By Tom Frantz and Hannah Brandt On March 9, 2016, Maria Hinojosa, host of the cutting edge NPR show Latino USA, came from New York to Sacramento to moderate a panel on Inequality and Climate Change [...] Continue Reading
Environment
Earth Day 2016
By George B. Kauffman Earth Day, begun as an annual event on April 22, 1970, focused public attention on pollution and environmental concerns and made the hitherto esoteric term “ecology” a [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Victory in Kern County
By Tom Frantz Sometimes, in the struggle for environmental justice, there are small victories. Residents of Kern County recently had a big one. About ten years ago, the fossil fuel industry was [...] Continue Reading
WILPF: April 2016
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday April 14, 7 PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK April 6, first Wednesday of each [...] Continue Reading
San Luis Obispo Planners and Citizens Statewide Rebuff Oil Trains
By Vic Bedoian Over 500 people from around State converged in San Luis Obispo on February 4 and 5 with the goal of halting a project that would bring mile-long oil trains through the heart of that [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Dairies and Climate Change
By Tom Frantz Around 3% of California’s greenhouse gas emissions come from dairy cows. Most of these emissions are from industrial sized milk factories found in the San Joaquin Valley. The emissions [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – March 2016
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday, March 10, at 7 PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK March 2, (first Wednesday of [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Undermining Public Health with Pollution Credits
By Tom Frantz According to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (air district) there are hundreds of industries in the valley polluting our filthy air with what are considered [...] Continue Reading
How A Lion Named Cecil Changed The World
By Gary Carter What happened with Cecil the Lion was horrible, but something else happened too. With his poaching, suddenly everyone was painfully aware of the horrors of trophy hunting. In response, [...] Continue Reading
Science: The Year in Review 2015
By George B. Kauffman This is the time of year that lists of the previous year’s most important events, discoveries, or other breakthroughs in various fields are drawn up, often on social media. As in [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – February 2016
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday, February 11, at 7 PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK February 3, (first [...] Continue Reading
Human Rights Day
By Richard D. Iyall On Dec. 10, 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Thereafter, Dec. 10 of every year is observed as Human Rights Day. On Dec. 10, 2015, a [...] Continue Reading