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Judge Hears Oral Arguments on DiSC 2022 Ballot Statements

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 30, 2022
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Judge Hears Oral Arguments on DiSC 2022 Ballot Statements

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – He doesn’t have much time—Judge Dan Maguire on Tues ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – He doesn’t have much time—Judge Dan Maguire on Tuesday listened to roughly an hour of oral arguments from both sides of the DiSC 2022 campaign. L ...

March 30, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: DiSC Is Not Creating New GHG Impacts

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 07, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: DiSC Is Not Creating New GHG Impacts

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Opponents of the project continue to attempt to make t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Opponents of the project continue to attempt to make the case that DiSC is making “54 million pounds of new GHG emissions” and ignoring the fact that ...

February 07, 2022
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Part 4: It Was Unanimous, a 5-0 Vote, Council Comments on DiSC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 05, 2022
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Part 4: It Was Unanimous, a 5-0 Vote, Council Comments on DiSC

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Tuesday, the council voted 5-0 to place DiSC 2022 b ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Tuesday, the council voted 5-0 to place DiSC 2022 back on the ballot for June 7. On Thursday, the Vanguard ran Councilmember Dan Carson’s brief p ...

February 05, 2022
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Letter: Same Old Choices

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 31, 2022
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Letter: Same Old Choices

by Larry D. Guenther On Tuesday, the City Council will decide whether or not to put DiSC on the ballot ag ...

by Larry D. Guenther On Tuesday, the City Council will decide whether or not to put DiSC on the ballot again. DiSC 2022 is the project on the outside of the Mace Curve that was voted down in its last ...

January 31, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: But DiSC Adds 50 Million Pounds of CO2 Each Year to the Atmosphere?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 10, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: But DiSC Adds 50 Million Pounds of CO2 Each Year to the Atmosphere?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As noted previously the issue of carbon impact for DiS ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As noted previously the issue of carbon impact for DiSC is a little more tricky than opponents let on. What is true is that the DiSC project “would ...

January 10, 2022
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Guest Commentary: A Different Vision for the DISC 200 Acres

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 22, 2020
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Guest Commentary: A Different Vision for the DISC 200 Acres

by Juliette Beck A little over twelve years ago when I was pregnant with my first child and deciding whet ...

by Juliette Beck A little over twelve years ago when I was pregnant with my first child and deciding whether to move to Davis to join my sister in raising our families here, I looked at the air qualit ...

October 22, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: ARC Must Integrate Our City’s Exceptional Transportation System

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 15, 2020
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Guest Commentary: ARC Must Integrate Our City’s Exceptional Transportation System

By Joe Bolte The Aggie Research Campus SEIR forecasts that travel to the site will be overwhelmingly by c ...

By Joe Bolte The Aggie Research Campus SEIR forecasts that travel to the site will be overwhelmingly by car. It includes an unsustainable transportation plan that focuses on adding general traffic lan ...

May 15, 2020
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Commentary: Some Early Thoughts on Aggie Research Campus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 28, 2020
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Commentary: Some Early Thoughts on Aggie Research Campus

Between now and May when the Davis City Council is expected to make a decision on whether to put the Aggi ...

Between now and May when the Davis City Council is expected to make a decision on whether to put the Aggie Research Campus (ARC) on the ballot, there will be a lot of commission meetings. On Wednesda ...

February 28, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Driving is Trending Down, but Don’t Tell People in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 29, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Driving is Trending Down, but Don’t Tell People in Davis

Want to raise the hackles of people on this site? Talk about parking. One of the rallying cries of the ...

Want to raise the hackles of people on this site? Talk about parking. One of the rallying cries of the people opposing the ARC (Aggie Research Campus) is to point out the 4340 parking spots that are ...

December 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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The Future of Clean Energy – Sierra Energy Gets $33 Million in Funding to Make It So

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 30, 2019
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The Future of Clean Energy – Sierra Energy Gets $33 Million in Funding to Make It So

After years of seeking to develop the technology and get the funding, the Davis company Sierra Energy ann ...

After years of seeking to develop the technology and get the funding, the Davis company Sierra Energy announced on Monday that it had received a $33 million Series A investment from by Breakthrough En ...

