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Assemblymember Dodd Lays Out Legislative Priorities

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|Date: March 26, 2016
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Assemblymember Dodd Lays Out Legislative Priorities

By Vanguard Editorial Board On Thursday March 17, the Editorial Board for the Davis Vanguard met with Ass ...

By Vanguard Editorial Board On Thursday March 17, the Editorial Board for the Davis Vanguard met with Assemblyman Bill Dodd. The meeting sought to delve deeper into Dodd’s platform and allow him the c ...

March 26, 2016
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Living in the Anthropocene – The Sixth Great Mass Extinction

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|Date: March 21, 2016
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Living in the Anthropocene – The Sixth Great Mass Extinction

By Debra Chase “So mankind gobbled in a century all the world’s resources that had taken millions of yea ...

By Debra Chase “So mankind gobbled in a century all the world’s resources that had taken millions of years to store up, and no one on the top gave a damn or listened to all the voices that were tryin ...

March 21, 2016
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Senator Wolk Introduces Climate Change Measures

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|Date: February 20, 2016
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Senator Wolk Introduces Climate Change Measures

Bills support investment in key strategy in Governor’s climate change plan (From press release) Senator L ...

Bills support investment in key strategy in Governor’s climate change plan (From press release) Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis) introduced two measures today to solidify the important role that protection ...

February 20, 2016
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Analysis: Does Statewide Plastic Bag Referendum Even Matter?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2015
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Analysis: Does Statewide Plastic Bag Referendum Even Matter?

In February a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags was put on hold as the industry succeeded in quali ...

In February a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags was put on hold as the industry succeeded in qualified a referendum for the November 2016 ballot. But as more and more local communities have alr ...

December 31, 2015
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Analysis Challenges Key Findings in CEQA Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2015
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Analysis Challenges Key Findings in CEQA Report

Yesterday, we presented a critique of CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act), with the law firm of H ...

Yesterday, we presented a critique of CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act), with the law firm of Holland & Knight arguing that CEQA is often used not by environmental groups, but rather by ...

October 07, 2015
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CEQA Litigation Abuse Undermines Purpose of Landmark Environmental Law

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2015
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CEQA Litigation Abuse Undermines Purpose of Landmark Environmental Law

The California Environmental Quality Act, better known as CEQA, was landmark legislation passed in 1970 i ...

The California Environmental Quality Act, better known as CEQA, was landmark legislation passed in 1970 in order to create a statewide policy of environmental protection. While CEQA does not directly ...

October 06, 2015
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Rain Doesn’t Always Follow the Plow

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|Date: September 18, 2015
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Rain Doesn’t Always Follow the Plow

By Debra Chase The Sunday morning dawn brought in the smoke over the farm, choking and oily, yet its orig ...

By Debra Chase The Sunday morning dawn brought in the smoke over the farm, choking and oily, yet its origin was 60 miles away. As the fires swept through the towns of Middletown and Cobb in Lake Count ...

September 18, 2015
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Reconsidering the Delta Tunnels

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|Date: September 16, 2015
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Reconsidering the Delta Tunnels

by Elizabeth Lasensky and Carol Warren The following letter was submitted for the public record regarding ...

by Elizabeth Lasensky and Carol Warren The following letter was submitted for the public record regarding the Delta Tunnels project. The last day to submit public comments about the Tunnels project is ...

September 16, 2015
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Sweeping Climate Change Bill SB 32 Stalls in Assembly

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 11, 2015
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Sweeping Climate Change Bill SB 32 Stalls in Assembly

A bill that would have extended California’s pollution reduction goals out to 2050 has stalled in the Ass ...

A bill that would have extended California’s pollution reduction goals out to 2050 has stalled in the Assembly. As a result, bill author Senator Fran Pavley announced on Thursday that SB 32 would not ...

September 11, 2015
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CPUC‘s Lack of Transparency, Last Minute Changes Hurts Conservation While Raising Energy Bills for Majority of Households

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|Date: July 07, 2015
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CPUC‘s Lack of Transparency, Last Minute Changes Hurts Conservation While Raising Energy Bills for Majority of Households

By Cecilia Escamilla Greenwald On Friday, July 3, just before the 4th of July weekend when most people ar ...

By Cecilia Escamilla Greenwald On Friday, July 3, just before the 4th of July weekend when most people are busy either taking an extended weekend holiday or gearing up to celebrate Independence Day wi ...

