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Commentary: Does Davis Need to Be More Like Woodland?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 05, 2015
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Commentary: Does Davis Need to Be More Like Woodland?

There was an interesting and thought-provoking column from John Mott-Smith this week and, while the overa ...

There was an interesting and thought-provoking column from John Mott-Smith this week and, while the overall subject was “the city of Woodland and what it’s doing to increase energy efficiency, reduce ...

February 05, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Cart Before Community Discussion on CCE?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 02, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Cart Before Community Discussion on CCE?

(Editor's note: I had originally put my thoughts on two subjects together as per my usual Monday Morning ...

(Editor's note: I had originally put my thoughts on two subjects together as per my usual Monday Morning Thoughts Column, but after some reflection, decided that the topics were diverse enough that I ...

February 02, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Smart, Clean and Local Energy Technologies for Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 03, 2014
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Smart, Clean and Local Energy Technologies for Davis

By Gerry Braun and Lorenzo Kristov In a recent article Gerry Braun and Richard McCann summarized energy s ...

By Gerry Braun and Lorenzo Kristov In a recent article Gerry Braun and Richard McCann summarized energy service options available to Davis, pointing to the benefits of locally accountable energy servi ...

December 03, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Let’s Take Davis’s Energy Future Seriously

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 09, 2014
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Let’s Take Davis’s Energy Future Seriously

By Gerry Braun and Richard McCann Last year the Davis City Council funded work to evaluate the city's lon ...

By Gerry Braun and Richard McCann Last year the Davis City Council funded work to evaluate the city's long-term electricity service options. The matter was tabled as the June election drew near. Then ...

November 09, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Poll Finds Plastic Bag Ban Has Broad Support

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2014
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Poll Finds Plastic Bag Ban Has Broad Support

At the end of September, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 270 into law, prohibiting grocery stores and phar ...

At the end of September, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 270 into law, prohibiting grocery stores and pharmacies from distributing single-use plastic bags after July 2015, and thus aligning state law w ...

November 04, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Locals Represent Davis Organizations at the People’s Climate March

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 19, 2014
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Locals Represent Davis Organizations at the People’s Climate March

by Kristin Heinemeier Davis resident and Holmes Junior High School student Peter Holderbein and his mom K ...

by Kristin Heinemeier Davis resident and Holmes Junior High School student Peter Holderbein and his mom Kristin Heinemeier have only two heads, but on September 21, they were wearing many hats, as the ...

October 19, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Responsible Illumination Proponents

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2014
| (33) Comments

Responsible Illumination Proponents

by Barbara Clowers We promote responsible lighting design based on the principles of balancing the need f ...

by Barbara Clowers We promote responsible lighting design based on the principles of balancing the need for light at night with human health, environmental health, and preservation of nature, includin ...

October 17, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Streetlights Revisited October 2014 – Part One

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 16, 2014
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Streetlights Revisited October 2014 – Part One

By Barbara Clowers In January of this year, the city of Davis entered into a contract with Siemens to ret ...

By Barbara Clowers In January of this year, the city of Davis entered into a contract with Siemens to retrofit the city's high pressure sodium street lights with LED lamp heads to be placed on existin ...

October 16, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Leasing solar, too good to be true?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 09, 2014
| (5) Comments

Leasing solar, too good to be true?

by John Walter In 2013, solar exploded in California. Growth was driven by third-party leases and power p ...

by John Walter In 2013, solar exploded in California. Growth was driven by third-party leases and power purchase agreements; three out of four solar systems installed were owned by a third-party tax e ...

October 09, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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California Becomes the First State to Pass Statewide Ban on Plastic Bags

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 01, 2014
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California Becomes the First State to Pass Statewide Ban on Plastic Bags

Angry Davis residents can no longer threaten to drive to Woodland or Dixon to acquire plastic bags. A lit ...

Angry Davis residents can no longer threaten to drive to Woodland or Dixon to acquire plastic bags. A little over a month after it looked like a statewide ban had died in the Assembly, failing to over ...

October 01, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: What If Research Confirms Fracking Is Not the Danger Environmentalists Fear?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 21, 2014
| (31) Comments

Analysis: What If Research Confirms Fracking Is Not the Danger Environmentalists Fear?

