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Sierra Club Sues Yolo County to Demand ‘Environmental Safeguards’ of Teichert Mining Project

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|Date: February 12, 2022
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Sierra Club Sues Yolo County to Demand ‘Environmental Safeguards’ of Teichert Mining Project

Special to the Vanguard Yolo County, CA - The Yolano Group Sierra Club announced on Friday that it was jo ...

Special to the Vanguard Yolo County, CA - The Yolano Group Sierra Club announced on Friday that it was joining a lawsuit with a local citizen's group, Yolo Land and Water Defense, demanding changes to ...

February 12, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Cache Creek at a Crossroads

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|Date: December 10, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Cache Creek at a Crossroads

By Juliette Beck This morning beginning at 8:30AM the Yolo County Planning Commission is holding a public ...

By Juliette Beck This morning beginning at 8:30AM the Yolo County Planning Commission is holding a public hearing on a proposed gravel mining project along lower Cache Creek, located three miles west ...

December 10, 2021
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Valley Clean Energy Celebrates Putah Creek Solar Farm Groundbreaking

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|Date: August 18, 2021
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Valley Clean Energy Celebrates Putah Creek Solar Farm Groundbreaking

By Vanguard Staff WINTERS, CA – With the public unveiling last week of a 3-megawatt solar-plus-storage fa ...

By Vanguard Staff WINTERS, CA – With the public unveiling last week of a 3-megawatt solar-plus-storage farm west of Winters, Valley Clean Energy (VCE) took another step toward its goal of providing mo ...

August 18, 2021
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Yolo County Issues Warning Due to ‘Exceptional Drought Conditions’

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|Date: July 31, 2021
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Yolo County Issues Warning Due to ‘Exceptional Drought Conditions’

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – While California is used to a cycle of drought, flo ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – While California is used to a cycle of drought, floods, and fires, this drought is exceptional and, while it has largely been an inconvenience to ...

July 31, 2021
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While Massive CA Fires Burn, Supervisors Declare a Climate Emergency, Commit to Justice and Mobilization

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|Date: September 30, 2020
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While Massive CA Fires Burn, Supervisors Declare a Climate Emergency, Commit to Justice and Mobilization

By Juliette Beck With smoke still rising from one of California’s most massive wildfires on record, the Y ...

By Juliette Beck With smoke still rising from one of California’s most massive wildfires on record, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to accelerate local climate action and to fund a clim ...

September 30, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Wildfires Underscore Urgency to Rein in Climate Change

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|Date: September 11, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Wildfires Underscore Urgency to Rein in Climate Change

By Elisabeth Robbins and Mark Reynolds My friend hurriedly evacuated her dream home northeast of Vacavill ...

By Elisabeth Robbins and Mark Reynolds My friend hurriedly evacuated her dream home northeast of Vacaville as flames advanced down the hillside. In the Mendocino National Forest, firefighters burned o ...

September 11, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Yolo County Board Unanimously Votes to Move Forward on Climate Emergency Resolution

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|Date: March 14, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Yolo County Board Unanimously Votes to Move Forward on Climate Emergency Resolution

by Nick Buxton By unanimous vote at its Tuesday March 10th meeting, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors ...

by Nick Buxton By unanimous vote at its Tuesday March 10th meeting, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors directed its staff to work with a local group of community advocates to develop a climate emerg ...

March 14, 2020
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Candidates Respond to Yolano Group Questionnaire – Part 4

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|Date: January 18, 2020
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Candidates Respond to Yolano Group Questionnaire – Part 4

by Alan Pryor, Chair – Sierra Club Yolano Group This article is the 4th and final in a 4-part series on q ...

by Alan Pryor, Chair – Sierra Club Yolano Group This article is the 4th and final in a 4-part series on questions presented by the Sierra Club Yolano Group to candidates in the Yolo County District 4 ...

January 18, 2020
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Candidates Respond to Yolano Group Questionnaire – Part 3

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|Date: January 17, 2020
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Candidates Respond to Yolano Group Questionnaire – Part 3

by Alan Pryor, Chair – Sierra Club Yolano Group This article is the 3rd in a 4-part series on questions p ...

by Alan Pryor, Chair – Sierra Club Yolano Group This article is the 3rd in a 4-part series on questions presented by the Sierra Club Yolano Group to candidates in the Yolo County District 4 Supervisor ...

January 17, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Why You Won’t See Any David Abramson for Yolo County Supervisor Lawn Signs

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|Date: January 17, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Why You Won’t See Any David Abramson for Yolo County Supervisor Lawn Signs

By David Abramson This is our beautiful lawn sign. You won't see any of them out in town though. Here's w ...

