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Scrap Happy
San Francisco food-composting program is a hit |
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04 Nov 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Scrap Happy San Francisco food-composting program is a hit In 1996, a company called Norcal Waste found that 19 percent of landfill matter in San Francisco consisted of discarded food scraps -- and it sensed a market opportunity. Now the city boasts a popular and growing composting program, with discarded food collected and processed into organically certified "Four Course Compost, ... |
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| Topics: California, food, San Francisco, solid waste treatment and disposal (all these topics) |
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Living for the City
San Francisco unveils plan to fight global warming |
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29 Sep 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Living for the City San Francisco unveils plan to fight global warming Saying that global warming "is a real and looming threat to our economy, our public health, and our environment" to which the Bush administration "is not paying attention," San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (D) this week unveiled a plan to reduce the city's greenhouse-gas emissions to 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2012. Much of t ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Forward, Marsh!
Big Wetlands Restoration Effort Begins in San Francisco Bay |
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22 Jul 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: San Francisco Forward, Marsh! Big Wetlands Restoration Effort Begins in San Francisco Bay This week saw the kickoff of the third-largest wetlands restoration project in the U.S., and the largest in the West, in San Francisco Bay, where tidal flows will be returned to 16,500 acres of salt ponds over the course of 30 years. The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project came about when Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) put together a purchasing group involving federal and state agenc ... |
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| Topics: San Francisco (all these topics) |
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A Mighty Wind
New California Wind Farm Blows Previous Efforts Away |
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07 Jan 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| A Mighty Wind New California Wind Farm Blows Previous Efforts Away Between San Francisco and Sacramento lies the nearly completed High Winds Energy Center, a state-of-the-art wind farm expected to generate roughly 162 megawatts of electricity -- enough to power 75,000 homes -- and make wind power competitive with extractive energy sources. The turbin ... |
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| Topics: business, California, energy, food and agriculture, green living, San Francisco, wildlife, wind power (all these topics) |
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Brown Out
Two Enviros Named to San Francisco Power Commission in Political Coup |
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27 Oct 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Brown Out Two Enviros Named to San Francisco Power Commission in Political Coup A political coup in San Francisco last week led to two environmentalists being named to the city's Public Utilities Commission: former Sierra Club President Adam Werbach and Robin Chiang, an architect specializing in eco-friendly design and construction. San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly was serving as acting mayor for a day while Mayor Wi ... |
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| Topics: California, politics, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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So Much for 'Go West, Young Man'
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25 Jul 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| So Much for "Go West, Young Man" The U.S. has long imported French cuisine, Italian fashion, and German cars; now, California wants to import Old World environmental regulations. The Golden State has historically been on the cutting edge of environmental politics here in the U.S., but the European Union, with its strict controls on food, water, and chemicals, boasts even more eco-friendly policies. Calif ... |
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| Topics: California, European Union, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Cruising for Trouble
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03 Jun 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Cruising for Trouble Environmental protesters came out to say good riddance when the Crystal Harmony cruise ship pulled out of port in San Francisco yesterday. The Crystal Cruises company was banned from docking its ships in Monterey, Calif., in March because one of its ships had discharged tens of thousands of gallons of wastewater into the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Enviros in San Francisco are frustrated that their ... |
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| Topics: San Francisco, Seattle (all these topics) |
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PBDE Heebie-jeebies
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12 Mar 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| PBDE Heebie-jeebies Women in the San Francisco Bay Area have three to 10 times the amount of a dangerous persistent organic pollutant in their breast tissue as do either European or Japanese women, according to a study released yesterday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are flame retardants commonly used in foam, textiles, and plastic electro ... |
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| Topics: California, European Union, health, Japan, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Botanically Correct
A new language is needed to win the day for native species |
Kim Todd |
06 Nov 2002 |
Soapbox |
| This cold morning at the Presidio, elegant terns wheel over the lagoon at the edge of the San Francisco Bay, screeching like a fleet of squeaky bicycles. In the distance, fog blots out the top of the Golden Gate Bridge. On the strip of beach closest to the water, dogs chase tennis balls into the surf. And in restored sand dunes, volunteers yank non-native plants and pile them in trash bags. Aro ... |
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| Topics: California, San Francisco, wildlife (all these topics) |
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This Wetland Is My Wetland
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28 Oct 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| This Wetland Is My Wetland California is on the verge of unveiling two of the biggest wetland-rehabilitation projects in the history of the Western United States. By the end of the year, officials in Northern California will sign a $135 million agreement to buy and begin restoring salt ponds along the South San Francisco Bay from Cargill, Inc., whose salt-production practices have led to seve ... |
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| Topics: California, environmental restoration, San Francisco, wetlands (all these topics) |
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Hawaii G-O!
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22 Oct 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: San Francisco Hawaii G-O! There's no shortage of sunlight in Hawaii -- so why is there a shortage of solar energy? That's the question Ed Smeloff and David Hochschild would like to answer. The two alternative-energy advocates pioneered the trailblazing $100 million solar bond initiative passed by the city of San Francisco last year; as cofounders of Vote Solar, they hope to spread the solar gospel to other places. Last week, they went to Hawaii to build momentum for solar the ... |
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Critical Masses
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30 Sep 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Critical Masses The mention of bike rallies usually summons images of Harleys, leather, and tattoos -- but not so the rally held Friday in San Francisco to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Critical Mass. Somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000 riders turned out for the party, far more than normally participate in the monthly biking event to encourage alternative transportation and advocate for better biking conditions. Th ... |
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| Topics: California, placemaking, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Kristin Casper, Greenpeace Clean Energy Now!
