Gadfly Attorney Threatens to Sue Over Restaurant Provision - After some discussion about a potential lawsuit, the Davis City Council unanimously approved the first reading of the single-use plastic ba ...

by Robb Davis There is little doubt that some of our neighbors in Davis have health problems that are exacerbated by wood smoke.  There is also little doubt that other neighbors enjoy having wood fire ...

On Tuesday night, the council voted 4-1 to support the idea of variable rates for waste containers, with Councilmember Brett Lee dissenting.  Councilmember Lee primarily objected because of the six-do ...

Staff Will Come Back with Final Ordinance - After considerable discussion, the Davis City Council unanimously asked staff to come back with an ordinance similar to the staff recommendation on wood bur ...

It was our initial understanding that the concern for wood smoke burning had to do with the large amount of particulate matter put into the air, particularly on days with little wind movement to blow ...

By Matt Williams In Saturday's article David Greenwald observed,  "As I read the back and forth the other day and was prompted by members of my editorial board, I realized that we have all fallen into ...

Back in July, the city council approved a Prop 218 notice for a residential variable rate structure that would set differential rates based on three sizes of garbage carts. The basis for this change, ...

By Alan Pryor The City of Davis had a municipal wood burning ordinance in place for a single wood burning season in 2012-2013. This ordinance prohibited use of non-EPA compliant wood burning devices o ...

Davis secured its place among the more progressive communities in California Tuesday night, as the Davis City Council finally made Davis the 61st community in the state of California to pass an ordina ...

For years Davis has prided itself on being one of the progressive leaders in the state and, indeed, the nation.  From Village Homes to the Solar Array to bicycle paths to the smoking ordinance, the ci ...

By Alan Pryor On the City Council agenda consent calendar for tonight's meeting, Staff is recommending that Council reapprove and amend last year's expired wood burning ordinance that was effective fr ...

Based on council's discussion back in early July, city staff has taken the council's comments at the time, and revised the proposed ordinance to reflect some of the concerns raised by council.  They p ...

I was reading a rather pointed letter to the editor of the Enterprise suggesting that "[t]elling some businesses they may no longer use plastic bags versus telling all businesses they may no longer us ...

By Rob White This week was marked by the announcement that Elon Musk (of PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX fame) announced that he is making significant plans to explore a new high speed transportation option ...

Citing a study that shows that both solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar water heating are considerably cheaper energy options for Davis residents than using grid-sourced electricity and natural gas, the ...

The debate against an ordinance related to carryout plastic bags has been dogged by misperceptions and outright errors.  I will fall on the sword for some of this.  One of our readers for months has b ...

Nearly two weeks ago the Obama Administration finally responded to critics that he lacked an aggressive policy on climate change, and unveiled a sweeping plan to slow carbon emissions.  The plan, whic ...

There was a time when Davis was the environmental leader, the innovator.  But those days are long over.  Davis finds itself fighting some remarkably rear-end fights on issues like plastic bags where m ...

It was Councilmember Brett Lee who seemed to derail some of the discussion on the Single Use Carry-Out Bag ordinance, when he argued that the plastic bag ban was "misnamed." "It's a plastic bag ban if ...

A few years ago one of the more controversial proposals was a green waste containerization plan.  While the city implemented a brief pilot plan at the time, ultimately, community dissent led to the ci ...