Them's fightin' words in Fresno, but when the fascists went on a GV Wire–inspired attack at Fresno Unified School District Board meeting in February, Dr. Lars Maischak’s words of warning from a recent [...] Continue Reading
Time to Put a Stop to Oil Drilling
By Nayamin Martinez, Ruben Rodriguez and Cesar Aguirre According to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published on April 4, the world must quickly and [...] Continue Reading
Celebrating Earth Day: Do Your Part to Combat Climate Change
Before the pandemic, every April was a big time for environmental and environmental justice organizations to come together and organize large events, rallies, lectures and all kinds of activities to [...] Continue Reading
Earth Day Redux
At the risk of revealing my age, I want to reminisce briefly about the first Earth Day: April 22, 1970. I was in my freshman year of high school. My civics teacher, Mike Thompson, was right out of [...] Continue Reading
Measure C Redux
By Mary Savala and Kevin Hall Twenty years ago, Fresno County residents fell into acrimonious debate over transportation, land use and air pollution. Fueling tensions was the process being used to [...] Continue Reading
Rural Communities Targeted for Dirty Energy Projects
Mendota is a small city in western Fresno County that is known as the “Cantaloupe Center of the World” and for having some of the best pupuserias (restaurants specializing in pupusas, a traditional [...] Continue Reading
The Peace and Social Justice Calendar
February 2022 Sponsored by the Fresno Center for Nonviolence Note: Contact the organizer for up-to-date information on whether meetings are in person or via Zoom. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY [...] Continue Reading
Challenges of a Warming Valley Region
Climate change is dramatically affecting virtually every aspect of life in the San Joaquin Valley and our surrounding mountains. Mostly because of a warming planet, state and region. In 2018, [...] Continue Reading