Protecting our environmental resources and promoting social justice
From Rural Home Alliance: The petition is attached (copied below) in MS Word format. You can print it out, sign it, and drop it off to Susan Bahl or we will figure a way to collect them. Susan’s phone number is 707-484-4307, and lives off Hessel in the Sebastopol area. Or if you attend one of …
We agree with a growing number of environmental groups who oppose Prop 3. There is not enough oversight of funds and too little for conservation and environmental action. See “No on Prop 3”. Gavin Newsom says he would scale back the bullet train and twin tunnels if elected By George Skelton If Lt. Gov. Gavin …
Senate Committee Moves to Force Release of Water Contamination Study Blocked by Scott Pruitt, White House EWG: WASHINGTON – The Senate Appropriations Committee passed a spending bill today that includes report language requiring the Trump administration to release a key scientific study it buried. The study proposed safe levels for fluorinated, or PFAS, chemicals in …
Ending Rules to Curb ‘Silent, Tasteless Killer,’ Pruitt Makes It Easier for Polluters to Poison Nation’s Water Polluters wanted the Obama-era regulations weakened. Obsequious Pruitt just obliged. By Andrea Germanos, staff writer Environmental groups lashed out Friday against the Environmental Protection Agency’s industry-friendly proposal to roll back safeguards for the disposal of coal ash—a …
http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/no-story-of-wine-industry-under-fire/article_21223b42-3c7c-5510-828f-200a9707075a.html TOP 10 STORIES OF 2016: NO. 1 No. 1 story of 2016: Wine industry under fire BARRY EBERLING beberling@napanews.com Updated 1 hr ago Napa County in 2016 saw heated growth wars involving not ever expanding subdivisions threatening to pave over the landscape, but multiplying wineries and vineyards. These are growth wars, Napa-style. They focus …