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Commentary: Extreme Weather, Fires, Climate Change

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 02, 2020
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Commentary: Extreme Weather, Fires, Climate Change

I recently had an interesting conversation with a long-time firefighter, and naturally the conversation t ...

I recently had an interesting conversation with a long-time firefighter, and naturally the conversation turned to that of climate change. In many ways, firefighters are on the front lines of the clim ...

January 02, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Low Impact Development, High Impact Environmentalism

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 24, 2019
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Low Impact Development, High Impact Environmentalism

by Mark Dempsey Most environmentalists do not request the economy halt so no harm would come to the envir ...

by Mark Dempsey Most environmentalists do not request the economy halt so no harm would come to the environment, instead advocating minimizing development impacts. It's possible to cut vehicle miles t ...

December 24, 2019
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Finding Home after Paradise Burned

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 10, 2019
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Finding Home after Paradise Burned

by Nick Buxton Just before dawn this last Friday (November 8), Carol Dyer climbed into her car and headed ...

by Nick Buxton Just before dawn this last Friday (November 8), Carol Dyer climbed into her car and headed two hours north to see what was left of a home she had left in a panic exactly a year earlier. ...

November 10, 2019
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Faced with Climate Activism, Law Enforcement Chooses to Crack Down on Protesters

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 18, 2019
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Faced with Climate Activism, Law Enforcement Chooses to Crack Down on Protesters

By Vaidya Gullapalli Next Monday, the United Nations General Assembly convenes for a climate summit durin ...

By Vaidya Gullapalli Next Monday, the United Nations General Assembly convenes for a climate summit during which countries will describe their plans for slowing global temperature rise. In The Nation ...

September 18, 2019
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My View: Climate Crisis Coming Sooner Than We Thought

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 24, 2019
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My View: Climate Crisis Coming Sooner Than We Thought

The fires have attracted worldwide attention to the peril that could hit this planet if the Amazon succum ...

The fires have attracted worldwide attention to the peril that could hit this planet if the Amazon succumbs to an ecological disaster. But as a Washington Post editorial this week makes clear – this ...

August 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Power Outages the New Normal?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 09, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Power Outages the New Normal?

California Wildfires There we were on Friday evening and suddenly the news is reporting that areas of Yol ...

California Wildfires There we were on Friday evening and suddenly the news is reporting that areas of Yolo County – specifically Winters and Davis – could have the power turned off on Saturday morning ...

June 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Ocasio-Cortez Fights Back against Charge of Elitism on Green New Deal, Climate Change

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 28, 2019
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Ocasio-Cortez Fights Back against Charge of Elitism on Green New Deal, Climate Change

While the Senate rejected the Green New Deal on Tuesday on a 57-0 vote, New York Representative Alexandri ...

While the Senate rejected the Green New Deal on Tuesday on a 57-0 vote, New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez laid out her vision of why this is needed and why concern for the environment i ...

March 28, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programs Are Key to Reaching Climate Resilience and Sustainability in the Agri-Food System

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: March 08, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programs Are Key to Reaching Climate Resilience and Sustainability in the Agri-Food System

By Leanna Sweha There has been extensive discussion about climate change and the agri-food system, includ ...

By Leanna Sweha There has been extensive discussion about climate change and the agri-food system, including in the Green New Deal resolution, which was introduced last month in both the House and Sen ...

March 08, 2019
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Boos Follow Rep. Garamendi at Davis Town Hall on Climate Change; Lawmaker Won’t Sign onto Measure

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 20, 2019
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Boos Follow Rep. Garamendi at Davis Town Hall on Climate Change; Lawmaker Won’t Sign onto Measure

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau DAVIS – Rep. John Garamendi seemingly wanted to talk abo ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau DAVIS – Rep. John Garamendi seemingly wanted to talk about everything – his life and accomplishments in state and federal politics, Trump, the military ...

February 20, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Real National Emergency

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 18, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Real National Emergency

President Trump may be on the verge of attempting to declare a national emergency on our borders, despite ...

President Trump may be on the verge of attempting to declare a national emergency on our borders, despite a lot of evidence to the contrary. At the same time, he is ignoring what appears to be the re ...

