Jonah Raskin

Valley of the Moon Magazine: Shutting Down RoundUp

Big Wine, News, Resources, Rights of Nature / May 21, 2019

Sonoma County’s journalist Jonah Raskin, kudos Jonah! The toxic news doesn’t end there. According to Santa Rosa–based Sonoma County Conservation Action (SCCA), the county’s spraying practices have been in violation of the standards for health and well-being set by the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System …

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Napa Sunset…… In book three of his trilogy, James Conaway writes of Napa’s decline

Big Wine, Climate, News / June 1, 2018

“Geoff Ellsworth was a willing and a candid source. A St. Helena council member, artist and supporter of Measure C, Ellsworth has lived in Napa County for 50 years. For decades, he watched the slow, steady chipping away of the forests, the privatization of watersheds and the spread of roads, vineyards, wineries, tasting rooms, event …

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