By Cherylyn Smith Think of this as a puzzle, which we, the people of California, are putting together. As with all government/corporate collusions, some pieces are deliberately hidden from the [...] Continue Reading
Environment
BAN FRACKING NOW! – A report from the Largest Anti-Fracking Demonstration in History
By Richard Iyall On Feb. 7, our sacred Mother Earth saw what some called the “Largest Anti-Fracking Demonstration in History” (Dylan Donnelly/Fresno People’s Media, Earth First! Newswire, Feb. 10, [...] Continue Reading
Dakota Eco-Garden to Begin New Phase of Development
By Gerry Bill These are exciting times at the Dakota Eco-Garden (DEG). There are more and more success stories as current and former residents continue to move forward with their lives, and [...] Continue Reading
SEQUOIA Before and After the Drought
By Hannah Brandt This former history teacher is slow to jump on the “world is going to hell in a handbasket” bandwagon. The historian’s tendency is to reflect upon other periods of collective [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: The Unborn Child Most Affected by Air Pollution
During 2014, there were 150 days in the San Joaquin Valley when monitors recorded air pollution levels that were either “unhealthy for sensitive groups” or worse. These are the Orange days on the air [...] Continue Reading
More Poison Parks Planned by Mayor Swearengin and City Council
By Kevin Hall Here is another one for the “Only in Fresno” file. After arbitrarily cutting short the public review process late last year, Mayor Ashley Swearengin successfully pushed through an [...] Continue Reading
A Divestment Movement
By Carolina Lopez, Sara Hilliard, Yesenia Magaña-Rocha, and Araceli Cuentas “Divestment is the opposite of an investment—it simply means getting rid of stocks, bonds, or investment funds that are [...] Continue Reading
March for Climate Leadership
By Richard D. Iyall On Feb. 7, thousands of people are gathering in Oakland to urge California Governor Jerry Brown to “protect all Californians from dangerous oil activities that harm our water, our [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air– Fireplace Madness
By Tom Frantz San Joaquin Valley residents may have noticed there are new air district rules this year for wood burning in fireplaces and woodstoves. There have been ridiculous ads on TV recently with [...] Continue Reading
Environmentally Speaking
By Ruth Gadebusch Growing up as I did on a Georgia farm, I have always been somewhat aware of the environment, the word not often heard. We were dependent on the weather that all too often seemed to [...] Continue Reading
Youth Film Festival on Water Crisis
By Victoria Lee ACEL Fresno Charter High School students have created a great opportunity for youth to get involved in a film festival to identify solutions to the water crisis. We have been in a [...] Continue Reading
IPCC Issues “Final Word” on Climate Change
By George B. Kauffman On Sept. 21, 2014, more than 400,000 people attended the People’s Climate March in New York City, two days before 120 world leaders, including President Barack Obama, but not [...] Continue Reading