February 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The Green New Deal Is a Call to Arms before It’s Too Late

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 10, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: The Green New Deal Is a Call to Arms before It’s Too Late

For the first time in what seems like a very long time, the left played offense this week. The roll ...

For the first time in what seems like a very long time, the left played offense this week. The rolling out of the Green New Deal has dominated political discussions in an era where President Tru ...

February 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Green New Deal Advocates Storm Rep. Garamendi Office, Demand Support for Climate Change Resolution

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 09, 2019
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Green New Deal Advocates Storm Rep. Garamendi Office, Demand Support for Climate Change Resolution

By Crescenzo VellucciVanguard Sacramento Bureau DAVIS – “Green New Deal” community supporters bum-r ...

By Crescenzo VellucciVanguard Sacramento Bureau DAVIS – “Green New Deal” community supporters bum-rushed and occupied the district offices here of Rep. John Garamendi Friday – nearly 100 of them ...

February 09, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Green New Deal Emerges as Key Battle Line

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Green New Deal Emerges as Key Battle Line

A key emerging issue to watch in the next two years – the Green New Deal. It is emerging as a critical b ...

A key emerging issue to watch in the next two years – the Green New Deal. It is emerging as a critical battle line within the Democratic Party itself and pits the establishment wing of the party led ...

December 31, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Should Davis Sign the Green New Deal?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 16, 2018
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Should Davis Sign the Green New Deal?

The Green New Deal is an effort by many to shift the debate over climate change toward policy that seeks ...

The Green New Deal is an effort by many to shift the debate over climate change toward policy that seeks to deal with the scale of the crisis. In the past week over 311 state and local officials have ...

December 16, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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It’s the End of the World As We Know It, Trump Feels Fine

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 09, 2018
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It’s the End of the World As We Know It, Trump Feels Fine

President Ignores the Catastrophic Report, Focuses on His Victories This week the UN’s scientific panel o ...

President Ignores the Catastrophic Report, Focuses on His Victories This week the UN’s scientific panel on climate change issued a report that stunned even veteran observers, as it paints a far more d ...

October 09, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Trump Admin Knows Climate Change Is Happening, Devastating, but Won’t Do Anything about It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2018
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My View: Trump Admin Knows Climate Change Is Happening, Devastating, but Won’t Do Anything about It

The Washington Post yesterday had a startling story. They found buried deep in a 500-page environmental ...

The Washington Post yesterday had a startling story. They found buried deep in a 500-page environmental impact statement “the Trump administration made a startling assumption: On its current course, ...

September 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Adapting Land Use Policies during a Time of Climate Change

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 05, 2018
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Commentary: Adapting Land Use Policies during a Time of Climate Change

2017 turned out to be a bad year in the fight against climate change. 2018 has so far turned out to be e ...

2017 turned out to be a bad year in the fight against climate change. 2018 has so far turned out to be even worse. In my archives I pulled out an article from Wired from the end of 2017, “Fighting C ...

September 05, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Major Climate Study Leaked Among Concerns of Trump Admin Suppression

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 08, 2017
| (8) Comments

Major Climate Study Leaked Among Concerns of Trump Admin Suppression

“The last few years have also seen record-breaking, climate-related, weather extremes, as well as 30 of t ...

“The last few years have also seen record-breaking, climate-related, weather extremes, as well as 30 of the warmest years on record for the globe,” a Climate Change Report notes. The New York Times is ...

August 08, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Davis, Sacramento Temps to Rise over 8 Degrees by 2100

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 05, 2017
| (19) Comments

Davis, Sacramento Temps to Rise over 8 Degrees by 2100

by Jerika L.H. New research by Climate Central has given a bleak projection for the future of California, ...

by Jerika L.H. New research by Climate Central has given a bleak projection for the future of California, which it estimates will be pushed into a completely different climatic zone due to the effects ...

June 05, 2017
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California Responds to Trump Pulling out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 02, 2017
| (61) Comments

California Responds to Trump Pulling out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement

President Trump made the announcement that most were expecting, that the U.S. will withdraw from the Pari ...

President Trump made the announcement that most were expecting, that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, a move that will weaken efforts to combat global warming and increase the U.S ...

June 02, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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