Planet Earth Volunteers By George Madrid Well my friends of the Keep it Green World, how was your April Volunteer and Flower Walk month? The flowers on the foothills and places like Carrizo Plain, [...] Continue Reading
Environment
Feds Bust Waste Management, Inc., for Breaking Hazardous Waste Laws
By: Vic Bedoian Federal investigators have found that Waste Management, Inc., has violated the law by not properly handling the banned chemical PCB at its toxic waste landfill located near the San [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Earth Day 2010: What’s the Big Deal with Earth Day?
By Jessica Mast Words from a friend’s grandfather can be disheartening but somehow utterly hilarious at the same time: “What is the big deal with Earth Day? The Earth has been around for millions of [...] Continue Reading
Progressive News Briefs
A Walk Through Fresno's Downtown Homeless Encampments By: Mike Rhodes I took a journalist from the Bay Area on a walking tour of the homeless encampments. I have to admit that it has been a couple of [...] Continue Reading
Opinion and Analysis from the Grassroots
New Nukes in Fresno Would Endanger Public Health Joseph Mangano The recent agreement between the Fresno Nuclear Energy Group and the French company Areva SA is a step towards building new nuclear [...] Continue Reading
State and Federal Government Finally Investigate Kettleman City Birth Defects
By: Vic Bedoian Kettleman City has come into the focus of national attention in recent weeks. Over a 15-month period ending in 2008, six babies here were born with birth defects. Five died. It was an [...] Continue Reading
Progressive News Briefs
By: Mike Rhodes The Separation of Church and State The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) has warned Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin that sectarian prayers used to open Fresno City Council [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Water Forum
By: Jean Hays Do you give a dam (or a levee) about the fact that you, as a taxpayer, might be paying for more than $11 billion worth of water-related expenses that may or may not be needed in [...] Continue Reading
A Nuke in Fresno’s Stocking?
By: David Weisman He wasn’t wearing a red suit or sporting a full white beard, but Santa Claus did drop into Fresno last December. Adopting the more recognizable form of John Hutson, he stepped from [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Water Forums: Facts vs. Fictions
Why spend the time to make sense of our water crisis? Because our lives depend on it! On Saturday, March 13, set aside some time to attend the Central Valley Water Forum: Facts vs. Fictions, which is [...] Continue Reading
From the Greenhouse: ‘Feed-in Tariff’
By: Franz Wienschenk If you live in the Central Valley and plan to buy a solar system, on average, the array that will be on your roof will pay for approximately 80% of your monthly electric bill. [...] Continue Reading
Huge Victory for Kettleman City and Environmental Justice Allies
By: Bradley Angel In a major victory for the residents of the embattled Latino farmworker community of Kettleman City and their environmental justice allies, corporate giant Waste Management, parent [...] Continue Reading