By Carolyn Murphy With the world and its institutions appearing more unstable every day, it is difficult to find a place to focus our energies with any optimism. The Pachamama Alliance, founded [...] Continue Reading
Environment
DARWIN DAY
By George B. Kauffman, Ph.D. Mayor Lee Brand has proclaimed February 12, 2017 to be “Darwin Day in the City of Fresno.” As our nation prepares to celebrate the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Wheezing and Choking in Malaga
By Tom Frantz A trip down South Chestnut Ave, in Fresno, will take you past Malaga a half mile north of Highway 99. A little over 200 homes, a school, and a park make up this small, [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Demanding Clean Air in 2017
By Tom Frantz As the new year begins, residents of the San Joaquin Valley continue to gasp air permeated with pollution levels well above national and world health standards. During the winter, high [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Native Americans Raise Awareness About the Dakota Access Pipeline
By Hannah Brandt Central Valley tribes held three events in Fresno in November to educate the public about the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and support native peoples protecting the land and water at [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Air Quality & Trump
By Tom Frantz The regressive policy proposals of Donald Trump will almost certainly be implemented during his first year in office. These will likely include federal changes weakening low-income [...] Continue Reading
Ooooby & Food Commons Fresno Focus on Sustainability
By Camille Russell Beets from Belgium. Strawberries from Chile. Apples from New Zealand. Crazy! Madness! We live in the richest, most productive agricultural region in the world. Yet, many of the [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Rich vs Poor | Air Quality and Environmental Justice
By Tom Frantz According to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District web page, the Valley has reduced the average number of days a resident experiences ozone levels above the national [...] Continue Reading
North Dakota Judge Throws Out Charges Against Journalist Amy Goodman
The Democracy Now! host is free but a documentary maker who was also arrested for committing journalism faces a potential 45 years in prison. By John Light | October 17, 2016 (Editor’s Note: This [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Rallies in Solidarity with Standing Rock Against the Dakota Access Pipeline
By Hannah Brandt One of the largest demonstrations by indigenous peoples in recent U.S. history has been taking place in North Dakota over the last several weeks. The activists prefer to be called [...] Continue Reading
CLIMATE CHANGE & NEOSKEPTICISM
By George B. Kauffman Climate change is occurring right now. Glaciers are retreating, and sea ice is thinning. Exponential growth of fossil fuel use has overwhelmed natural climate systems, tipping [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Will Carbon Capture and Sequestration Save the Planet?
By Tom Frantz In the fight against global warming, there is a pressing need to take carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the air and put it into the ground. Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission rates alone [...] Continue Reading