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
Environment
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
The Anti-TPP Climate Fight Has Just Begun
By Cherylyn Smith Introduction: Demonstrators broke ground on Monday, July 11th in downtown Fresno, in the fight to defeat the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). The educational, yet spirited, rally [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – Oct 2016
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday Oct 13 at 7 PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK Oct 5, (first Wednesday of [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Global Warming and Pizza
By Tom Frantz There is an important bill in the state legislature this year, SB 1383, which would mandate a 40% reduction of methane from dairy sources by 2030. If passed and signed, the California [...] Continue Reading
California Drought
By George B. Kauffman According to a study by Jiangfeng Wei, Research Engineering Scientist Associate IV, in the School of Geological Sciences in Austin, Texas; Qinjian Jin, Postdoctoral Research [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: California continues to heat the planet
By Tom Frantz Now that California has been declared the sixth leading economy in the world, where does it rank in terms of climate disrupting emissions? It turns out that California, in 2014, was the [...] Continue Reading
Water Letter from WILPF
1 O. Box 5114 Fresno, CA., 93755 June 17, 2016 The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Fresno branch, agrees that protecting and securing a reliable water supply in the San [...] Continue Reading
WILPF and Fresnans Against Fracking Premier Crude Beyond Belief
By Hannah Brandt On July 19, 2016, community members gathered at Community United Church of Christ to see the unveiling of Crude Beyond Belief, the film made of the Fracking Tour of Kern County on [...] Continue Reading
Democratic Platform Passes Trans Pacific Partnership
By Stan Santos The Trans Pacific Partnership continues its seemingly unstoppable march as U.S. media report wide ranging and misleading statements regarding its fate. According to McClatchyDC, U.S. [...] Continue Reading
Our Urban Planet
By George B. Kauffman Our earth has become an urban planet. For the first time in history, more half of the world’s people live in cities, and this proportion is increasing. Furthermore, urban areas [...] Continue Reading