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SMUD Breaches Trust in Upper American River Project SMUD, though it prides itself on being a "green utility," is taking a hard line on relicensing its Upper American River Project. Please attend the SMUD Board of Director's Meeing on Thursday, August 3, at 6 pm and let them know how you feel about this!...
Posted: Wed, Aug 2, 2006 6:18pm PDT
"Can't See the Forest for the Stumps" 
Sierra Nevada Earth First activists survey timber sales in the Giant Sequoia National Monument....
Posted: Wed, Aug 2, 2006 9:21am PDT
Our Changing Climate: Assessing the Risks to California 
Executive Order #S-3-05, signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on June 1, 2005, called for the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) to prepare biennial science reports on the potential impact of continued global warming on certain sectors of the California economy. Attached you can find the report, but if you go to the url at the bottom, you can find several additional reports....
Posted: Tue, Aug 1, 2006 10:55pm PDT
Heat wave takes toll on livestock, crops Since mid-July, blazing temperatures have caused an incredible amount of livestock deaths and crop losses, creating problems for many farmers including how to dispose of dead animals during a time when renderers are processing at capacity....
Posted: Tue, Aug 1, 2006 10:01pm PDT
Protest Aerial Pesticide Spraying in Davis 08/02 Protest pesticide spraying in Davis at Central Park (between 4th & 5th & C St.) on August 2nd at 7 pm. Against the wishes of the public, Davis City Council (4-1) votes against the opt out proposal. Aerial pesticide spraying continues the petrochemically derived pesticide spraying cycle of dependency termed "chemical pesticide treadmill."...
Posted: Tue, Aug 1, 2006 5:02pm PDT
Lt. Governor Candidate: No Tunnel, No Quarry Stewart Alexander, Candidate for California Lieutenant Governor, is opposing two projects being planned for west Riverside County; a ten mile tunnel that will move traffic beneath the Cleveland National Forest and the Santa Ana Mountains, and a quarry that is being planned near the boarder of Riverside and San Diego County. Alexander says these two projects are the results of irresponsible planning that will cause long term damage to our environment and will have a negative impact on the liv...
Posted: Tue, Aug 1, 2006 9:50am PDT
Action Alert: Stop Increased Pumping of Delta Water! Here's an announcement about two "scoping" meetings on the "Intertie" Project, another wacky venture by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to export more Delta water at a time when the Delta food chain is collapsing. I urge everybody concerned about the future of the Delta and West Coast fisheries to attend one of these meetings. The good news is that both meetings are short - two hours each - and the one in Stockton is in the evening from 6 to 8 pm. Here are the details....
Posted: Mon, Jul 31, 2006 6:25pm PDT
Executive Director of the Northcoast Enviro Center, died yesterday 
Tim McKay, the Executive Director of the Northcoast Environmental Center, died yesterday. Tim was birding at Stone Lagoon with his partner Michelle when he was struck by what was apparently a massive heart attack. He was taken to Mad River Hospital, but they were unable to save him. Tim was 59 years old....
Posted: Mon, Jul 31, 2006 1:35pm PDT
Take Action! No Aerial Pesticide Spraying in Davis! Today 7/31 the SacYolo Mosquito Vector Control District (SYMVCD) will announce the results of their mosquito trap count and their plans for possible aerial spraying of Davis and other communities in the Sac/Yolo region. Davis City Councilmembers need to hear from Davis residents and visitors about the proposition to opt out of being sprayed with potentially carcinogenic synthetic pyrethroid pesticides via overhead spraying, the method most dangerous to human health and least effective at redu...
Posted: Mon, Jul 31, 2006 10:04am PDT
Californians Seek Action on Air Quality, Global Warming SAN FRANCISCO--Californians knew global warming was real even before temperatures soared past 110 degrees in many regions for days and killed at least 75 people statewide, according to a survey released by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)....
Posted: Fri, Jul 28, 2006 5:25pm PDT
Preserve Tejon Ranch as a new Natural Park Please take action today to help preserve southern California's largest and most valuable unprotected natural area, Tejon Ranch....
Posted: Fri, Jul 28, 2006 12:29pm PDT
SLI News Special Edition, 8/10-20 is SolFest XI On August 19-20,
thousands of people will again turn out for one of the
country's most successful and educational events for
renewable energy and sustainable living practices.
You won't want to miss it!...
Posted: Wed, Jul 26, 2006 10:05pm PDT
San Francisco Peak Oil Hearing, July 28, 2006 On July 28, the LAFCo Committee (Supes Mirkarimi, Ammiano, McGoldrick) will hold a city hearing into the potential catastrophe that peak oil could cause to the city and region....
Posted: Wed, Jul 26, 2006 10:57am PDT
In defense of Trees in the Natural Areas Program Tomorrow, 8:30AM, City Hall, room 416: SF Parks Commission will hear public comments and decide to revise or approve the Natural Areas Program's long term plan to remove 3,400 trees in our SF Parks, and 15,000 in Sharp Park, Pacifica....
Posted: Tue, Jul 25, 2006 7:39pm PDT
Feds' $1 Billion Farm Drain Could Bring Repeat of Kesterson Wildlife Disaster Twenty-five years ago, the federal government's disastrous project to make toxic land suitable for farming became a death trap for migratory birds. So why are they getting ready to try it again?...
Posted: Tue, Jul 25, 2006 5:36pm PDT
Mosquito Control District Sprays Davis Without Timely Warning To Residents Activists from "Stop West Nile Spraying Now" will be holding a press briefing shortly before David Brown, district manager for SYMVCD, makes a presentation at the Davis City Council meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m....
Posted: Tue, Jul 25, 2006 1:57pm PDT
Today: The 2006 Mayors' Ride for the National Bicycle Greenway Where/When:
Berkeley City Hall, Tuesday, July 25, 1PM
Oakland City Hall, Tuesday, July 25, 4PM
Why:
Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates proclaims Tuesday, July 25 National Bicycle Greenway Day
Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown proclaims Tuesday, July 25 National Bicycle Greenway Day...
Posted: Tue, Jul 25, 2006 12:03pm PDT
PL's Mattole Watershed Analysis- A Threat to the Mattole Update on the Mattole....
Posted: Sun, Jul 23, 2006 6:52pm PDT
Occupants at Hunters Point exposed to dangerous radiological elements daily Mayor Gavin Newsom and his administration is quick to make plans to take over large areas that have been contaminated with radiological elements. Daily occupants at Hunters Point are exposed and suffer from adverse elements and the source of the elments are the hot spots that surround them. The City and County of San Francisco has not cleaned up over 450 hot spots outside the Superfund Area that is the Shipyard at Hunters Point. Yet Mayor Gavin Newsom wants to to build homes and other facilit...
Posted: Fri, Jul 21, 2006 10:51am PDT
Help save San Francisco's endangered Recreational Park Land Help save San Francisco's Recreational Park Land.
Please attend the Rec & Park Commissioner's meeting next Wednesday, July 26, 8:30 AM, City Hall, Room 416....
Posted: Fri, Jul 21, 2006 8:16am PDT
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