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02 Aug 2002 |
Dispatches |
| Kristin Casper is a campaigner for Greenpeace Clean Energy Now!. She works with schools, cities, and the state of California to invest in clean energy and protect the climate and future generations from global warming. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 02 Aug 2002 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Thursday nights are the start of my weekend. I kick them off with salsa dancing at Club Cocomo, an island-like oasis tucked away in the industrial sector of San Fran ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, energy, Greenpeace, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Kristin Casper, Greenpeace Clean Energy Now!
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01 Aug 2002 |
Dispatches |
| Kristin Casper is a campaigner for Greenpeace Clean Energy Now!. She works with schools, cities, and the state of California to invest in clean energy and protect the climate and future generations from global warming. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 01 Aug 2002 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Do you remember one of Greenpeace's oldest ships, the Peacock, that tracked Russian whalers and stopped them from slaughtering hundreds of whales? Did you know tha ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, energy, Greenpeace, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Kristin Casper, Greenpeace Clean Energy Now!
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31 Jul 2002 |
Dispatches |
| Kristin Casper is a campaigner for Greenpeace Clean Energy Now!. She works with schools, cities, and the state of California to invest in clean energy and protect the climate and future generations from global warming. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 31 Jul 2002 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. I read the newspaper every morning, but try to avoid the stories from the White House, which tend to make me nauseous. Instead, I go straight to the Bay Area sect ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, energy, Greenpeace, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Kristin Casper, Greenpeace Clean Energy Now!
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30 Jul 2002 |
Dispatches |
| Kristin Casper is a campaigner for Greenpeace Clean Energy Now!. She works with schools, cities, and the state of California to invest in clean energy and protect the climate and future generations from global warming. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 30 Jul 2002 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Last night, while hanging around with my coworkers (literally "hanging around" -- we were at an action-climb training session), I was impressed all over a ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, energy, Greenpeace, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Kristin Casper, Greenpeace Clean Energy Now!
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29 Jul 2002 |
Dispatches |
| Kristin Casper is a campaigner for Greenpeace Clean Energy Now!. She works with schools, cities, and the state of California to invest in clean energy and protect the climate and future generations from global warming. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 29 Jul 2002 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif I like Monday mornings. As a Clean Energy Now! campaigner for Greenpeace, I spend most of my weekends recruiting new volunteers, getting people to sign postcards, or ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, energy, Greenpeace, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Marsh-a-Marsh-a-Marsh-a
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29 May 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Marsh-a-Marsh-a-Marsh-a An agricultural company has agreed to sell 16,500 acres of salt ponds around the San Francisco Bay, paving the way for what could be the nation's biggest wetlands restoration project outside of the Florida Everglades. Cargill Inc., an international agriculture and food company, signed a preliminary agreement yesterday with state and federal governments and private fo ... |
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| Topics: California, land stewardship, San Francisco, wetlands, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Sitting By the Docket of the Bay
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04 Apr 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: San Francisco Sitting By the Docket of the Bay A five-year-old legal battle between San Francisco Baykeeper, a conservation organization, and Dow Chemical ended yesterday when the Contra Costa County Superior Court approved a settlement. Dow stood accused of unlawfully discharging contaminated water into the New York Slough, which empties into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers and from there into the San Francisco Bay. Under the terms of the settlement, Dow will pay $3 million ... |
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Frisco Ain't Kidding
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29 Jan 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: San Francisco Frisco Ain't Kidding San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown proposed yesterday that his city pledge to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2012. Brown said the goal "is as much about protecting our national security as it is about protecting our environmental quality of life." If the city's Board of Supervisors passes Brown's resolution, San Francisco will become the 116th U.S. city to promise to cuts greenhouse gas emissions i ... |
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Sunny Dispositions
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14 Nov 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Sunny Dispositions San Francisco may be making headlines with its innovative plan to radically expand solar power generation, but other places deserve kudos as well, according to a study released last week by Greenpeace. The study, produced before the San Francisco plan was approved by voters last week, compared both planned and installed solar energy systems in ... |
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| Topics: Arizona, California, Greenpeace, Nevada, New York, San Francisco, Texas, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Sun Francisco Giants
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30 Oct 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: San Francisco Sun Francisco Giants San Francisco could become the nation's leader in alternative energy use if voters approve two solar-energy ballot measures at the polls next week. Propositions B and H would enable the city to sell bonds to install solar panels on residential, commercial, and government rooftops, creating the largest solar power infrastructure in the United States. Advocates -- including nearly every major civic organization and city officials of diverse pol ... |
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Flexing Their Muscles
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01 Oct 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Flexing Their Muscles The car-sharing company Flexcar is planning to expand beyond its Northwest roots and enter the Washington, D.C., market this fall, where it will compete with Boston-based Zipcar. Both companies work to reduce the number of cars on the road by enticing customers to share vehicles and avoid the hassles of car ownership. Customers pa ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, Massachusetts, placemaking, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC (all these topics) |
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Bay City Rollers
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10 Sep 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Bay City Rollers Hybrid cars are all the rage in the San Francisco Bay area. About one in five hybrids sold in the U.S. has been purchased in the Bay area, and the average waiting time to buy a Toyota Prius or Honda Insight is five months at local dealers. Drivers say heads turn as their cars cruise by; some folks even talk of the sex appeal of the vehicles. In related news, across the U.S. ... |
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| Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, placemaking, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Sitting By a Docket of the Bay
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30 Aug 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: San Francisco Sitting By a Docket of the Bay In response to a lawsuit brought by enviros, the U.S. EPA yesterday rejected the San Francisco Bay area's plan to clean up its smog-laden air. Local air-quality officials must now come up with a plan that satisfies the feds by next January, or risk losing more than $1 billion in federal highway dollars. Under the Clean Air Act, the Bay area had until last November to be in compliance with air-quality standards, but it missed the dea ... |
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| Topics: San Francisco (all these topics) |
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