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Toxic Algae Threaten Human Health in PacifiCorp's Klamath Reservoirs Besides killing fish, the Klamath River dams threaten human health by creating ideal growth conditions for toxic blue-green algae....
Posted: Tue, Aug 8, 2006 4:31pm PDT
Today is the Day! Take action to stop preemption in California Write your state Senate and House Assembly members.
Call your State Senator and Assembly member and ask them to oppose SB 1056....
Posted: Tue, Aug 8, 2006 11:49am PDT
California’s Deadly Heat Wave Takes Toll on South Asian Farmers California’s deadly heat spell has been linked to 164 deaths. But it has also struck a mortal blow to the Central Valley’s peach farmers, 75 percent of whom are South Asians. Viji Sundaram is an editor at New America Media....
Posted: Tue, Aug 8, 2006 9:47am PDT
Rural Central Valley Community Members Demand Clean Drinking Water La Asociacion de la Gente Unida por el Agua (AGUA) has submitted a petition to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Board demanding that it live up to its mandate under California law to protect groundwater....
Posted: Fri, Aug 4, 2006 4:33pm PDT
Spraying Opponents to Hold Press Conference in Davis Today at 5 PM The battle to stop West Nile Virus pesticide spraying in Yolo and Sacramento counties continues with a press conference today....
Posted: Fri, Aug 4, 2006 4:13pm PDT
PacifiCorp Willing to give up the lower four Klamath River Dams if Customers Protected The Klamath Basin Tribes' battle to remove four Klamath River dams is one step closer to victory, as evidenced by a statement by PacifiCorp that it is willing to give up the dams if its power customers are protected....
Posted: Fri, Aug 4, 2006 9:25am PDT
Central Valley Town Battles Air Pollution PARLIER, CA — Yolanda Zapata, who lives in the Central Valley town of Parlier, knows its air is ranked as among the dirtiest in the country. But she moved here six years ago because rent was cheaper than in Kingsburg where she lived for 15 years....
Posted: Thu, Aug 3, 2006 9:27am PDT
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
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