Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet
Southern California consumer and environmental advocates will hold a news conference in Los Angeles Thursday, May 17, to challenge the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) to support an independent cost-benefit analysis of the proposed multibillion Peripheral Canal or Tunnel. “Who would get the water and who would pay the bill, which is now estimated to be [...]
In 2010, it looked like the Democrats were going to have a hard time holding the Senate. They got a reprieve from the Tea Party – which backed such extreme candidates in Delaware, Nevada and Colorado that they managed to shoot themselves in the proverbial foot. Now, in 2012, it looks like the same scenario [...]
The Delta Stewardship Council staff on May 14 released the final draft Delta Plan, drawing a response from Delta advocates that the fix is in to build a peripheral canal or tunnel that would grab millions of gallons of water for agribusiness and Southern California development, leaving fish, native tribes, and other users high and [...]
We’ve told you how Monsanto dominates American agriculture. We’ve told you how they dominate the government departments that are supposed to be overseeing them (see: Monsanto empoloyees in the halls of government). And we’ve told you how Monsanto dominates the researchers who should be determining the safety of their GMO products (see: Monsanto blocks research [...]
We told you way back in January of 2011 that there was a narrow window to fix the spectacularly broken Senate. We told you over and over again, in fact (see: Filibuster reform is good for the planet). But despite the fact that a number of Senators had signed on to the reform effort pushed [...]
By James Howard Kunstler The New Urbanists held their big annual meet-up for four days last week and I stomped a big carbon footprint flying down to West Palm Beach for the doings. I don’t know who exactly picked West Palm, but it was at once peculiar, disheartening, instructive, and exhausting. The Congress for the [...]
By Emma Newman As coal plants in the United States continue to close, local organizations around the country appear to have struck a blow to the industry. But in reality, as coal consumption decreases in our country, global demand continues to rise. A result of this shift in demand can be found in recent proposals [...]
In a joint statement on May 7, California’s Secretary for Natural Resources John Laird and Director of Fish and Game Chuck Bonham announced that implementation of the state’s Marine Protected Areas” in San Francisco Bay will be delayed until the completion of planning efforts for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta under the Bay Delta Conservation [...]
Epistle to the Ecotopians By Ernest Callenbach [This document was found on the computer of Ecotopia author Ernest Callenbach (1929-2012) after his death.] To all brothers and sisters who hold the dream in their hearts of a future world in which humans and all other beings live in harmony and mutual support — a world of sustainability, stability, [...]
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