By David Abramson This is our beautiful lawn sign. You won't see any of them out in town though. Here's why: Lawn signs are typically made from corrugated plastic AKA polypropylene (PP), which is crea ...

January 17, 2020
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Candidates Respond to Yolano Group Questionnaire – Part 2

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|Date: January 16, 2020
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Candidates Respond to Yolano Group Questionnaire – Part 2

by Alan Pryor – Chair, Sierra Club Yolano Group In the ballot for March 2020, three candidates are vying ...

by Alan Pryor – Chair, Sierra Club Yolano Group In the ballot for March 2020, three candidates are vying for the office of Yolo County District 4 Supervisor - Jim Provenza, Linda Deos, and David Abram ...

January 16, 2020
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Winters Votes To Join Valley Clean Energy

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|Date: November 09, 2019
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Winters Votes To Join Valley Clean Energy

(From VCE - Press Release) - The city of Winters is the fourth local jurisdiction to join Valley Clean En ...

(From VCE - Press Release) - The city of Winters is the fourth local jurisdiction to join Valley Clean Energy, Yolo County’s not-for-profit public clean power electricity agency. The cities of Woodlan ...

November 09, 2019
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Local Environmental Heros Honored by Sierra Club

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|Date: May 19, 2019
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Local Environmental Heros Honored by Sierra Club

This year, environmentalists from the local Sierra Club Yolano Group's area (primarily Yolo County) recei ...

This year, environmentalists from the local Sierra Club Yolano Group's area (primarily Yolo County) received 4 of the 6 individual awards given for all of Northern California at the Sierra Club’s Moth ...

May 19, 2019
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Eight Environmental Justice Activists Arrested at Monsanto Plant Monday

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|Date: October 17, 2018
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Eight Environmental Justice Activists Arrested at Monsanto Plant Monday

By Crescenzo Vellucci Eight environmental activists who maintain “Monsanto is poisoning the world” were a ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Eight environmental activists who maintain “Monsanto is poisoning the world” were arrested at the main gates of the Woodland Monsanto Headquarters in the early morning hours Mond ...

October 17, 2018
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Monsanto’s Roundup Discontinued in the Woodland School District

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|Date: October 10, 2018
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Monsanto’s Roundup Discontinued in the Woodland School District

(From Press Release) - The Woodland Coalition for Green Schools commends the Woodland Joint Unified Schoo ...

(From Press Release) - The Woodland Coalition for Green Schools commends the Woodland Joint Unified School in finally taking its first steps towards a comprehensive reform of its pest management syste ...

October 10, 2018
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The Yolo County Habitat Conservancy – A Long and Expensive Journey

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|Date: May 26, 2018
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The Yolo County Habitat Conservancy – A Long and Expensive Journey

by Bruce Guelden In 1994, several dozen Yolo County officials assembled in Woodland, Ca. They met with th ...

by Bruce Guelden In 1994, several dozen Yolo County officials assembled in Woodland, Ca. They met with the purpose of developing a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). This is a government program that ad ...

May 26, 2018
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Community News: People’s Climate Action Day, School Board Events

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|Date: September 16, 2014
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Community News: People’s Climate Action Day, School Board Events

Sunder For School Board Hosts “Back To School Kickoff” Celebration! Join Madhavi Sunder and her team of e ...

Sunder For School Board Hosts “Back To School Kickoff” Celebration! Join Madhavi Sunder and her team of energized campaign volunteers for its “Back to School Kickoff” celebration hosted by the Zaragoz ...

September 16, 2014
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Yolo Public Officials Speak Out Against the Bay Delta Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 20, 2013
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Yolo Public Officials Speak Out Against the Bay Delta Plan

On Monday, state and federal officials announced the availability of a public draft Bay Delta Conservatio ...

On Monday, state and federal officials announced the availability of a public draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and an accompanying environmental review document. The BDCP includes a proposal t ...

December 20, 2013
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Opposition to Radio Tower Angered by County’s Response and What they Call One-sided News Coverage

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 12, 2012
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Opposition to Radio Tower Angered by County’s Response and What they Call One-sided News Coverage

Two years ago, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors approved a permit that would allow the construction o ...

Two years ago, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors approved a permit that would allow the construction of a 365-foot radio tower in the Yolo County Central Landfill by Results Radio. However, the tow ...

November 12, 2012
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Target TCP Update Agendized for January 16 City-County Two-by-Two

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 08, 2009
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Target TCP Update Agendized for January 16 City-County Two-by-Two

Yolo County Representatives from the City and the County will meet on January 16, to discuss among other ...

Yolo County Representatives from the City and the County will meet on January 16, to discuss among other issues, the issue of TCP that was found in test sites around the Target Superfund site. To date ...

January 08, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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