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Robin Hood approach to global warming
Fuel-efficient vehicles could save you several times over |
Adam Browning |
09 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| A proposed new California law would take from the guzzlers and give to the sippers: Call it the Robin Hood approach to global warming. California drivers who buy new Hummers, Ford Expeditions, and other big vehicles that emit high levels of greenhouse gases would pay a fee of up to $2,500. And drivers who buy more fuel-efficient cars -- like the Toyota Prius or Ford Focus -- would receive rebates of up to $2,500, straight from the gas-guzzlers' pockets.Car deale ... |
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| Topics: California, cars, climate, climate change mitigation, hybrids (all these topics) |
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Rebooting campus computing
UC system greens electronics program |
Kate Sheppard |
09 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Yolanda just posted a bit on UC Berkeley's pending approval/disapproval of a Green Initiative Fund. And in more green UC news, last week all of the UC system got a little greener by passing an 'Environmental Sustainability Policy' that includes provisions on energy, global warming, waste, and eco-friendly electronics purchasing. As part of that pledge, the ten UC schools become the first universities in the nation to adopt guidelines for buying greener electronics, ... |
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| Topics: California, campus activism, green living, recycling (all these topics) |
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Breaking: Automaker suit against Calif. greenhouse-gas regulations may be dismissed as early as tomorrow afternoon
You heard it here first |
David Roberts |
03 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The lawsuit filed by automakers against states that have adopted California's greenhouse-gas restrictions on vehicles may be dismissed as early as tomorrow (Wed.) afternoon. When the Supreme Court ruling in Mass. vs. EPA was announced, the judge handling the automakers' lawsuit -- Judge William K. Sessions III of the U.S. District Court of Vermont -- summoned the lawyers in the case to his chambers for a discussion in light of the ruling. Check out the court's sched ... |
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| Topics: California, cars, green living, litigation, politics (all these topics) |
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Sacks Education
San Francisco approves first-in-nation ban on plastic bags |
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28 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Sacks Education San Francisco approves first-in-nation ban on plastic bags San Francisco is the first U.S. city to pass a ban on non-recyclable plastic bags at major supermarkets and drugstores. Once it's signed into law, the stores will have six months to a year to sack the sacks, switching to compostable, recyclable ones made from corn or potato starch -- or reverting to recyclable paper. "We ... |
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| Topics: business, California, legislation, news, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Maybe They Should Just Call It LNG Beach
Natural-gas terminals canceled, pursued, and potentially dangerous |
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15 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Maybe They Should Just Call It LNG Beach Natural-gas terminals canceled, pursued, and potentially dangerous In a great victory for greens (we love saying that!), Chevron Corp. has announced that it will not build a $650 million liquefied-natural-gas terminal off of Mexico's Coronado Islands, rewarding years of protests about the risks to marine life. But farther north, the seas aren't so smooth. Even though ... |
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| Topics: California, energy, Mexico, natural gas, news (all these topics) |
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Don't Make Her Bust Out That Bustier
Famed California town may have to fight yet another pollution battle |
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02 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Don't Make Her Bust Out That Bustier Famed California town may have to fight yet another pollution battle Note to pollutey people: if you want to keep a low profile, perhaps it's wise not to situate yourself in a location made famous for being unjustly polluted. A sewage-sludge conversion plant is being planned eight miles away from Hinkley, the small California town made forever infamous by Julia ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, California, celebrity, green living, news (all these topics) |
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Meany in a Bottle
Baby bottles found to leak chemicals, California may ban them |
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01 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Meany in a Bottle Baby bottles found to leak chemicals, California may ban them Most parents discourage their kiddos from ingesting known toxics, so a new study from green group Environment California is a bit of a bummer: when run through a simulated dishwasher 50 to 75 times, name-brand baby bottles leach the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, in levels that have caused reproductive abno ... |
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| Topics: California, green living, health, news, parenting, politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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If At First You Don't Secede
Five western states form regional climate-change partnership |
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27 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| If At First You Don't Secede Five western states form regional climate-change partnership Citing a federal leadership void, the governors of five western U.S. states have formed a regional partnership to cut greenhouse gases and fight climate change. The Western Regional Climate Action Initiative, which inc ... |
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| Topics: Arizona, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, climate change mitigation, New Mexico, news, Oregon, politics, state politics, Washington (all these topics) |
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Yearning to Breathe Free
Study finds air-quality inequality in San Francisco Bay area |
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21 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Yearning to Breathe Free Study finds air-quality inequality in San Francisco Bay area According to a new study, people of color and poorer residents in the San Francisco Bay area breathe more than their share of polluted air. "We have a problem with the degree of environmental inequality ... even though we regard ourselves as a region that is very progressive," said Manuel Pastor, director of th ... |
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| Topics: California, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Now Who's a Moonbeam?
