environmental devastation

Wine Moguls Destroy Land And Pay Small Fines As Cost Of Business, Say Activists

“David Keller, with the group Friends of the Eel River — representing a Northern California watershed that has been impacted by logging and land development — says this type of behavior, combined with agency leniency, renders laws meant to protect forests and watersheds meaningless. “As long as there is no jail time, these vineyardists are …

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Environmental Groups Call on District Attorney to Prosecute Vineyard Developer

Groups ask DA Ravich to prosecute Reimers for environmental destruction connected to vineyard. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 15, 2019 For more information, contact: Anna Ransome, Friends of Atascadero Wetlands Phone: 707-829-2781; Email: ransome@sonic.net Environmental Groups Call on District Attorney to Prosecute Vineyard Developer  Graton, CA—Ten national, state and local environmental organizations, including the Center for Biological …

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Trump is destroying an irreplaceable world treasure in an effort to speed up building his ‘wall’

Ask not what the planet can do for you but what YOU can do for the planet. The bulldozing of a world heritage site sanctioned by UNESCO for Trump’s vanity wall.   “These cactus can obtain a weight of tons, and an age of centuries. Even the more modest-sized examples being bulldozed in these images …

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Damage Done by Wine company to Hundreds of Acres of Natural Habitat

Thank you Vesta and staff (Sonoma  Gazette) for publishing this important article……In case you missed this: Damage Done by Wine company to Hundreds of Acres of Natural Habitat  Notice of Violation issued to Hugh Reimers and Krasilsa Pacific Farms, LLC. Sep 24, 2019 Share: By Anna Ransome Prominent Sonoma County wine executive Hugh Reimers has been …

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Damage Done by Wine company to Hundreds of Acres of Natural Habitat

Damage Done by Wine company to Hundreds of Acres of Natural Habitat  Notice of Violation issued to Hugh Reimers and Krasilsa Pacific Farms, LLC. Sep 24, 2019b Share:  By Anna Ransome Prominent Sonoma County wine executive Hugh Reimers has been ordered to submit a plan to repair the damage his wine company has done to …

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More environmental destruction from the wine industry with no permits

EDITOR: Anyone who loves Sonoma County’s natural beauty has to be appalled by the recent story regarding the bulldozing and removal of 40 acres of oak woodlands and deep-ripping of more than 100 acres near Cloverdale for vineyard development (“Grower accused of code violations,” Aug. 13). Destruction included pushing trees, brush and soil into natural …

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