Category: California
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Shell’s Plot to Silence Protests Against Arctic Drilling
PHIL RADFORD — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California is currently weighing whether Shell has the right to preemptively stop Greenpeace from protesting …
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Court Victory for Opponents of Fracking in California
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY / SIERRA CLUB — Today, a federal judge has ruled that the Obama Administration violated the law when it issued oil leases in Monterey County, Calif., without considering the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. The ruling came in response to …
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California Sea Lion Strandings Alarm Scientists
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — Since the beginning in January 2013, dramatically-elevated strandings of California sea lion pups have been observed in Southern California. NOAA reported that strandings are increasing in …
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1,000+ Californians Protest Keystone XL at President Obama’s Fundraiser in San Francisco
CREDO — California activists sent a message to the president that if he plans to keep his inaugural promise to fight climate change—he must reject the Keystone XL pipeline. The protest was …
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World Wind Power Set to Top 300,000 Megawatts in 2013, After Record 2012
EARTH POLICY INSTITUTE — Even amid policy uncertainty in major wind power markets, wind developers still managed to set a new record for installations in 2012, with 44,000 megawatts of new wind capacity worldwide. With total capacity exceeding 280,000 megawatts, wind farms generate carbon-free electricity in more than 80 countries, 24 of which have …