On heels of climate report, governments and businesses get real |
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05 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Now Who's a Moonbeam? On heels of climate report, governments and businesses get real Heeding a call from French President Jacques Chirac, 46 nations are backing a plan to create a powerful new U.N. Environment Organization that could police climate offenders. Egregious emitters Russia, China, India, and the U.S. didn't leap up and down volunteering to j ... |
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| Topics: business, California, climate, environmental justice, France, news, politics, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics) |
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The Illumi-nicey
New California bills would outlaw inefficient light bulbs |
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01 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The Illumi-nicey New California bills would outlaw inefficient light bulbs As Thomas Edison adjusts his eternal resting position just a tad, two California state legislators plan to introduce separate bills that would effectively ban incandescent light bulbs in the state over the next decade. One of the bills, backed by California Assembly member Lloyd Levine (D), has been dubbed the How Many Legislators Does It Take to ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, energy, news (all these topics) |
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Nice Perc if You Can Get It
California to phase out toxic dry-cleaning chemical |
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26 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Nice Perc if You Can Get It California to phase out toxic dry-cleaning chemical Continuing its quest to show the rest of the country up, California has notched another first: the state's Air Resources Board has voted unanimously to phase out perchloroethylene, or perc, a toxic chemical commonly used in dry cleaning. Some 3,400 California cleaners who use the solvent -- a suspected carcinogen said to contaminate one-tenth of the st ... |
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| Topics: California, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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The LNG Kiss Goodnight
Controversial natural-gas terminal in Long Beach, Calif., gets the boot |
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24 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The LNG Kiss Goodnight Controversial natural-gas terminal in Long Beach, Calif., gets the boot Friends, we are gathered here today to wo0t the death of a planned liquefied-natural-gas terminal in Long Beach, Calif. Citing a city attorney's conclusion that the environmental review of the project "is and in all likelihood will remain legally inadequate," Long Beach officials yesterday unanimously voted to pul ... |
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| Topics: California, energy, natural gas, news (all these topics) |
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Ted Again
Cable magnate Ted Turner forms solar-energy business partnership |
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12 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Ted Again Cable magnate Ted Turner forms solar-energy business partnership Remember Ted Turner? Tall fellow, gray hair, owned a lotta cable TV and a lotta land and was married to Jane Fonda? Yeah, that one. Well, he's back, and he's sinking some of his legendary wealth into solar technology. Partnering with four-year-old, New Jersey-based Dome-Tech Solar, the skillionaire will focus on ... |
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| Topics: business, California, celebrity, energy, news, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Flexing His OPECs
Schwarzenegger, E.U. unveil new carbon-cutting schemes |
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10 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Flexing His OPECs Schwarzenegger, E.U. unveil new carbon-cutting schemes California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) may be hobbled by a broken leg, but his mind is still strong. (File that under Sentences We Never Thought We'd Write.) In his State of the State address last night, the green-leaning Governator announced a plan to cut carbon in transportation fuel 10 percent by 202 ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, European Union, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Globalization Shmobalization
San Francisco Bay Area coalition urges focus on local economy |
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05 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Globalization Shmobalization San Francisco Bay Area coalition urges focus on local economy What will those hippies think of next? A coalition of groups in the San Francisco Bay Area is undertaking a push against globalization and the labor and environmental offenses it incurs. The coalition, which just released a 30-page plan, hopes to coordinate with business and government leaders to move the Ba ... |
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| Topics: business, California, globalization, news, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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One Nation, Under Terry
An interview with California environmental adviser Terry Tamminen |
David Roberts |
04 Jan 2007 |
Main Dish |
| Terry Tamminen is a compact, affable man. With his bluntness and lack of pretense, it's easy to see why Arnold Schwarzenegger trusted him. The California governor brought Tamminen on as his environmental adviser in 2003, elevated him to secretary of the state EPA, and then appointed him a senior cabinet adviser in 2004. In part due to Tamminen's behind-the-scenes influence and t ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, interview, politics, state politics, Terry Tamminen (all these topics) |
