California was poised to pass the first statewide ban of single-use plastic bags in America when the legislation was defeated by a 21-14 vote on the floor of the California Senate yesterday. The vote disappointed many including Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a supporter of the legislation that had gained widespread support from a diverse coalition including [...]
Instead of collecting thousands of pounds of cow manure in open holding ponds, Joseph Gallo Farms uses it in a renewable energy technology known as a methane digester. However, because both Gallo Farms and another dairy with a digester, Fiscalini Farms, are located in the San Joaquin Valley, an area with some of the worst [...]
A federal judge late Thursday upheld the Port of Los Angeles’ “clean trucks” plan to require drivers moving through the port to comply with hiring and maintenance rules.
In a 57-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder rejected arguments from American Trucking Associations that had argued the plan was not in compliance with federal laws dealing [...]
The federal Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it intended to ban all dumping of sewage by large cargo and cruise ships in California waters out to the three-mile limit. The state has been requesting the ban for five years. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/keeping-ship-sewage-from-the-california-coast/?src=mv
California has set ambitious goals for a transition to clean, renewable energy: 33% by 2020. Some are skeptical that the goal is within reach. In a special series unfolding over several months, KQED’s environmental and science initiatives, Quest and Climate Watch, explore the promise and pitfalls of this historic transformation to “33 by 20.” http://www.kqed.org/news/science/climatewatch/33by20/index.jsp
Hello Green Drinkers of Gainesville!
We had a good meeting at Warehouse on August 4 – great food and drinks and wonderful space – THANK YOU Richard and Ryan! The only drawback was that it was a bit difficult to hear those who needed to share information with us, and I apologize for that to Robert [...]
The definitive story from environmental journalism icon and Pulitzer Award-winner Mark Schliefstein:
“A massive, 22-mile-long underwater plume of oil droplets flowed to the southwest of the BP’s failed Macondo well at the end of June, and the threat it poses to natural resources of the Gulf of Mexico remains uncertain, scientists who mapped the plume said [...]
Denise Robinette, owner of Healthy Living Interiors, designed this room and is helping me with the green renovation of my little cottage! Kudos, Denise!
“Merkiyah Jones can now breathe easier thanks to a Healthy-N-Green Bedroom Makeover.Jones, a fourth-grader at Watkins Elementary School in West Park, was treated to the makeover after she won the Asthma Awareness [...]
Experts hope to use sonar images of a sunken ship off California’s coast to determine whether the vessel is at risk of leaking oil. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) sent a robotic submersible down to the wreck of the SS Montebello last week in an effort to assess the condition of the ship. [...]
EPA – Cleanup Not Coverup Koppers Superfund Site!
Thursday, August 26th, 7PM – 8:15PM, Have-Some-Fun-and-Get-It-Done Speed-Commenting Party!
More productive than speed dating! More fun than a meeting! More important than anything! Dramatic surprises and refreshments!
Parkview Baptist Church, 3403 NW 13th St, Gainesville 32609
Monday, August 30th, 5PM on, Joint City/County Commission Meeting on Koppers
City [...]
Our friends Seth Keller and Mark van Soestbergen have developed a great greenhouse gas accounting course here in Gainesville and they’re taking it to Atlanta next week. Please pass the word to anyone you think might be interested in learning about this:
Carbon Footprint and Greenhouse Strategies Seminar: August 26
Participants will learn how [...]
A decade-old Cal Poly program that provides organic produce to about 170 households will end at the end of this month, according to a letter sent this week by the university’s Horticulture and Crop Science Department.
The letter to subscribers — who pay between $20 and $26.50 per week for boxes of produce, depending on size [...]
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill still poses threats to human health and seafood safety, according to a study published Monday by the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association.
Federal officials disputed the new report and said ongoing testing is aggressive and sufficient to protect public health.
In the short term, study co-author Gina Solomon voiced [...]
Looking for something to do tonight? Check out the trailer below:
Gasland: “Halliburton has developed a way to get more natural gas out of the ground—a hydraulic drilling process called hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” for short. Energy companies across rural America are attempting to lease property from residents in order to drill for natural gas.
Filmmaker Josh [...]
Nia Master Class at GHFC in Thornbrook on Thursday evening, September 2, from 7:30 - 8:30! Finally, Nia is coming to Gainesville!! The cost is free to members, and $10.00 to non-members. Then, I will be teaching an 8 week Nia session there from September 23 – November 11……each Thursday evening from 7:30 [...]
Biomass incinerators are rarely, if ever, factually represented by the many sales pitches we see issued by the energy industry sector that promotes them. In fact, the marketing language that has now become de rigueur is reminiscent of George Orwell’s 1984. “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”
To the point, biomass incineration is [...]
Ron Cunningham celebrates the Blue Path:
“And here’s the bottom line message of Blue Path:
“Florida’s springs are degrading at an alarming rate as a direct result of our collective over-pumping of the ground water and adding too many nutrients to the groundwater,” says Annie Pais, director of Florida’s Eden, the organization that assembled the exhibit. “Simply [...]
“These folks want to have a much more extensive cleanup than EPA has first put on the table, and I’m going to certainly try to help them with that,” the Democrat told the crowd.
The EPA’s plan calls for…polluted soil from around the rest of the site and the surrounding neighborhoods would be placed [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Alachua County Environmental Protection Department, Gainesville Regional Utilities, Alachua County Health Department, Gainesville City Manager’s Office, and technical consultants will hold the first of two public meetings to discuss proposed comments to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed cleanup plan for the Cabot-Koppers superfund site on Tuesday, Aug. 17 at 6 [...]
Taught by Stefanie Samara Hamblen, owner of Hogtown HomeGrown, participants will take a tour of the market, learn to cook at least two meals from seasonal produce and taste everything! In addition to all the hot weather veggies, there will be at least one kind of pesto!
Saturday, [...]
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