Category: California
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208 Arrested Protesting Climate Chaos and Big Oil at Chevron Refinery
Two thousand eight hundred high-spirited and sunflower-carrying demonstrators converged in front of the main gate to Chevron’s refinery in Richmond Saturday to demand that the oil giant address…
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Taking a Stand for Clean Water and Healthy Ecosystems
The California experience that brings in millions of dollars in tourism revenue rests on the promise of clean, safe water. Dirty water and closed beaches due to bacteria and contamination …
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Top 12 States Leading the U.S. in Solar Power
The report emphasizes that it is not availability of sunlight that makes states solar leaders, but the degree to which state and local governments have created effective public policy for the development of the solar industry …
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Court Finds Bush-Era Ozone Standards Violate Clean Air Act
The court’s judgment found that in 2008 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) violated the Clean Air Act when it refused to set protective standards and ignored the unanimous recommendation of its independent science advisors. However …
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Millions Against Monsanto: On the Road to Victory
The anti-GMO movement in the U.S. has identified Monsanto’s “Achilles Heel”—GMO food labeling at the state level—and has begun to achieve some preliminary victories, both in the marketplace and in the legislative arena … Our common task now must be to win the all-important Washington State ballot initiative.