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Terminal Killness
City officials' reluctance may halt LNG terminal in Long Beach, Calif. |
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13 Dec 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Terminal Killness City officials' reluctance may halt LNG terminal in Long Beach, Calif. The debate over a $700 million liquefied-natural-gas terminal in Long Beach, Calif., may be coming to an end. City officials have long been squeamish about the proposed facility due to its proximity to the urban center. "It's a risk for accident and terrorist attack, and it's not a good business deal for the city," says ... |
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| Topics: California, energy, natural gas, news (all these topics) |
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Owening Up to Their Mistakes
California's Owens River runs again after nearly a century |
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08 Dec 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Owening Up to Their Mistakes California's Owens River runs again after nearly a century The most ambitious river habitat restoration in the West kicked off this week, as Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa turned a knob on a dam and allowed water to flow through. The dam, built in 1913 to direct water into an L.A. aqueduct some 250 miles away, evaporated Owens Lake into salt flats and kick-start ... |
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| Topics: California, news, rivers and watersheds, water conflicts (all these topics) |
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Lunguna Beach
Study says California diesel responsible for 1,100 premature deaths |
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06 Dec 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Lunguna Beach Study says California diesel responsible for 1,100 premature deaths Overpopulation plaguing your state? Follow California's lead and kill 'em off! A Union of Concerned Scientists study says diesel emissions from old construction equipment contributed to 1,100 premature deaths and half a million sick days in California in 2005, costing an estimated $9.1 billion. "Construction equipment being used to build ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, California, news (all these topics) |
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One Good Deed Reserves Another
Northeast, California move forward with marine reserves |
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21 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| One Good Deed Reserves Another Northeast, California move forward with marine reserves It's time to call in the marine reserves (think fish, not guns). The Conservation Law Foundation and the Canadian branch of the World Wildlife Fund issued a report yesterday recommending that a network of ocean areas off the eastern coast of Canada and the U.S. be protected from fishing and other human activity. After six years of ma ... |
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| Topics: California, news, Northeast, oceans (all these topics) |
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Rubber Ducky, You're Not the One
San Francisco set to enact first-in-nation ban on toxics in baby toys |
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20 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Rubber Ducky, You're Not the One San Francisco set to enact first-in-nation ban on toxics in baby toys Next week, San Francisco will become the first U.S. city to ban the manufacture, distribution, and sale of baby toys containing chemicals linked to cancer and developmental delays. The prime targets -- bisphenol A and phthalates -- have been found in everything from rubber duckies to teething rings to bathtime boo ... |
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| Topics: California, news, San Francisco, toxics (all these topics) |
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Dirty Movies
Hollywood spews excess pollution along with its blockbusters |
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15 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Dirty Movies Hollywood spews excess pollution along with its blockbusters Hollywood is facing an inconvenient truth: it's a dirty industry. A UCLA report says TV and film productions pollute more than four other local industries, including aerospace and semiconductor manufacturing (but likely less than oil refineries, so that's a comfort). Set construction, special effects, and other excesses emit 140,0 ... |
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| Topics: California, green living, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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We Left Our Hearts in San Francisco
Grist's reader party was fabulous, left us hungry for more |
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14 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
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| Topics: California, green living (all these topics) |
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Pom and Jerry
McNerney is giving Pombo a run for his money |
Amanda Griscom Little |
26 Oct 2006 |
Muckraker |
| A year ago it was virtually unthinkable that Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) -- right-wing darling, fundraiser extraordinaire, champion of polluting industries, and enemy No. 1 of the environmental community -- could be unseated by any Democrat, much less one with zero political experience to his name. But now, a week and a half before Election Day, the rookie Democratic challenger in California's 11th ... |
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| Topics: California, elections, Muckraker, politics (all these topics) |
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