Articles About Green Environmental Coalition

• Villager to take plastics for a ride—Recycling program slated

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 28, 2019

  

  If you’ve ever lamented the amount of recyclable plastics that end up in your trash every week, take heart: One of Yellow Springs’ own is coming to the rescue.

• Mosquitos net vigilance of Yellow Springs villagers

  By Megan BachmanAugust 8, 2013

  

  At a house along Livermore Street last week, the mosquitoes were so dense that the Aedes species — typically only active in the evenings — were out during the day in search of a blood meal.

• Fighting West Nile in the village

  By Megan BachmanJuly 28, 2013

  

  To keep the mosquito-borne West Nile Virus at bay, local groups are urging residents to remove mosquito breeding sites on their property.

• Mosquito control takes a village

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 6, 2013

  For the first time this year, villagers are on the front lines of preventing West Nile virus in Yellow Springs. Specifically, local residents need to start looking for sources of standing water in their yards, in order to help eliminate mosquito breeding in the village.

• Fracking forum to push for YS ban

  By Megan BachmanJune 26, 2012

  

  Environmental experts will share ways Yellow Springs can avoid contamination from oil and gas drilling and fracking waste wells at a forum on Saturday.

• Tackling hard water, hard choices

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 10, 2012

  Of all the critical decisions made by municipal governments, perhaps no decisions are more important than those concerning water.