Monthly Archives: November 2008

Rocket Fuel in Our Drinking Water

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Larry

Hi , Safe drinking water is a basic need for all Californians. Despite this, polluters have leaked the top chemical in rocket fuel (perchlorate) into the drinking water supplies of more than sixteen million Californians. Now big polluters are trying … Continue reading →

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Climate Change Summit

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Larry

GCC: Climate Change Conference: Managing Risk & Uncertainty Posted by: “SWHWG Newsservice” waterstrider@comcast.net Climate Change Summit Space in DWR and WEF Sponsored Event Still Available A 1-1/2 day summit, Climate Change: Managing Risk & Uncertainty, set for Nov. 13-14 at … Continue reading →

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EPA Must Limit Builders’ Water Pollution: U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a California suit by the Natural Resources Defense Council

Posted on November 3, 2008 by admin

The Los Angeles Times- 9/08 By Carol J. Williams, Staff Writer The Environmental Protection Agency is obliged by the Clean Water Act to protect the nation’s waterways, beaches and drinking water from pollution caused by real estate development and should … Continue reading →

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EPA Won’t Regulate Rocket Fuel Toxic in Drinking Water

Posted on November 3, 2008 by admin

WASHINGTON, DC, October (ENS) Perchlorate, a toxic component of rocket fuel that contaminates drinking water at sites in at least 35 states, will not be regulated at the national level the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided. The agency announced … Continue reading →

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ENVIRONMENTAL FAILURE: CASE FOR NEW GREEN POLITICS

Posted on November 3, 2008 by Larry

To All–thought provoking,.. ENVIRONMENTAL FAILURE: A CASE FOR A NEW GREEN POLITICS By James Gustave Speth A specter is haunting American environmentalism — the specter of failure. All of us who have been part of the environmental movement in the … Continue reading →

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Working with Deparment of Fish and Game

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Larry

Larry: Working with DFG biologists and staff on projects is not worthless. On CEQA based projects (including THPs and County Ord) getting good biologic opinion in the file helps immensely. With DFG staff it is important to develop working relationships … Continue reading →

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Russian River’s Biological Opinion Info and Meetings

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Larry

Add to your long term calendar for preparations and participation: Attached is the Powerpoint presentation from SCWA staff made to the contractors’ Tech. Advisory Committee on Monday 10/5. bo_nepa_ceqa_presentationfinal_ppfc_10_01_2008 Please note particularly (@ page 7) the schedule mandated within the … Continue reading →

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