Posts Tagged ‘california’
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
Image credit: Global Inheritance
Activist group Global Inheritance is not short on innovative ideas for engaging youth in environmental action. From their
Plug n Play Energy Bike to
chartering a train to Coachella festival to
hip hop compost with The Roots, these guys seem to get the right mix of attitude, combined with some serious, positive content. Their...
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Tags: activism, Activist Group, art, Attitude, california, Climate Change, Compost, Eco, Environmental Action, Hip Hop, Image Credit, Inheritance, Innovative Ideas, los angeles, news, Plug N Play, Roots, Theme Park, Train
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Saturday, August 1st, 2009
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Nasa
A recent study by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) shows that Californians are less than concerned with
global warming than in years past. Moreover, their diminishing concern is increasing faster amongst those mellowed-mooded Republicans. A press release reports of the survey:
Most residents (66%) support the 2006 California law (AB 32) that requires greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020. Support has declined 7 points from July 2008 (73%) an...Read the full story on TreeHugger
Tags: arnold schwarzenegger, california, California Law, Californians, global climate change, global warming, global warming effects, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Love Photo, Nasa, news, Ppic, Press Release, Public Policy Institute, Public Policy Institute Of California, Republicans
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
Image via: Author's Collection
To be honest, I didn’t really know what I was getting into when I signed up to cover the
Wanderlust Festival. Billed as part
yoga retreat and part indie rock festival, sure I’d seen the ads in the paper, but what did that really mean? Would people really be able to focus and center themselves with guitars wailing in the background? Would hipsters really be able to fit in at a place ...
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Tags: Ads, Background, california, events, Guitars, Image, Indie Rock, music, recycling, Rock Festival, yoga, Yoga Retreat
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
photo: Army.mil via flickr
Last October, the US Army announced that it would be developing a
500 MW solar thermal power plant at Fort Irwin, California. At the time details as to who would be developing the project and when it might come online were lacking, but we now have more details on that (via
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Tags: alternative energy, Army Mil, california, Fort Irwin California, Greent, Mw, Photo, renewable energy, solar power, Solar Thermal Power, Solar Thermal Power Plant, Thermal Power Plant, Time Details, united states, Us Army
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
Photo via Eideard
When I argued a few months back that
legalizing marijuana would be good for the environment, my main point was that illegal
marijuana plantations endanger forests by operating under the radar--and unregulated--in some of our most pristine natural areas. They contaminate water supplies, result in deforestation, and threaten indigenous species. But I had no idea how widespread the destruction really was--just rec...
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Tags: agriculture, Business & Politics, california, conservation, deforestation, Drug Cartels, economics, Forests, Indigenous Species, Legalizing Marijuana, Marijuana Photo, Messes, Plantations, Pristine Natural Areas, Radar, Water Supplies
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
photo: Crimson Renewable Energy
California currently has a
biodiesel production capacity of about 34 million gallons per year, but one single plant by Colorado-based
Crimson Renewable Energy is set to nearly double that. The 30 million gallon per year facility in Bakersfield was just completed and officially opened at a ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday. Here are the details:...
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Tags: 30 Million, alternative energy, Bakersfield, Biodiesel, Biodiesel Production, Biofuels, california, Photo, renewable energy, Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, united states
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Photo: Flickr, CC
What's For Dinner, Honey?
California's San Joaquin Valley has some of the highest natural levels of
selenium (a chemical element that is highly toxic in large doses) found anywhere. It's in the soil and the groundwater, and it ends up in plants. Some species have actually evolved to take advantage of this, building up selenium into their tissues to poison predators. But selenium also ends up in the pollen and nectar of the flowers. Is it poisoning California's bees?...
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Tags: bees, Bees Photo, california, Californian, Chemical Element, Flowers, Groundwater, Honey, Nectar, Plants, Poison, Pollen, Predators, San Joaquin Valley, Science & Technology, Selenium, Soil, Tissues, Toxins, Travel & Nature
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Photo via Daiko
Researchers have a dire forecast for the next six months in the western US: it'll be
exceptionally hot, very dry, and 3.66 million acres will be scorched by fires. ...
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Tags: Business & Politics, california, drought, Fires, Hot, Million Acres, Photo, Six Months, united states, water crisis
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Photo via Go Green Travel
Talk about a conflict of interests. A
report from the Sacramento Bee reveals that California lawmakers--the very ones in charge of enforcing the state's ambitious
initiative to fight climate change--routinely take trips focused on climate change that are funded by oil and utility companies. Worst of all, they do it shielded from public view, by using loopholes in the law and shady nonprofits supported by utility giants and big oil.
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Tags: Ambitious Initiative, Business & Politics, california, California Climate, California Lawmakers, carbon emissions, Climate Change, Conflict Of Interests, ethics, Giants, global climate change, Green Travel, Loopholes, Nonprofits, Oil Companies, Photo, Pollution, Sacramento Bee, Shocking Report, Travel Talk, Trips Around The World, World Oil
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