Category: California
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Analysis Finds Offshore Fracking Industry Pumping Toxic Wastewater Into Coastal Waters
Citing the use of hazardous hydraulic fracturing chemicals and the release of oil industry wastewater off California’s coast, the Center for Biological Diversity yesterday called on the Coastal Commission to halt fracking for oil and gas in state waters and press for tighter regulation of fracking in federal waters. [caption id="attachment_312278" align="alignnone" width="500"] Approximately half…
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Millions Against Monsanto: 5 Lessons from Ongoing GMO Battle
Twenty years after the controversial introduction of unlabeled and untested genetically engineered foods and crops, opposition to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and Monsanto has created one of the largest netroots-grassroots movements in the U.S. There are arguably more important issues facing us today than the battle against Frankenfoods. The climate crisis and corporate control over…
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FluxHome: An Easy To Monitor Smart Home
One of the entries to this years Solar Decathlon competition is the so-called FluxHome project, envisioned and designed by a team of University of Southern California students. Their 1,000-square-foot solar-powered entry will be controlled by a single iPad. This ability to control all the complicated automation systems of this sustainable home offers the team an…
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Court Rules Feds Failed to Protect Thousands of Whales and Dolphins From Navy Sonar
The decision requires the federal agency to reassess its permits to ensure that the Navy’s training activities comply with protective measures in the Endangered Species Act.
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California Chefs Join Together to Fight Fracking
Working in collaboration with Food & Water Watch, a founding committee member of the statewide coalition Californians Against Fracking, the chefs are concerned about the threat fracking poses …