July 07, 2015
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Commentary: Water Uber Alles?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 23, 2015
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Commentary: Water Uber Alles?

An article last week on Fox News called this is a “man-made disaster,” arguing “the Golden State’s misgui ...

An article last week on Fox News called this is a “man-made disaster,” arguing “the Golden State’s misguided environmental policies allow much-needed freshwater to flow straight into the Pacific.” The ...

April 23, 2015
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Much Finger Pointing, Few Concrete Answers in Water Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 18, 2015
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Much Finger Pointing, Few Concrete Answers in Water Crisis

There is a lot of finger-pointing. The Associated Press reported Friday that California cities are pushin ...

There is a lot of finger-pointing. The Associated Press reported Friday that California cities are pushing back against the mandatory water use reductions. However, the State Water Resources Control B ...

April 18, 2015
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My View II: In Defense of Almonds or Re-Examining Agriculture in California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 11, 2015
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My View II: In Defense of Almonds or Re-Examining Agriculture in California

This past week, Almond farmers are fighting back, defending themselves from a statistic that was released ...

This past week, Almond farmers are fighting back, defending themselves from a statistic that was released: "It takes one gallon of water to produce one almond." KCRA reported this week, “The statistic ...

April 11, 2015
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Agriculture as a Net Sink of Greenhouse Gases: Proposals to Invest Cap-and-Trade Revenues

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: April 03, 2015
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Agriculture as a Net Sink of Greenhouse Gases: Proposals to Invest Cap-and-Trade Revenues

By Leanna Sweha Governor Brown’s FY 2015-16 budget proposal calls for new actions to further reduce green ...

By Leanna Sweha Governor Brown’s FY 2015-16 budget proposal calls for new actions to further reduce greenhouse gas pollutants (GHG) by 2030, including actions to enhance California’s agricultural land ...

April 03, 2015
| by Leanna Sweha

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Lawns versus Almonds – Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: March 27, 2015
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Lawns versus Almonds – Can’t We All Just Get Along?

By Leanna Sweha Last week, the East Bay Express published an article by Robert Gammon entitled “Californi ...

By Leanna Sweha Last week, the East Bay Express published an article by Robert Gammon entitled “California Targets Wrong Water Wasters.” Reflecting on the state’s emergency water conservation rules, G ...

March 27, 2015
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Report: Heat and Climate Change Help Fuel California’s Drought

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 03, 2015
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Report: Heat and Climate Change Help Fuel California’s Drought

Earlier this year, reports showed the several consecutive dry years combined with record supercharged Cal ...

Earlier this year, reports showed the several consecutive dry years combined with record supercharged California droughts. In 2014, temperatures were by far the highest – fueled mainly by a warmer tha ...

March 03, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Bag Ban on Hold As Referendum to Overturn It Qualifies for November 2016 Ballot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 26, 2015
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Bag Ban on Hold As Referendum to Overturn It Qualifies for November 2016 Ballot

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced on Tuesday that his office had certified a referendu ...

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced on Tuesday that his office had certified a referendum to overturn the ban on single-use plastic bags for the November 8, 2016, General Election Bal ...

February 26, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Brown Goes Bold on Climate Change

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 07, 2015
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Governor Brown Goes Bold on Climate Change

Governor Jerry Brown was sworn in for a fourth term on Monday and issued a call to action on the environm ...

Governor Jerry Brown was sworn in for a fourth term on Monday and issued a call to action on the environment and, in particular, climate change. He said, “Neither California nor indeed the world itsel ...

January 07, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Statewide Support Growing for Plastic Bag Ban

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 09, 2014
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Statewide Support Growing for Plastic Bag Ban

While the plastic bag industry has already launched its drive to put a referendum on the November 2016 ba ...

While the plastic bag industry has already launched its drive to put a referendum on the November 2016 ballot that would repeal SB 270, the supporters of the ban have lined up an impressive list of su ...

December 09, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Industry Launches Signature Drive to Stop Plastic Bag Ban

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 14, 2014
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Industry Launches Signature Drive to Stop Plastic Bag Ban

The plastic bag industry has already launched its drive to put a referendum on the November 2016 ballot t ...

The plastic bag industry has already launched its drive to put a referendum on the November 2016 ballot that would repeal SB 270. They have contracted with the American Progressive Bag Alliance to gat ...

November 14, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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