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Adapting to Climate Changenew

We know climate change is coming. How will we adapt to it? Here's what we'll have to do to live in the new normal.
Sacramento News & Review  |  Cosmo Garvin  |  04-26-2011  |  Environment

Will California Continue to Lead the Fight Against Global Warming?new

Despite problems, Arnold Schwarzenegger might still be remembered as the “green governor” who ushered in California’s landmark, sweeping global-warming law, Assembly Bill 32, also known as California’s Global Warming Solutions Act. The governor who built the green economy. But it's crunch time.
Sacramento News & Review  |  Cosmo Garvin  |  02-18-2010  |  Environment

Don't Believe the Digital TV Hypenew

The transition to digital was supposed to revolutionize free TV. So what's with the high-def reruns?
Sacramento News & Review  |  Cosmo Garvin  |  10-09-2008  |  Media

What the Hell Will it Take to Get You Out of Your Car?new

It's crossroads time for Sacramento Regional Transit. Rising gas prices and I-5 construction have raised demand for public transit through the roof -- but the system is completely unable to handle the demand.
Sacramento News & Review  |  Cosmo Garvin  |  07-22-2008  |  Transportation

Sacramento's Newest Newlyweds Take a Spin on Our Pink Couchnew

Gays and lesbians all over California married their partners last week. But if you're going to get your picture in the paper for getting married, shouldn't it be a good picture? And if you're thinking of rejecting marriage equality for your neighbors in November, shouldn't you meet them first?
Sacramento News & Review  |  Cosmo Garvin, David Jayne, Jeremy Sykes, Kel Munger, Nick Miller, Andrew Nilsen, Kimberly Brown and Shoka  |  06-26-2008  |  LGBT

The California Experimentnew

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's green state and the mathematics of carbon.
Sacramento News & Review  |  Cosmo Garvin  |  12-05-2007  |  Environment

The Pot Issuenew

The local baddies when it comes to cannabis are the feds, the schools, the governor, bad musicians and the voters who overwhelmingly passed our medical-marijuana law but have not demanded teeth be put into it.
Sacramento News & Review  |  Matt Coker, Nick Miller, Cosmo Garvin, R.V. Scheide, Kel Munger, Geoff Johnson and Estee Lee  |  08-24-2007  |  Drugs

What's the Frequency?new

California's got a bipartisan move afoot to block government snooping technology.
Sacramento News & Review  |  Cosmo Garvin  |  06-14-2007  |  Civil Liberties

Conspiracy of Duncesnew

Three would-be eco-terrorists were arrested last January for plotting acts of sabotage for the Earth Liberation Front -- but would there have been a conspiracy without the prodding of FBI infiltrator Anna?
Sacramento News & Review  |  Cosmo Garvin  |  07-31-2006  |  Crime & Justice

The Media, the Market & McClatchynew

We examine the deal that made a local company the second largest newspaper chain in America.
Sacramento News & Review  |  Chrisanne Beckner, Cosmo Garvin and R.V. Scheide  |  05-18-2006  |  Media

Too Many and Countingnew

The rationale shifts, but the body count is constant -- take a look at the war in Iraq by the numbers.
Sacramento News & Review  |  Rachel Gregg and Cosmo Garvin  |  03-16-2006  |  War

Star in a Jar?new

Miracle or pipe-dream? A working nuclear-fusion reactor uses bubbles to produce power at a fraction of today's energy costs and creates almost no pollution.
Sacramento News & Review  |  Cosmo Garvin  |  04-29-2005  |  Science

Here Come the Wobblies!new

In a labor battle with roots dating back 100 years, independent truckers and Starbucks employees are now joining the wild and contentious Wobblies.
Sacramento News & Review  |  Cosmo Garvin  |  01-14-2005  |  Business & Labor

Robert McNamara's Son Pursues Passion for Social Justicenew

Raised during his father's war, California organic farmer Craig McNamara cultivates fields and minds.
Sacramento News & Review  |  Cosmo Garvin  |  08-07-2004  |  Environment

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