B Tom Frantz In 2017, the California legislature extended cap-and-trade (AB 398) until 2030 as the key mechanism for reducing California’s greenhouse gas emissions. Major emitters of CO2 must buy [...] Continue Reading
Environment
Trash Talk
By Mike Rhodes Not long ago, it was possible for a company such as Mid Valley Disposal to make a profit from and pay the city some money for picking up customers’ blue bins. That is no longer the [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: A Just Transition
By Tom Frantz There is no question the earth is warming rapidly because of human activity. Our inability to fully accept this looming disaster has resulted in insufficient public action to quickly [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: High-Speed Rail Construction Is a Dirty Business
By Tom Frantz Readers may have noticed recent high-speed rail (HSR) construction in various parts of the San Joaquin Valley. The building of bridges over Highway 99 in south Fresno and over the San [...] Continue Reading
Urgent Forestry Report (Pine Pitch?)
By Jem Bluestein (Author’s note: Many thanks to Tom Frantz for all his great work on behalf of our ecosystem and its human dependents. I have submitted a supplemental analysis of my own.) What [...] Continue Reading
Urgent Forestry Report (Pine Pitch?)
By Jem Bluestein (Author’s note: Many thanks to Tom Frantz for all his great work on behalf of our ecosystem and its human dependents. I have submitted a supplemental analysis of my own.) What [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Rearguard Action Needed
By Tom Frantz It is a fact that residents in Fresno, Tulare, Kings and Kern counties breathe the worst air in the nation. The rest of the San Joaquin Valley is slightly better. This pollution [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Rearguard Action Needed
By Tom Frantz It is a fact that residents in Fresno, Tulare, Kings and Kern counties breathe the worst air in the nation. The rest of the San Joaquin Valley is slightly better. This pollution [...] Continue Reading
Oil Slick on the Blue Wave
OPINION AND ANALYSIS By Kevin Hall The headline reads, “API Plans Major Disinformation Campaign: Industry opponents of a treaty to fight global warming have drafted an ambitious proposal to [...] Continue Reading
Oil Slick on the Blue Wave
OPINION AND ANALYSIS By Kevin Hall The headline reads, “API Plans Major Disinformation Campaign: Industry opponents of a treaty to fight global warming have drafted an ambitious proposal to [...] Continue Reading
Earth Day
Peter Maiden More than a thousand attended over the course of Earth Day in Fresno’s Radio Park on April 20. There were booths of organizations, exhibits and food. This year there was no March for [...] Continue Reading
Earth Day
Peter Maiden More than a thousand attended over the course of Earth Day in Fresno’s Radio Park on April 20. There were booths of organizations, exhibits and food. This year there was no March for [...] Continue Reading