April 2017

Preserve Rural Sonoma County

Press Democrat: Joe Wagner, Dairyman Winery/Event Center: He’s in it for the money, determined to get his way

Dairyman “Winery” has been the flashpoint in this county for uncontrolled industrialization of rural areas. Reuben Weinzveg says it all……the only person who benefits from this horrible project is his pocket, the rest of the community suffers. Traffic, safety issues, biological sensitive areas, water use and GHG….No one supports this. Sometimes it’s not all about the …

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Wine and Water Watch Team

First Right to Climate Law Passes in Colorado: CELDF helps communities take back their government

Climate change is not a hoax, it is very real to over 90{5fc40a96f14c4a6aa4c2a32569b0a57dcc67c0b31eb04c341474283f11b6cdd2} of the world’s scientists. Some communities are banning together to stop the destruction of the environment and protect the health of their community. This movement, CELDF, is moving across the nation rapidly as people speak up and take action to assert their rights over …

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Monsanto Tribunal in the Hague

It’s official, the Monsanto Tribunal declared that Monsanto is guilty of negatively impacting a healthy environment and the right to health as a basic human right.   On Tuesday April 18th the five international judges of the Monsanto Tribunal presented their legal opinion. They have come to important conclusions, both on the conduct of Monsanto and on …

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Glyphosate to be Listed under Proposition 65 as Known to the State to Cause Cancer

  We are living in sacrifice zones for profits. Do corporations have the right to take away our health and future generations right to life when less dangerous products are available?  Mendocino used 17, 627 pounds in vineyards in 2013, Napa used 50,416 pounds, and Sonoma used 84,606 pounds of concentrated glyphosate in their vineyards. …

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Wild Diamond Vineyards and Hidden Valley Lake impacts

http://www.record-bee.com/opinion/20170406/letters-to-the-editor-april-7 Wild Diamond and HVL This is in response to Mr. Ron Rose’s rebuttal to my editorial commentary regarding the negative impacts of the Wild Diamond Vineyard which I asserted previously. Yes, Mr. Rose I do not live in Hidden Valley Lake, but find it one of several beautiful areas of Lake County, and I …

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NapaVision 2050 questions why there is a 69% rise in cancer rates since 2000

From our friends at NapaVision 2050 Napa County has 22.8 children cancer deaths per 100,000 – a 69{5fc40a96f14c4a6aa4c2a32569b0a57dcc67c0b31eb04c341474283f11b6cdd2} rise between 2000 and 2012 – the highest in California and the second highest for adults with 488.9. Popular use pesticides have been linked to cancer, leukemia, kidney disease, Parkinson’s and more. Napa County had 115 breast …

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