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

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|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
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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
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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
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Monday Morning Thoughts, Part II – Resistance Standing in the Way of Prosperity

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 24, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts, Part II – Resistance Standing in the Way of Prosperity

In the Chronicle this week, Joe Mathews writes: “Resistance to development stands in way of prosperity.” ...

In the Chronicle this week, Joe Mathews writes: “Resistance to development stands in way of prosperity.” He argues that, as a New Year’s resolution, the “best thing you could do is swear off this phr ...

December 24, 2018
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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
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Fire Danger Adds Urgency to Climate Change

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 26, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Fire Danger Adds Urgency to Climate Change

We have learned, once again this month, that the risk of fire presents a multi-fold danger to areas of Ca ...

We have learned, once again this month, that the risk of fire presents a multi-fold danger to areas of California – even those locations where the risk of actual fire is comparatively low. On the one ...

November 26, 2018
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Commentary: Schools Made a Tough Call, Is This Really the Future We Face?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 16, 2018
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Commentary: Schools Made a Tough Call, Is This Really the Future We Face?

UC Davis tried to open earlier this week and the students protested the decision. The administration aft ...

UC Davis tried to open earlier this week and the students protested the decision. The administration after the push back re-considered their decision, and ended up closing school for the week. Given ...

November 16, 2018
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Commentary: The New Normal?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 13, 2018
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Commentary: The New Normal?

It wasn’t an incredibly hot fall. In fact, I don’t know that we had a single real heat wave after Labor ...

It wasn’t an incredibly hot fall. In fact, I don’t know that we had a single real heat wave after Labor Day. But we’ve had almost no rain, and for most of October the temperatures were running aroun ...

November 13, 2018
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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
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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
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My View: Fires, Heat, the New Normal under Climate Change Sinks In

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 18, 2018
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My View: Fires, Heat, the New Normal under Climate Change Sinks In

Last week I was visiting my folks in San Luis Obispo. After finishing the Vanguard, I prepared for a jog ...

Last week I was visiting my folks in San Luis Obispo. After finishing the Vanguard, I prepared for a jog from the house I grew up in, down to my old high school and back. It was a little different h ...

August 18, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Happens When It Comes Here?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 30, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Happens When It Comes Here?

Yesterday I had a terrifying reminder of just how vulnerable we actually are. As I drove over the Mace o ...

Yesterday I had a terrifying reminder of just how vulnerable we actually are. As I drove over the Mace overpass, Davis blanketed by cool smoke and noxious ash, I suddenly saw to the east, not far awa ...

July 30, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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California’s Got a New Plan to Hit Its 2030 Emissions Target – but, Are We Aiming at the Right Target?

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: January 02, 2018
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California’s Got a New Plan to Hit Its 2030 Emissions Target – but, Are We Aiming at the Right Target?

By Leanna Sweha The Air Resources Board just adopted its 2030 Scoping Plan. The 2030 goal - a 40 percent ...

By Leanna Sweha The Air Resources Board just adopted its 2030 Scoping Plan. The 2030 goal - a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions below 1990 levels - is mandated by state law. Thi ...

January 02, 2018
| by Leanna Sweha

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Sunday Commentary: We Ignore the Link Between Local Land Use Policies and Climate Change at Our Own Peril

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: We Ignore the Link Between Local Land Use Policies and Climate Change at Our Own Peril

Today is the end of 2017 and, in many ways, 2017 was not a good year on the climate change front – with t ...

Today is the end of 2017 and, in many ways, 2017 was not a good year on the climate change front – with the worst fire season in American history, a bad Atlantic hurricane season, and disease spreadin ...

December 31, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Agriculture (Finally) Scores Some Serious State Climate Funding

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: September 21, 2017
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Agriculture (Finally) Scores Some Serious State Climate Funding

By Leanna Sweha Governor Brown last week signed two bills sending almost $1.5 billion in cap-and-trade au ...

By Leanna Sweha Governor Brown last week signed two bills sending almost $1.5 billion in cap-and-trade auction revenues to climate change programs. So far, the media has focused largely on the fair la ...

September 21, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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To Tackle Climate Change and Grow the State Economy, Let’s Improve the Business Climate

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: September 02, 2017
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To Tackle Climate Change and Grow the State Economy, Let’s Improve the Business Climate

By Leanna Sweha On Thursday, the legislature held a hearing on how to promote a “just transition” to a lo ...

By Leanna Sweha On Thursday, the legislature held a hearing on how to promote a “just transition” to a low carbon economy. Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) in his opening remarks said Imp ...

September 02, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Major Climate Study Leaked Among Concerns of Trump Admin Suppression

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 08, 2017
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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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Cap-and-Trade Extension: Saving Face and Maybe the State’s Economy Too

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: July 26, 2017
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Cap-and-Trade Extension: Saving Face and Maybe the State’s Economy Too

By Leanna Sweha Yesterday, Governor Brown signed AB 398, the bill that extends Cap-and-Trade to 2030. Ea ...

By Leanna Sweha Yesterday, Governor Brown signed AB 398, the bill that extends Cap-and-Trade to 2030. Earlier this month, he made an impassioned plea to legislators to pass the bill, calling their vo ...

July 26, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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