environmental devastation

Oak woodlands destroyed for more wine.

Tree Cutting Moratorium now! Oaklands destruction approved by County

With over 80% corporate consolidation of wine industry, (with profit leaving County) to stop this destruction juggernaut of environmental destruction and resource extraction during a megadrought. We need supervisors who will defend our quality of life, not corporate interests. Current County Rules allowed this massacre….mostly mature native oak woodland (approx. 11 acres) approved for clearing …

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More Than 70 Groups Reject Proposed Wildfire Budget Favoring Timber/Habitat Clearance Interests Over Communities at Risk

WRONG NEWSOM & Sonoma County: “Nine out of the 16,909 fires in California during 2017 and 2018 caused 95% of the damage. All nine fires occurred under extreme, wind-driven conditions where vegetation clearance projects proved ineffective.” More Than 70 Groups Reject Proposed Wildfire Budget Favoring Timber/Habitat Clearance Interests Over Communities at Risk For Immediate Release, …

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New oak woodlands destruction for more winegrapes, approved again…

Please let your supervisors know we are tired of the destruction for more winegrapes in the middle of a megadrought and grape glut. Half of the county has burnt in the last 5 years .  We urge the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors to step up, be a true leader in the state, and protect …

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Environmental activist calls damage that Trump’s wall has inflicted on the land ‘incalculable’

“With President-elect Joe Biden vowing to stop construction of Trump’s monument to racism on day one of his presidency, the outgoing administration is reportedly rushing to build—but in all actuality destroy—as much as possible before noon on January 20.”  Environmental activist calls damage that Trump’s wall has inflicted on the land ‘incalculable’ Gabe Ortiz for Daily Kos Daily Kos …

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New oak woodlands destruction for more winegrapes, approved again…

Please let your supervisors know we are tired of the destruction for more winegrapes in the middle of a megadrought and grape glut. Half of the county has burnt in the last 5 years .  We urge the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors to step up, be a true leader in the state, and protect …

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Revealed: the full extent of Trump’s ‘meat cleaver’ assault on US wilderness

“The lobbyist-filled Trump administration didn’t just carve and cut corners for these oil-funded front groups,” says Jayson O’Neill, of the Western Values Project, a conservation group, “it gleefully took a meat cleaver to our national monuments and land protections.” Revealed: the full extent of Trump’s ‘meat cleaver’ assault on US wilderness FULL ACCESS TO INTERACTIVE …

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