In mid-June, an important California bill aimed at reducing deadly carbon emissions was single-handedly crushed midair by the chair of the Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement, [...] Continue Reading
Environment
Yosemite Logging Halted by Lawsuit over Environmental Concerns
What’s behind the logging in Yosemite National Park? It was announced as a fuel reduction project by park officials to improve fire resistance in the park’s forests but has instead ignited controversy [...] Continue Reading
How We Handle a Controversial Article
In July 2022, the Community Alliance newspaper printed “Smell Their Dairy Airs,” written by Kevin Hall for his “Climate Politics” column. The article was also on our website but was removed because of [...] Continue Reading
“C” Saw: Hitting Bottom
Ever experience that painful tailbone landing that follows when your playmate suddenly jumps off their end of the seesaw? To avoid it you had to see it coming, then put your feet down fast. It’s like [...] Continue Reading
Cities Attempt “C” Cash Grab
The residents of rural Fresno County living outside its 15 cities, including thousands in more than 30 disadvantaged unincorporated communities, were placed on the political chopping block last [...] Continue Reading
Tala de árboles de Yosemite Detenida Por Demanda Por Preocupaciones Ambientales
¿Qué hay detrás de la tala en el Parque Nacional Yosemite? Los funcionarios del parque lo anunciaron como un proyecto de reducción de combustible para mejorar la resistencia al fuego en los bosques [...] Continue Reading
Drinking Water or Lawn Water?
Based on numerous historical studies and predictive climate modeling, climate scientists predict that the future of the American West, and California in particular, will be one of higher daily average [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Explaining Measure C Thanks for the great, informative June issue! The one-page, excellent explanation of Measure C helped many of us realize what a mess all of this and how totally ineffective [...] Continue Reading
Global Warming Producing Multiple Threats to the Valley
Climate activist and author Bill McKibben, in the San Joaquin Valley recently, warned that rising global heat is at the core of California’s increasing droughts, mammoth wildfires and water shortages. [...] Continue Reading
Ticking Bomb in Bakersfield: Abandoned Oil Wells
Imagine that someone knocks at your door and tells you that in a lot next to your home there are abandoned oil wells leaking massive amounts of methane that could be explosive. Or even worse, that [...] Continue Reading
La Guerra Por El Agua en México
La idea de que las guerras del futuro serán por agua ocupa el centro de un imaginario intentado que se basa en la noción de que el agua es escasa y si algo no alcanza para todos, las partes pelean y [...] Continue Reading
The June 2022 Issue of the Community Alliance
You can read the print version of the paper below. This is a .pdf of the June 2022 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier [...] Continue Reading