Fracking has become one of the causes célèbres in the environmental world, where activists fear the proce ...

Fracking has become one of the causes célèbres in the environmental world, where activists fear the process of injecting fracking fluid deep into underground oil and gas wells, to extract the fuel, ca ...

September 21, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Community Pushes Back on West Nile Spraying, Council Subcommittee to Study Issue

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2014
| (26) Comments

Davis Community Pushes Back on West Nile Spraying, Council Subcommittee to Study Issue

The Davis community spent about a half hour overwhelmingly expressing their concerns about the aerial spr ...

The Davis community spent about a half hour overwhelmingly expressing their concerns about the aerial spraying for West Nile virus, the impact of the spraying, its effectiveness and need, as well as t ...

September 17, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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UPDATE: Statewide Plastic Bag Ban Passes Assembly with 44 Votes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 28, 2014
| (35) Comments

UPDATE: Statewide Plastic Bag Ban Passes Assembly with 44 Votes

UPDATED STORY: The Assembly passed the statewide ban on single use plastic bags with 44 votes this mornin ...

UPDATED STORY: The Assembly passed the statewide ban on single use plastic bags with 44 votes this morning, after reaching an agreement with the United Food and Commercial Workers. The legislation ha ...

August 28, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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An Update on Green Waste Containerization

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 21, 2014
| (123) Comments

An Update on Green Waste Containerization

by Alan Pryor At their July 28 meeting, the Davis Natural Resources Commission received a report from the ...

by Alan Pryor At their July 28 meeting, the Davis Natural Resources Commission received a report from their Zero Waste Subcommittee on the status of implementation of the green waste containerization ...

August 21, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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City Wants Feedback on LED Streetlights and Greenbelt/ Park Lighting Options

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 15, 2014
| (9) Comments

City Wants Feedback on LED Streetlights and Greenbelt/ Park Lighting Options

(From Press Release) In recent months the City has installed LED streetlights in most areas of Davis. The ...

(From Press Release) In recent months the City has installed LED streetlights in most areas of Davis. The new lights save money and energy and last more than three times longer than the old street lig ...

August 15, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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West Nile Spraying Generates Controversy Locally

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 10, 2014
| (33) Comments

West Nile Spraying Generates Controversy Locally

This week, the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District announced that, due to “intense” West ...

This week, the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District announced that, due to “intense” West Nile Virus Activity, it would do some of the most intensive spraying and aerial treatments for ...

August 10, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Group Warns About Dangers of Aerial Pesticides

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 07, 2014
| (34) Comments

Group Warns About Dangers of Aerial Pesticides

(Press release from Environmental Voices) ALERT: Dangerous Pesticides Being Aerially Sprayed Over Densely ...

(Press release from Environmental Voices) ALERT: Dangerous Pesticides Being Aerially Sprayed Over Densely Populated Davis and Woodland. Aerial spraying is scheduled for two consecutive nights between ...

August 07, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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SACOG Believes Benicia EIR Understates Risk of Oil Train Explosions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 06, 2014
| (5) Comments

SACOG Believes Benicia EIR Understates Risk of Oil Train Explosions

The Sacramento Bee this morning is reporting that a draft letter released by SACOG (Sacramento Area Counc ...

The Sacramento Bee this morning is reporting that a draft letter released by SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) claims that Benicia “is failing to acknowledge the risks of explosions and f ...

August 06, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Congressman Garamendi Releases Full Comments on Delta Tunnel

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 30, 2014
| (8) Comments

Congressman Garamendi Releases Full Comments on Delta Tunnel

Congressman John Garamendi earlier this week released his public comments to the National Marine Fisherie ...

Congressman John Garamendi earlier this week released his public comments to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on the Governor’s Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and its proposed “twin tu ...

July 30, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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The Impact of Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 28, 2014
| (34) Comments

The Impact of Affordable Housing

Affordable housing will be an increasingly important topic, not only in the next few years, but as Davis ...

Affordable housing will be an increasingly important topic, not only in the next few years, but as Davis continues to figure out its future. A recently released report from the non-profit Enterprise C ...

July 28, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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