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Santa Clara County / CALIFORNIA The County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors approved joining the Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority (SVCEA) at its Board meeting Tuesday. The County, along with the Cities of Cupertino, Mountain View, and Sunnyvale, are the four Sponsoring Partners creating a local Community Choice Energy...
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John McReynolds / Earth Talk Apple isn’t the only tech giant outsourcing much of its production to Chinese manufacturers nowadays, but the sheer popularity of the California-based company’s products makes it an especially easy target for activists concerned about worker health and safety. China Labor Watch and other groups have...
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U.S. Senate Defeats Attack on President’s Power to Create National Monuments Suzanne Potter / California News Service Environmental groups are breathing a sigh of relief after the U.S. Senate defeated an attack on the president’s ability to declare national monuments by executive order. Lawmakers on Tuesday killed an amendment to...
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Suzanne Potter / California News Service SAN DIEGO – Wildlife conservation groups are speaking out against a new federal rule that is supposed to improve conditions for captive marine mammals, including dolphins and orcas, saying the rule actually weakens some existing protections. The U.S. Department of Agriculture just released a...
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Suzanne Potter/ California News Service In a big win for rooftop solar in California, the state Public Utilities Commission last week rejected big fee increases and cuts to reimbursement rates – changes sought by the big three utility companies. In a decision supported by consumer groups, the rooftop-solar industry and...
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Sierra Club/ Washington, DC El sábado, el presidente de la campaña de Hillary Clinton, John Podesta, propuso la celebración de un debate presidencial demócrata en Flint, Michigan, para ayudar a resaltar la actual crisis de agua contaminada en esa empobrecida ciudad. Como respuesta, el director ejecutivo del Sierra Club, Michael...
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The image of a polar bear standing on a shrinking iceberg has become one of the most iconic symbols of global warming, yet few of us realize just how important the Arctic’s ice is, wherever we may live on the earth. Researchers consider the Arctic to be an “indicator...
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StatePoint More than 12,000 women are diagnosed annually with cervical cancer and 4,000 women die each year. However, innovations in diagnostics and prevention could help reduce that number, while also giving women a better understanding of their health. • The basics: Woman 21-65 years old should have a Pap...
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Doug Moss & Roddy Scheer / EarthTalk What is being done to save elephants around the world? I understand that these magnificent creatures are teetering on the brink of extinction. – Millie Vicente, San Jose, CA In just one decade between 1979 and 1989, half of all Africa’s elephants were lost...
Santa Clara County / CALIFORNIA The County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors approved joining the Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority (SVCEA) at its Board meeting Tuesday. The County, along with the Cities of Cupertino, Mountain View, and Sunnyvale, are the four Sponsoring Partners creating a local Community Choice Energy...
John McReynolds / Earth Talk Apple isn’t the only tech giant outsourcing much of its production to Chinese manufacturers nowadays, but the sheer popularity of the California-based company’s products makes it an especially easy target for activists concerned about worker health and safety. China Labor Watch and other groups have...
U.S. Senate Defeats Attack on President’s Power to Create National Monuments Suzanne Potter / California News Service Environmental groups are breathing a sigh of relief after the U.S. Senate defeated an attack on the president’s ability to declare national monuments by executive order. Lawmakers on Tuesday killed an amendment to...
Suzanne Potter / California News Service SAN DIEGO – Wildlife conservation groups are speaking out against a new federal rule that is supposed to improve conditions for captive marine mammals, including dolphins and orcas, saying the rule actually weakens some existing protections. The U.S. Department of Agriculture just released a...
Suzanne Potter/ California News Service In a big win for rooftop solar in California, the state Public Utilities Commission last week rejected big fee increases and cuts to reimbursement rates – changes sought by the big three utility companies. In a decision supported by consumer groups, the rooftop-solar industry and...
Sierra Club/ Washington, DC El sábado, el presidente de la campaña de Hillary Clinton, John Podesta, propuso la celebración de un debate presidencial demócrata en Flint, Michigan, para ayudar a resaltar la actual crisis de agua contaminada en esa empobrecida ciudad. Como respuesta, el director ejecutivo del Sierra Club, Michael...
The image of a polar bear standing on a shrinking iceberg has become one of the most iconic symbols of global warming, yet few of us realize just how important the Arctic’s ice is, wherever we may live on the earth. Researchers consider the Arctic to be an “indicator...
StatePoint More than 12,000 women are diagnosed annually with cervical cancer and 4,000 women die each year. However, innovations in diagnostics and prevention could help reduce that number, while also giving women a better understanding of their health. • The basics: Woman 21-65 years old should have a Pap...
Doug Moss & Roddy Scheer / EarthTalk What is being done to save elephants around the world? I understand that these magnificent creatures are teetering on the brink of extinction. – Millie Vicente, San Jose, CA In just one decade between 1979 and 1989, half of all Africa’s elephants were lost...