While megahouses have been sprouting on converted farmland in the outer, leafy suburbs for more than a decade, the spread of McMansions to the fixed-supply property market of established and often working-class city neighborhoods is an emerging phenomenon, changing the look and feel of America's cities. ( CS Monitor)
With Old West moxie seeking to make
lemonade out of a lemon, Butte officials have been turning the
so-called Berkeley Pit into a public attraction, with a $2-per-person
kitschy viewing deck and plans for a million-dollar interpretative
museum. ( Chicago Tribune)
New West Berekley Mine
Following the footsteps of exotic locales such as Hercules, Calif., and
Toledo, Ohio, India is fighting Wal-Mart's announced plans to begin
operations here in 2007. ( CS Monitor)
Wal-Mart Effect
Miniature windmills have suddenly become the latest "must have" accessory among Britain's eco-conscious city dwellers. ( CS Monitor)
Urban Wind Turbines
After completing the Pacfic Crest Trail twice, Scott Williamson has become a cult figure in the hiking world. He will take the last of an
estimated 10 million steps over 191 days, two full weeks less than it
took him to yo-yo the PCT in 2004. (Union Tribune)
Trailcast PCT
Throughout the world, engineers have tried to constrain rivers, freeze them in their paths and contain them in their banks, but no one disappeared creeks more efficiently than the people who built Los Angeles. ( LA Weekly)
Congress wants to build a triple fence along the
border to make it tougher for illegal immigrants and drug smugglers
trying to cross. The barricade would divide an American Indian tribe
whose ancestors have been on this land four millenniums before the birth of
Christ. ( Union -Tribune)
Tohono O'odham Nation
Spurred by high rates of asthma and lead poisoning among their
children, Hispanic immigrants are embracing green values like never before - on
their own terms. ( SLO Tribune)
EPA Portal Epanol Hispanic Environmental Council
For centuries, the South has been defined by the color line and the struggle for accommodation between blacks and whites. But the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Hispanic immigrants over the past decade is quietly changing the dynamics of race relations in many Southern towns. ( Ahmerst Times)
For most people, eating organic means a trip to the local whole- foods store and, often, a hit to their wallets. For the Dervaes family, eating organic requires only a trip to the garden. ( SF Chronicle)
