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submitted by Grace for team Green Living 19 weeks 3 days 15 hours 50 minutes ago
A November ballot measure to boost the amount of renewable energy generated by California utilities has attracted a wildly diverse group of opponents - from the Natural Resources Defense Council to the Democratic Party and Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
"It's kind of like I'm uniting every...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Green Living 63 weeks 1 day 15 hours 38 minutes ago
Even before the Tesla gets delivered to its first owner, the very notion of this electric-car start-up - its greenness, its technological promise, its Silicon Valley roots - already has the eyes and ears of politicians in Washington and Sacramento.
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submitted by Christopher for team Green Living 38 weeks 3 days 13 hours 7 minutes ago
Aerial spraying is scheduled to begin in the East Bay this summer to combat the light brown apple moth, but already residents and city leaders are protesting the potentially harmful move because of concerns about health effects.
Spraying of a pesticide called CheckMate is expected to begin...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Green Living 82 weeks 6 days 3 hours 6 minutes ago
Despite the county's driest March since the Dust Bowl year of 1934, the Marin Municipal Water District's board of directors decided Wednesday night there is not a need for mandatory or voluntary water conservation measures.
The district reservoirs are still at 86 percent capacity, only 4 percent...(more)
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submitted by Elizabeth for team Green Living 58 weeks 3 days 10 hours 8 minutes ago
Protesters marched outside a biofuels conference held at the Bancroft Hotel yesterday in opposition to the $500 million research partnership between the campus and energy company BP.
Faculty, student and community members gathered to voice their concerns over the deal, which campus officials said will likely be...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Green Living 58 weeks 3 days 7 hours 51 minutes ago
Despite the protests of more than 50 scientists, including five Nobel laureates in chemistry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday approved use of a new, highly toxic fumigant, mainly for strawberry fields.
The new pesticide, methyl iodide, is designed for growers, mainly in California and Florida,...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Green Living 36 weeks 6 days 4 hours 43 minutes ago
President George W. Bush said Wednesday that the national drive toward ethanol production was also driving up the cost of corn and other foods, a problem he said needed to be addressed.
The boom in alternative fuels, he said, was "beginning to affect the price of food....(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Green Living 56 weeks 3 days 15 hours 22 minutes ago
Turning off the lights is going to be politically as well as romantically correct tonight, as San Francisco seeks to send yet another message to the world.
It's something called Lights Out San Francisco and, precisely at 8 p.m., the entire city is supposed to turn off...(more)
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submitted by Collin Frost for team Green Living 19 weeks 1 day 17 hours 52 minutes ago
There's a green sheen settling over colleges and universities.
This spring, East Los Angeles College unveiled 5,952 solar panels that generate nearly half of the college's energy.
At Santa Clara University, one building has carpet tiles made of yarn and the entire floor is raised on 14-inch...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Green Living 15 weeks 5 days 4 hours 28 minutes ago
The ancient Spanish city of Zaragoza, capital of Aragon, is playing host to Expo 2008 under the theme Water and Sustainable Development through Sept. 14. The city has long been aware of the importance of water to its civic well-being. It has three museums that focus...(more)
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submitted by Augie Brown for team Green Living 8 weeks 3 days 16 hours 9 minutes ago
Tightening our budgets just might tighten our belts -- literally.
Saving money spent on gas burns calories. Just ask any driver who now bikes to work or walks to the grocery store. And saving money spent on food builds better diets -- if it leads us to...(more)
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