By Ron Martin Tom Frantz, Kern County farmer-activist, led about 25 members of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and Fresnans against Fracking on a tour of sites of polluting [...] Continue Reading
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WILPF December 2015
WILPF Peace Community Crafts Faire SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 THE BIG RED CHURCH 2131 N. Van Ness Blvd. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Come join the fun and enjoy homemade tasty soups and desserts while shopping [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Harming Children with Air Pollution Is Criminal
By Tom Frantz A serious incident involving harm to scores of children occurred on Nov. 14 in Kern County. It happened at the Kern County Soccer Park where the American Youth Soccer Organization [...] Continue Reading
Climate Change: Is the Paris Conference Doomed to Fail?
By George B. Kauffman Editor’s note: The sources for the information included herein are available in the online version of this article. The UN Conference on Climate Change meeting at Le Bourget, [...] Continue Reading
COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret
A personal reflection by Camille Russell With a title like Cowspiracy, it better be good! Cowspiracy contends that animal agriculture in the 21st century is “the most destructive industry facing the [...] Continue Reading
Notes from Home: Drill for Will
By Trudy Wischemann (Editor’s note: This article was previously published in Tulare County’s Foothills Sun-Gazette on Oct. 7, 2015.) I was bottle-feeding a kitten on the back step when I heard Paul [...] Continue Reading
Saving Sierra Nevada Forests from Catastrophic Collapse
By Vic Bedoian Scientists and land stewards in Sierra Nevada pine forests are alarmed about the changing conditions inflaming the frequency and ferocity of mountain wildfires in recent years. [...] Continue Reading
WILPF: 2015 November
DANGEROUS WILPF WOMEN IN ACTION By Joan Poss On Oct. 9, the first Wednesday of this month, Ingrid Carmean, Sue Kern and I were holding our silent vigil against all wars. At about 12:30 p.m., I noticed [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Not Only Carmakers Cheating on Emissions, Local Industry Causes Suffering for Thousands
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (Air District) supposedly had no clue that a local factory, right under its nose in Fresno County, was polluting the air at many [...] Continue Reading
NEW ORLEANS A DECADE AFTER KATRINA “Waiting for Godot” Courtesy of Disaster Capitalism
By Gilbert Mercier (Editor’s note: This article first appeared at News Junkie Post: www.newsjunkiepost.com.) When journalists report on a story— providing that they embrace a pseudo-neutral AP [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Air District Asks Feds for Permission to Harm Public Health
By Tom Frantz Using funds designated to clean our air, local San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (air district) officials went on a political jaunt this September to Washington, D.C. [...] Continue Reading
Concerns for the California Air Resources Board
By Cherylyn Smith (Author’s note: The following comments were posted on the California Air Resources Board (arb.ca.gov) Web site on Aug. 14. They raise issues that have occurred since my previous [...] Continue Reading