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Suzanne Potter / California News Service SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – A biotech firm with facilities in California will pay $3.5 million in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture for violating the federal Animal Welfare Act. Santa Cruz Biotechnology has admitted no wrongdoing, but will lose its dealer’s license...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss / EarthTalk Zika virus, first discovered in Uganda’s Zika Forest in 1947, is transmitted to humans and other mammals through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito, and typically causes only a mild and short-term illness (fever, rash, joint pain, conjunctivitis) that likely immunizes...
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Suzanne Potter / California News Service SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Environmental groups are applauding the criminal indictment Tuesday of the company blamed for the massive oil spill last May in Refugio, about an hour north of Santa Barbara. A grand jury indicted Plains All-American Pipeline on 46 counts related to...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss / EarthTalk With each new model year, automakers continue to expand their offerings of affordable and fun plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles. While consumers obviously want these new cars, this year’s phase-in of President Obama’s higher automotive fuel efficiency standards have given automakers another reason...
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On June 7, 2016 voters will once again have an opportunity to demonstrate their support for the acquisition, development, and operation of regional parks for everyone in Santa Clara County. With approval, Measure A will continue the Park Charter Fund, ensuring a critical local, stable funding source for...
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Suzanne Potter / California News Service LOS ANGELES – As the National Park Service turns 100 this summer, a broad coalition of conservation, civil rights, environmental justice and faith-based groups is pressing the White House to make public lands more welcoming to people of color. The group has launched a...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss / EarthTalk While potent in its day as the film that put climate change on the public radar, An Inconvenient Truth, now a decade old, is hardly the last word in green documentaries anymore. Perhaps that honor will go to Disobedience, a 35-minute paean to...
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Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss/EarthTalk An analysis by The Guardian last September 2015 revealed that affected VWs in the U.S. are likely emitting between 10,392 and 41,571 tons of toxic nitrogen oxides (NOx) into the air every year, based on typical annual mileage counts. If those vehicles had complied...
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Suzanne Potter / California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif – El Senado de los Estados Unidos aprobo el miercoles una iniciativa que autorizaria de manera permanente el “Land and Water Conservation Fund” (Fondo para la Conservacion de la Tierra y Agua), el cual ha significado billones de dolares en fondos para...
Suzanne Potter / California News Service SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – A biotech firm with facilities in California will pay $3.5 million in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture for violating the federal Animal Welfare Act. Santa Cruz Biotechnology has admitted no wrongdoing, but will lose its dealer’s license...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss / EarthTalk Zika virus, first discovered in Uganda’s Zika Forest in 1947, is transmitted to humans and other mammals through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito, and typically causes only a mild and short-term illness (fever, rash, joint pain, conjunctivitis) that likely immunizes...
Suzanne Potter / California News Service SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Environmental groups are applauding the criminal indictment Tuesday of the company blamed for the massive oil spill last May in Refugio, about an hour north of Santa Barbara. A grand jury indicted Plains All-American Pipeline on 46 counts related to...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss / EarthTalk With each new model year, automakers continue to expand their offerings of affordable and fun plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles. While consumers obviously want these new cars, this year’s phase-in of President Obama’s higher automotive fuel efficiency standards have given automakers another reason...
On June 7, 2016 voters will once again have an opportunity to demonstrate their support for the acquisition, development, and operation of regional parks for everyone in Santa Clara County. With approval, Measure A will continue the Park Charter Fund, ensuring a critical local, stable funding source for...
Suzanne Potter / California News Service LOS ANGELES – As the National Park Service turns 100 this summer, a broad coalition of conservation, civil rights, environmental justice and faith-based groups is pressing the White House to make public lands more welcoming to people of color. The group has launched a...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss / EarthTalk While potent in its day as the film that put climate change on the public radar, An Inconvenient Truth, now a decade old, is hardly the last word in green documentaries anymore. Perhaps that honor will go to Disobedience, a 35-minute paean to...
Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss/EarthTalk An analysis by The Guardian last September 2015 revealed that affected VWs in the U.S. are likely emitting between 10,392 and 41,571 tons of toxic nitrogen oxides (NOx) into the air every year, based on typical annual mileage counts. If those vehicles had complied...
Suzanne Potter / California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif – El Senado de los Estados Unidos aprobo el miercoles una iniciativa que autorizaria de manera permanente el “Land and Water Conservation Fund” (Fondo para la Conservacion de la Tierra y Agua), el cual ha significado billones de dolares en fondos para...