Trash on Mont Blanc prompts calls to limit hikers
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Europe's tallest mountain is dirty and overcrowded, according to a French mayor who has ignited controversy with a proposal to limit the number of climbers on Mont Blanc.
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By Jacob Luecke, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Dec. 11--A federal grant will revamp off-road trails at Finger Lakes State Park to keep riders out of a polluted stream on the land.
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By MARK WILSON, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7417 or wilsonm@courierpress.com  The quiet "thank you" of a shy bicyclist went unnoticed Tuesday afternoon, but only because the volunteers cleaning up part of the Pigeon Creek Greenway trail were hard at work.
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By Leigh Dethman Deseret Morning News  A cadre of concerned residents and politicians wants to clean up Salt Lake County's air problem now, and they're finding that reaching a solution to such a widespread problem is no easy task.
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S parks and open spaces are dangerous, rubbish-strewn blackspots rather than the oases of peace and calm they should be, according to a nationwide poll.
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Tibetan volunteers are planning a trip to the top of the world's tallest mountain to pick up garbage.
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By KERRY CAVANAUGH\\ Staff Writer  GRANADA HILLS -- Neighborhood activists worry the merger of two Sunshine Canyon Landfills into a megadump could draw tons of unwanted trash from outside the region if county officials agree to a last-minute request by dump operators.
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By DENNIS BUECKERT  OTTAWA (CP) - Environmentalists are slamming a proposal to protect British Columbia's dwindling population of mountain caribou by killing wolves and cougars.
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By Dan Hartzell, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 8--Time may be running out for the relatively low trash-collection bills enjoyed by Upper Macungie Township residents.   At the supervisors meeting Thursday night, Supervisor Chairman Porter E.
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The risk of a volcanic explosion or related landslide on Mount St. Helens has prompted the mountain&#39;s managers to keep climbers off the 8,363-foot peak and close some hiking trails while scientists assess the danger.
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By Leigh Dethman Deseret Morning News  Trash is to blame for a political tug-of-war among members of the Salt Lake County Council and the mayor.
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By Jennifer Lebovich, The Miami Herald  Dec. 14--To Hallandale Beach officials, it's a "transfer station," but to residents of the city's northwest section, it's a garbage dump, and they don't want it in their area.
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By Angela Haupt  In  just three hours one day last September, volunteers scouring international coastlines and waterways collected more than 7 million pounds of trash -- about the same as the weight of 30 blue whales.
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By LOVELL-SMITH Mary  Canterbury's rural firefighters are calling on residents to clean up their gardens after the cool, wet spring, which, says spokesman Tony Teeling, has resulted in excessive vegetation growth and significantly increasing fire risk.
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Science & environment: Ban and taxes to curb blot on landscape that threatens health and causes floods
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By Erica Meltzer, Arizona Daily Star  Two area environmental groups have appealed a county decision to renew Brush Ceramic Products' air-quality permit.
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By Sanne Specht, Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore.  Mar. 1--Opponents of the Opp Mine painted a picture of environmental  pollution, property destruction and community demise for Jackson County  commissioners on Wednesday.    More than 75 people attended the three-hour public hearing.