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Study Finds That US Butterfly Populations Are Severely Declining PORTLAND, Ore.; March 6, 2025 — A new study published today in Science has found that populations of butterflies across the United States are declining. In addition to dramatic declines for individual species, the study concluded that total abundance of butterflies has declined by 22% from 2000 to 2020. That means that for every five butterflies seen 20 years ago, now there are only four....
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 11:40am PDT
Gov. Newsom Urged Against Logging as Wildfire Safety Measure SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 13, 2025 — The Center for Biological Diversity is urging California Gov. Gavin Newsom against fast-tracking logging projects as a response to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. Newsom’s recent emergency proclamation waives the necessary environmental review for tree removal and other forest-thinning projects....
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 9:32am PDT
Threats to Student Protest Are Antithetical to the Mission of Higher Education March 5, 2025 - AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement today....
Posted: Sat, Mar 8, 2025 9:54am PST
Number of Monarchs Overwintering in Mexico Increases, Still Well Below Historic Norms MEXICO CITY, March 6, 2025 – The number of monarchs overwintering in central Mexico increased from last year’s low, according to the annual census released today by World Wildlife Fund-Mexico and partners. The butterflies were found covering an area of 4.42 acres, which means the eastern monarch population that migrates between Canada and Mexico each year shows an improvement from last year, which was the second worst year ever recorded at 2.22 acres. The annual survey measures the area of fo...
Posted: Fri, Mar 7, 2025 11:10am PST
Why Permit the 1% to Take from the 99%--Voices from the Memory Hole Remember the past and DO NOT repeat it...
Posted: Fri, Feb 28, 2025 11:05am PST
Where is the evidence that superficial wounds must be kept moist for faster healing? There is no evidence in humans that superficial wounds heal better or fatster when kept moist and covered...
Posted: Tue, Feb 25, 2025 3:10pm PST
Nor Cal Carpenters Union to Stage Protest Thursday Feb. 20 at UC Santa Cruz Over Free Speech Nor Cal Carpenters Union to Stage Protest Thursday Feb. 20 at UC Santa Cruz Over Free Speech, Worker’s Death at Hands of Construction Company...
Posted: Wed, Feb 19, 2025 3:36pm PST
Trump Invokes Authoritarian Powers on Day One to Gut Environmental Protections WASHINGTON, January 20, 2025 — President Trump ordered federal agencies today to begin unlawfully gutting protections for the climate, clean air and water, and public lands. Following through on his threat to act like a dictator “on day one,” Trump also ordered a massive expansion of oil, gas and coal extraction from public lands and waters — actions that could lead to irreversible climate catastrophe if they go unchallenged....
Posted: Mon, Jan 20, 2025 2:27pm PST
Orgs Working to Solve Homelessness Urge Senators to Vote “No” for Trump’s Pick for HUD Secretary (WASHINGTON, D.C – January 15th) Everybody needs a safe place to live. However, rising rents and government inaction keep pushing more people into homelessness. Nearly half of renters pay more than they can afford in rent, and one in four worries about imminently becoming homeless. Amid a worsening housing crisis, we need real leadership to ensure that HUD fulfills its mandate to help people afford housing. As we enter an administration that openly talks about rounding up homeless people and ...
Posted: Wed, Jan 15, 2025 10:11am PST
Why Rights for Nature? We can no longer accept, as theologian and cultural historian Thomas Berry said, that the natural world exists only to be used by humans for their own benefit and in unlimited ways. Berry also found it untenable that humans have been granted all rights, while other, non-human beings have no rights. ..“Everything has a right to be recognized and honored,” said Berry.“Trees have tree rights."...
Posted: Wed, Jan 8, 2025 3:51pm PST
Mass Deportation will reduce California to an agricultural Rust Belt Mass deportation of undocumented farm workers, as promised, will devastate California agriculture....
Posted: Thu, Jan 2, 2025 3:43pm PST
California Grants Waiver for Dangerous Santa Barbara Pipeline SANTA BARBARA, Calif., December 19, 2024 — A Texas-based oil company announced to investors today that the California Office of the State Fire Marshal has waived federally required anti-corrosion measures for the Las Flores pipeline system. The system has been shut down since May 2015, when a corroded pipeline ruptured and released about 450,000 gallons of oil near Refugio State Beach....
Posted: Fri, Dec 20, 2024 7:09am PST
Lack of services for domestic violence victims Victims of domestic violence in Santa Cruz noCounty have no where to turn...
Posted: Sun, Nov 17, 2024 7:55pm PST
Advocates at COP29 Urge Biden Administration to Secure Climate Legacy BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 11, 2024 — Campaigners from U.S. and global climate advocacy organizations addressed Trump’s reelection, its impacts on the COP, and a climate action roadmap at a press conference on Monday. While Trump’s re-election is a blow to climate action, there is still much that the Biden administration and global partners can do to fight for a livable planet. Advocates offered the following remarks:...
Posted: Mon, Nov 11, 2024 7:58am PST
Using Research to Uncover Campus Complicity in Israeli Genocide in Palestine Across the US, students organizing against Israel’s assault on Gaza have made essential use of power research, uncovering financial ties between the Pentagon and campus labs and mapping out connections between university trustees and the war machine....
Posted: Sun, Sep 29, 2024 7:05pm PDT
California legislature calls for more marine protected areas SACRAMENTO, Calif., September 1, 2024 – California’s legislature highlighted the importance of protecting the state’s ocean habitats on Saturday when it passed ACR 210. The resolution directs state agencies to strengthen and expand protections for California’s network of marine protected areas (MPAs). This legislation, which was sponsored by Environment California, Azul, NRDC and the Environmental Defense Center, aims to help California reach its goal of protecting 30% of state lands and wate...
Posted: Mon, Sep 2, 2024 12:11pm PDT
California Senate Passes Bill to Affirm Local Choice on Oil, Gas Operations SACRAMENTO, Calif., September 1, 2024 — The California Senate has passed a bill affirming local governments’ authority to protect their communities by limiting or banning oil and gas operations, methods and locations. The bill also passed the Assembly concurrence vote and now goes to the governor for a final signature....
Posted: Mon, Sep 2, 2024 10:57am PDT
Labor Union Sues UC for Awarding Contract to Company that Covered Up Worker's Death Labor Union Sues University of California for Awarding $120,000,000 Contract to Company that Covered Up Worker's Death...
Posted: Tue, Jul 16, 2024 10:06am PDT
Capitalism can’t overcome the laws of physics That humanity can dominate nature “is an illusion.” The laws of thermodynamics remain in place. “Consequently, a growth-centered capitalist economy finds itself trapped in futile attempts to completely decouple itself from nature — aiming for a 100% circular, service-oriented and zero-waste existence....
Posted: Mon, Jul 8, 2024 3:46am PDT
9th Circuit Stops Oregon Logging to Protect Marbled Murrelets EUGENE, Ore., June 26, 2024 — The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed a lower court ruling that prevents Scott Timber from clearcutting old growth trees within Oregon’s Elliott State Forest. The decision will protect marbled murrelets, which are a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act....
Posted: Mon, Jul 1, 2024 9:48am PDT