Category Archives: Environmental Impacts

Tell Senate EPW to Support Safe Treatment of Polluted Stormwater Runoff!

Tell Senate EPW to Support Safe Treatment of Polluted Stormwater Runoff! Senator Cardin has just introduced the Safe Treatment of Polluted Stormwater Runoff (STOPS Runoff) bill, S.3602. This bill creates a standard to control stormwater pollution for all federally funded … Continue reading

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Re: Coho Confab and Vineyard/Winery Impacts on Fish

Bob, Thanks for forwarding the info on the Coho Confab.  I was not aware of it and I see some very knowledgeable individuals on the list of presenters.  You may not want to read the rest of my e-mail because … Continue reading

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Action Alert: Support Stream Protection Ordinance to Protect Coho Habitat

Action Alert: Support Stream Protection Ordinance to Protect Coho Habitat Call the Marin Board of Supervisors! On August 10th the Marin Board of Supervisors will take action (or not) in support of a progressive new stream forest protection ordinance to … Continue reading

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Fracking Chemicals — Just how harmful can 1 percent be?

Betsey Piette, July 2010 Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011 Potentially toxic and carcinogenic chemicals are used in the hydraulic fracturing process to obtain natural gas from shale. Whenever industry officials are confronted with concerns regarding their … Continue reading

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Fractured Logic: The Peril in “Fracking” Chemicals

Environmental Working Group, August 2010 If your family got its water from your own well (and a lot of people do), what would you say to someone who wanted to pump a whole grab-bag of chemicals into the ground nearby, … Continue reading

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The Importance of a Stream’s Physical Habitat Condition and How to Measure It

We are pleased to be able reschedule the webinar “The Importance of a Stream’sPhysical Habitat Condition and How to Measure It” for August 5, 2010 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The webinar will be presented by James Harrington, Staff … Continue reading

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A Synthesis of the Science on Forests and Carbon for U.S. Forests

A Synthesis of the Science on Forests and Carbon for U.S. Forests SW Fire Science Consortium Webinar July 28, 2010 12pm Mountain time The SW Fire Science Consortium is please to present a webinar on forest carbon. Dr. Mike Ryan, … Continue reading

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Water quality and dairies. Hearing July 20

Water quality and dairies. Hearing July 20. http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/dairies/ Stephen

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Miss Perchlorate is a Bomb Shell!

This is cute, but they need better interview answers to keep the interest levels up. Jane Miss Perchlorate is a bomb shell! She’s interviewed in one of the videos. Stephen BAD ACTOR CHEMICALS & TOXIE AWARDS http://changecalifornia.typepad.com/files/BAD_ACTOR_REPORT_FINAL-large.pdf Jeff Goodell asks, Who … Continue reading

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Knights Valley’s Pelton House Winery Ruling Documents

Here is the Order granting Petition For Writ of Mandate from Judge Boyd requiring an EIR for the Pelton House (Maacama Watershed Alliance vs. County of Sonoma and Jess Jackson).  Particularly noteworthy here is that every issue brought up by … Continue reading

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