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Why UN Climate Agreements Fail History will undoubtedly deliver the harshest condemnations of the UN climate talks currently underway in Doha, Qatar. But the conference was laughable before it began; the inept “goals” of the talks stand in tragic-comic opposition to what we already know about climate change — that the climate has already changed in profound ways and its trajectory spells doom for civilization if drastic, coordinated steps are not taken in the immediate future....
Posted: Mon, Dec 3, 2012 6:56pm PST
Karuk Ceremonial Site Recommended for National Register “Karuk People have been conducting these ceremonies and performing our sacred ceremonial dances at Tishawnik since the beginning of time," said Karuk Tribal Chairman Russell ‘Buster’ Attebery. "Today’s announcement moves us one step closer to ensuring that these sacred ceremonies and dances will continue to be held here until the end of time.”...
Posted: Mon, Dec 3, 2012 11:07am PST
LAFCO Hearing Canceled LAFCO's December 5th Meeting Has Been Canceled...
Posted: Thu, Nov 29, 2012 10:40am PST
Colorado city bans hydraulic fracturing in a 60% to 40% vote WBAI News Story 11272012
A ballot measure in the recent election changed the City charter of Longmont, Colorado to allow a ban on hydraulic fracturing. And in New York, Industry Payroll Science is debunked, Penn State refuses new offer:...
Posted: Wed, Nov 28, 2012 5:43am PST
Living Within Our Natural World 2nd in a series of short essays...
Posted: Sat, Nov 24, 2012 6:00pm PST
World Bank’s call for slowing global warming ignores own role The World Bank is a key organization in the concatenation of processes that has brought the world to the brink of catastrophic climate change. To issue a report on the likely future destruction to be wrought by global warming without acknowledging its own role and without calling for a fundamental change in the global economic system that it enforces is beyond chutzpah....
Posted: Wed, Nov 21, 2012 12:52pm PST
An open letter in response to the UC Berkeley's most recent action at the Gill Tract Occupy the Farm is disappointed that the UC has unneccessarily destroyed the hard work of the community and food that could have fed it. Over the course of the last month, members of the public sowed edible winter greens together with fava beans, a popular and effective cover crop. Had the UC left these in place, the Gill Tract would have benefited from the necessary nutrient building over the course of the winter, and would have produced food for the community. The weekly distribution and ha...
Posted: Tue, Nov 20, 2012 5:41pm PST
UC destroys winter greens and cover crops planted by Occupy The Farm on the Gill Tract A letter from a farmer regarding the destruction of winter greens and cover crops planted by Occupy the Farm on the Gill Tract by the UC....
Posted: Mon, Nov 19, 2012 6:07pm PST
CNRWA Held Great Basin Water Forum 2012 in Carson City, NV The Central Nevada Regional Water Authority held the Great Basin Water Forum on 11/13 in Carson City, NV to discuss ways to protect groundwater from being exported by the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) via a 200 mile long pipeline against the wishes of locals and despite warnings of aquifer ecosystem collapse by many scientists....
Posted: Wed, Nov 14, 2012 2:36pm PST
PGE to conduct seismic tests which could harm marine mammals Earthquake fault lines, one of them little understood, snake beneath the seabed near the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on California's central coast.
Now Diablo's owner, Pacific Gas and Electric Co., wants to map those faults in 3-D detail, assessing the threat they pose to the plant. But the company's proposed testing method - blasting the sea floor with air guns that generate intense sound waves - could kill millions of young fish....
Posted: Wed, Nov 14, 2012 7:32am PST
Top 10 Environmental Songs One of the best way i am going to tell you is the Environmental songs and the artists are doing so well in making these types of songs so i just searching the best motivational songs and i sort out the best top 10 Environmental Songs....
Posted: Tue, Nov 13, 2012 2:57am PST
Twisted Water Games Peripheral Tunnels – what a good idea! Let’s re-plumb the Sacramento River so that precious fresh water isn’t wasted when it flows through the Delta and out under the Golden Gate Bridge. Watch the 7 minute video to learn more....
Posted: Fri, Nov 9, 2012 4:28am PST
Australia commits to Kyoto 2 climate change treaty Australia's Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, today announced that Australia is ready to join a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol....
Posted: Thu, Nov 8, 2012 11:26pm PST
Drakes Bay Oyster Company Repeated Coastal Act Violations Trigger Enforcement Action The California Coastal Commission has initiated enforcement proceedings against Drakes Bay Oyster Company for illegal coastal development, violation of harbor seal protection measures, and failure to control significant amounts of its plastic pollution....
Posted: Thu, Nov 8, 2012 12:06pm PST
California Waterkeepers Announce New Director of Statewide Alliance “We’ve made huge strides in controlling pollution from pipes, but toxic runoff from agriculture operations, the urban landscape and industrial facilities still plagues our coasts, bays, and rivers,” said Aminzadeh. “It is a low profile, high-impact problem that degrades the California way of life and our state’s ocean and tourist-based economy.”...
Posted: Mon, Nov 5, 2012 5:19pm PST
Santa Cruz to increase desal marketing spending ahead of vote Santa Cruz – On Monday at 7 pm, the Water Commission is expected to endorse the City's "Desal's October Surprise" -- a sophisticated marketing scheme crafted last month by the water department administration. Then the day after Tuesday's election, the City plans to release its Request for Proposal (RFP) -- euphemistically called "Public Education and Communications Plan for Water Supply Reliability for the City of Santa Cruz."...
Posted: Sun, Nov 4, 2012 10:01am PST
Hurricane Sandy may hit nuclear plants in New York, NJ, PA, Conn Hurricane Sandy, expected to make landfall in New York tonight, 10/29/12, is predicted to hit as many as 26 nuclear power plants, none of which is equipped to handle the damage....
Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2012 8:27am PDT
Santa Cruz’s Controversial Water Department Head to Present at Statewide Desal Conferences Today, the City’s Water Department Director, Bill Kocher, began four days of official business to help advance seawater desalination development by attending two statewide conferences. Kocher will be a panelist presenter at the “Annual Desalination Conference: Building a Foundation Toward a Sustainable Desalination Policy” being held in Sacramento on Oct. 25-26 and Irvine on Oct. 29-30 at the Hyatt Regency Hotels. Sponsored by California ’s leading pro-desal lobbyist organization, CalDesal, p...
Posted: Thu, Oct 25, 2012 10:04pm PDT
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