Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet
California has long been the pace-setter on fuel emission standards for cars. But unlike the Bush years, when the state actually had to take the Environmental Protection Agency to court to get anything done, now the EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are coordinating with California to make things happen. Until today, California had [...]
For years, agribusiness in California has tried to paint any conservation efforts as “fish vs people”. Now, they’re trying to pit different groups of fishermen against each other to further fragment opposition to unrestricted water use for big farms. In an apparent attempt to pit river salmon enthusiasts against reservoir kokanee and trout anglers, California’s [...]
Fifty years ago today, John Fitzgerald Kennedy took the oath of office as the nation’s 35th President. We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom — symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning — signifying renewal, as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God [...]
After a year saying they would cut the deficit but not saying how, House Republicans have come up with a list of cuts. As expected, the military is sacrosanct. No cuts there, despite a huge run-up in spending over the past 10 years. Don’t’ expect any cuts in farm subsidies, either. Or subsidies for big [...]
If the future of the US economy is in clean energy, we may be in trouble. While we’ve been taking baby steps, China has been making enormous strides. The new trade deal with China doesn’t go far enough, and the GOP/Tea Party leaders in the new Congress say that even the baby steps we have [...]
By Steven Chu The current head of the Department of Energy in the Obama Administration, Dr. Steven Chu is a winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics. He was formerly a Stanford University professor and the head of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Sometimes when one gets so focused on the daily tasks at hand, [...]
Jerry Brown took office as Governor on January 3rd after Arnold Schwarzenegger, the worst Governor for fish and the environment in California history, departed from the position at midnight. One of the major issues that Brown will have to address is Schwarzenegger’s Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative. During his campaign and after being elected [...]
Sugarcane is currently the best crop for biofuel. In the regions where it can grow it is extremely productive. Sugarcane ethanol production is typically 8-10 times as efficient as Corn ethanol. But sugarcane, like many other plants, is vegetatively propagated, or cloned, not grown from seeds. It is very difficult and slow to breed for desirable [...]
Do Californians have an inherent right to waste water? Not according to a report by Delta Watermaster Craig Wilson, to be presented today to the State Water Resources Control Board. The highly-anticipated proposal suggests that a particularly contentious area of California water law, the California Constitution’s “Reasonable and Beneficial Use Doctrine,” be applied more broadly. [...]
Fifty five cents a ton. That’s how little the changes would have cost Arch Coal company to implement – changes that would have slashed the environmental impact of its mountaintop removal (MTR) Spruce Mine in half. Now that the Environmental Protection Agency has pulled its permit the company is crying foul, but a newly released [...]
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