July 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sierra Club Yolano Group 2018 Council Candidates Part 3 – Energy Use and Greenhouse Gases

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 21, 2018
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Sierra Club Yolano Group 2018 Council Candidates Part 3 – Energy Use and Greenhouse Gases

by Alan Pryor The Sierra Club Yolano Group recently provided a questionnaires for Davis City Council cand ...

by Alan Pryor The Sierra Club Yolano Group recently provided a questionnaires for Davis City Council candidates in which we asked for written responses on a wide range of environmentally-related issue ...

April 21, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Linking Land Use and Transportation Policies to Reducing Greenhouse Gases

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2017
| (9) Comments

Linking Land Use and Transportation Policies to Reducing Greenhouse Gases

A recent study by Berkeley epidemiologist Neil Maizlish found that “physical activity due to increased bi ...

A recent study by Berkeley epidemiologist Neil Maizlish found that “physical activity due to increased biking and walking would have a profound impact on health and economic outcomes while contributin ...

December 01, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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China’s Gas-Powered Car Ban Inspired the Governor, but When You Dig Deeper, You Find Coal

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: October 04, 2017
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China’s Gas-Powered Car Ban Inspired the Governor, but When You Dig Deeper, You Find Coal

By Leanna Sweha The Brown administration launched a trial balloon last week. The governor said he now sup ...

By Leanna Sweha The Brown administration launched a trial balloon last week. The governor said he now supports a ban on the sale of gas-powered cars in California. He apparently was inspired by China ...

October 04, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Sunday Commentary: Housing Crisis Not Just Driven by UC Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 10, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: Housing Crisis Not Just Driven by UC Davis

A tidal wave is building and it is difficult to know how it will end up impacting Davis. Across the stat ...

A tidal wave is building and it is difficult to know how it will end up impacting Davis. Across the state, attention is being focused on a statewide housing crisis. The state legislature, led by aff ...

September 10, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Cap-and-Trade 2.0 – A Lesser Version of Its Better Self?

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: May 03, 2017
| (1) Comment

Cap-and-Trade 2.0 – A Lesser Version of Its Better Self?

By Leanna Sweha The Legislature is considering two bills to extend Cap-and-Trade beyond its 2020 sunset. ...

By Leanna Sweha The Legislature is considering two bills to extend Cap-and-Trade beyond its 2020 sunset. One of these bills, AB 378, would make Cap-and-Trade less about greenhouse gases and more abou ...

May 03, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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Kinda Intense: California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: April 21, 2017
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Kinda Intense: California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

By Leanna Sweha The Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) seems to stand in the shadow of Cap-and-Trade. Both a ...

By Leanna Sweha The Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) seems to stand in the shadow of Cap-and-Trade. Both are market-based programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and spur new technology, but the LC ...

April 21, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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California Gets in the Driver’s Seat on Fuel Economy Standards

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: March 27, 2017
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California Gets in the Driver’s Seat on Fuel Economy Standards

by Leanna Sweha The US EPA recently announced that it would reconsider national model year (MY) 2022-2025 ...

by Leanna Sweha The US EPA recently announced that it would reconsider national model year (MY) 2022-2025 fuel economy rules that cover both greenhouse gas and criteria pollutants. The same day, the m ...

March 27, 2017
| by Leanna Sweha

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What’s Happening in the Arctic, Is Not Staying in the Arctic

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 29, 2016
| (10) Comments

What’s Happening in the Arctic, Is Not Staying in the Arctic

Tipping Points to Collapse By Debra Chase “The metaphor is so obvious. Easter Island isolated in the Paci ...

Tipping Points to Collapse By Debra Chase “The metaphor is so obvious. Easter Island isolated in the Pacific Ocean — once the island got into trouble, there was no way they could get free. There was n ...

November 29, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Drive-Mode Share Continues to Fall Among UCD Commuters

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 28, 2016
| (7) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Drive-Mode Share Continues to Fall Among UCD Commuters

In recent discussions over land use in the city of Davis, one of the points of contention has been whethe ...

In recent discussions over land use in the city of Davis, one of the points of contention has been whether the amount of parking allotted is too small. The Vanguard has repeatedly pointed out through ...

November 28, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Does Progressive Mean in Davis These Days?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 12, 2016
| (162) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: What Does Progressive Mean in Davis These Days?

For years Davis prided itself on being on the forefront of progressivism – a mixture of land preservation ...

For years Davis prided itself on being on the forefront of progressivism – a mixture of land preservation and environmentalism. But while Davis has pushed forward on the environmental side in recent ...

September 12, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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