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Time for renewable energy: ‘We don’t know when it will end’: 10 years after Fukushima

Climate, Coastal Issues, Community Rights/Rights of Nature, Health / March 12, 2021

Over 1.2 million tons of radioactive cooling water from the Fukushima Nuclear Plant have been released in the Pacific Ocean since October 2020. ‘We don’t know when it will end’: 10 years after Fukushima | Earthquakes News | Al Jazeera Tens of thousands were evacuated after the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, and …

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Breaking! Pesticide data for all! Tuesday, March 23rd at 11AM PT

Health / March 9, 2021

Breaking! Pesticide data for all! (Sonoma County uses over 2 million pounds of chemicals in the vineyards yearly, CDPR.) Launching Pesticide Info I’m so excited to share that a newly updated, more intuitive, and easier to use pesticide information database is now available to the public, accessible at pesticideinfo.org. As Senior Scientist here at PAN, I …

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Trump Virus: ‘Triage officers’ would decide who gets care and who doesn’t if COVID-19 crushes L.A. hospitals

Coronavirus, Health, News / January 9, 2021

Remember when Republicans called the Affordable Care Act, “death panels”? Trump Virus: Negligence, obfuscation, herd immunity ideology, side lining science and here we are….for the best and in depth statistics, on Sonoma and Napa County info see LATIMES. ‘Triage officers’ would decide who gets care and who doesn’t if COVID-19 crushes L.A. hospitals   Doctors …

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As coronavirus raged, Sonoma County did little to enforce rules on weddings with as many as 100 people

Corruption, Health, News, Politics, Social Justice, Tourism, Worker exploitation / December 22, 2020

“This pandemic, just as the wildfire evacuations and recovery, has made clear just how deeply wealth disparities are tied to health disparities here in our county,” said Jennifer Nicole Herman………………“This is the story of a Wine Country wedding industry disregarding the safety and survival of the workers that enable it to thrive.” SF Chronicle: As …

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COVID BY THE NUMBERS, Available ICU Beds are 4

Coronavirus, Health, News / December 6, 2020

As reported December 3 128 New Cases Reported in Sonoma County. Follow cases in your zip code here. https://experience.arcgis.com/experi…?views=view_35 Available ICU Beds are 4. Hospitalizations are 42. https://experience.arcgis.com/experi…/page/page_23/ Sonoma County Testing Info https://socoemergency.org/emergency/…sonoma-county/

NPR: California Hospitalizations From COVID-19 Surging; ICUs May Be Overwhelmed in Weeks

Coronavirus, Health, News / December 1, 2020

Sonoma County has been in widespread while other NorthBay counties have been less restrictive. “California has classified 51 of the state’s 58 counties as purple, or “widespread,” the state’s highest risk-level assessment. This largely restricts indoor activities, and it closes bars, limits restaurants to outdoor or takeout service and reduces occupancy in retail businesses. Purple counties are …

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