AltWeeklies Wire
Will Protesters Block the Fast-Track to the Future?new
Some Silicon Valley residents are nervous about plans for the future of rail transportation.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Diane Solomon |
03-13-2009 |
Transportation
Proposed Federal Laws Could Sweep Away Low-Wage Workersnew
The Shuler-Tancredo SAVE Act would require all employers to use E-Verify to check the legal status of their employees. Presently E-Verify is a free system that employers voluntarily use to check new hires. Critics point out that it has been shown to have serious shortcomings, the most problematic being the tendency to deliver "false positive" matches, declaring citizens in good standing to be illegal.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Diane Solomon |
05-29-2008 |
Business & Labor
50 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprintnew
Even though industry and governments are going to have to make earth-shaking changes to cool things down, there's plenty we can to do help -- the basics of reducing our individual carbon footprints are to do what Henry David Thoreau said: "Simplify, simplify."
Metro Silicon Valley |
Diane Solomon |
08-17-2007 |
Environment
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