The Clean Water Act: thirty years later

 

 

Essay by long-term clean water activist, and now San Diego City Councilperson, Donna Frye.

 

Colorado Riverkeeper founded

 

ATV injuries: a reader comments

 

Going ape over 100 years

 

 

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the mountain gorilla.

 

New map shows human "footprint" covers most of the earth

Marine Ecology

 

Angler and diver support needed in fish tagging project

 

Massachusetts Attorney General's call for moratorium on offshore facilities

 

 

All US coasts in danger of land grab overdevelopment if Cubin Bill passes

 

Compliance plan for EU for the conservation of Atlantic tunas

Pollution and Waste

 

American poor suffer more from environmental hazards

 

Groups sue EPA over neglect of San Joaquin Valley particulate air pollution

 

 

Control measures to reduce particulates a decade overdue.

Transportation

 

Fuel cell-powered cars hitting the road ahead of schedule

 

MAGLEV trains: Hope or hype?

 

Childhood pedestrian injuries: preventable tragedies

 

Report reveals EPA deceives consumers, Congress by significantly overestimating fuel economy

Diet & health

 

New organic standard hit US shelves on Oct 21

 

Dr. Weil backs USDA Organic Initiative

 

Warning: Something fishy about farmed salmon, seafood lovers beware

Observations from the Edge

 

"E" is for: Environmental entropy and educing elections