Opinion

In California, the whole state is Wine Country

“California has privileged wine to a degree that might embarrass your local aristocrat. Our state is famous for its high taxes, but makes an exception for wine. Our taxes on alcohol, a legacy of a powerful 20th-century liquor lobby, are so much lower here that Californians have gotten used to getting great wine at low …

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From the author of The Rights of Nature: A Legal Revolution that Could Save the World.

“Recognizing that nature has rights could help us transcend the destructive perception that humans are separate from our environment and superior to other creatures. In fact, we are part of the incredible community of life on Earth. The air, water, soil, plants, wildlife and even the spirit of this place make us who we are, and sustain us physically, mentally, …

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Commercialism Prevails in Knights Valley

Monday’s Letters to the Editor Commercialism prevails   EDITOR: In the aftermath of the denial of the Knights Bridge Winery appeal, Sonoma County must already deal with this applicant’s trail of carelessness (“Supervisors back Knights Valley winery,” Aug. 23). The Knights Valley hillside is scarred with an oversized building labeled as a house — right …

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Insult to injury by Craig Enyart on Sonoma County Supervisors decision to accept “paper water” for Knights Bridge Winery

http://www.sonomawest.com/the_healdsburg_tribune/opinion/letters/healdsburg-letters-to-the-editor/article_e27ecb00-8857-11e7-a521-13009230614e.html Insult to injury EDITOR: Regarding the Knights Bridge Winery project, Sonoma County has failed to look at the whole project, and in doing so has ignored the cumulative impacts, including negative effects to neighbor’s wells. Instead the developer’s fake water use numbers keep ever spiraling downward in an attempt to justify this winery project. …

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Portland, Ore., Becomes First Major U.S. City to End All New Investment in Corporations

“These broad, sweeping measures are strong, like waves, and lift governments above the legal battles that corporations have the money to engage in”. We applaud Portland for their integrity and vision to protect the environment and their citizens by divesting from corporations who are supporting and investing in projects like the Dakota Pipeline, private prisons and the “wall” …

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