AltWeeklies Wire
Save the World, Work Lessnew
With climate change threatening life as we know it, perhaps it's time to revive the forgotten goal of spending less time on our jobs.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
04-16-2014 |
Environment
Delta Deathnew
California has spent more than $10 billion on water projects that are contributing to the death of San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento Delta.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Patrick Porgans and Lloyd Carter |
11-23-2010 |
Environment
Tale of Two Landfillsnew
With a pair of giant corporations vying for control of San Francisco's trash, will the city's zero waste dreams ever become a reality?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
06-16-2010 |
Environment
Earth Day Turns 40new
The largest secular holiday in the world was born in 1970 — and its chief organizer has lessons for the movement 40 years later.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
04-14-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day
Alice Waters Protested for Supporting Human Waste as Compostnew
The proprietor of Berkeley’s fabled Chez Panisse has emerged as a staunch and unlikely defender of fertilizing your garden with sewage sludge compost, which SF officials have recently discontinued giving away because of environmental concerns.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Brady Welch |
04-01-2010 |
Environment
The Harshest Cut: Brutal Devastation of Clear-Cutting in the Sierra Continuesnew
A decade ago, logging and forestry practices in the Sierra were big news. Media reports, protests, and legislative action focused on Sierra Pacific Industries' practice of slicing through entire large tracts of land, hacking down every tree, bush, and seedling and leaving nothing but devastation behind. But most of the news media have long since moved on to other issues -- and the clear-cutting continues.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cecile Lepage |
09-10-2009 |
Environment
The Water Wars: San Francisco Bay and the Delta Are Dying and It Might Get Worsenew
Years of massive water diversions are putting the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary at risk. Massive projects that take freshwater from the delta appear linked to declines in bay and delta fisheries, threatening not just endangered species but California's salmon fishing industry, which lost more than $250 million last year as a result of declining salmon runs.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rebecca Bowe |
09-02-2009 |
Environment
The Algae Solutionnew
The San Francisco Bay may soon host a dramatic new environmental project that backers say could solve three problems at once: clean wastewater, remove carbon from the atmosphere, and produce biodiesel fuel.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Gabrielle Poccia |
08-05-2009 |
Environment
Bay Area Communities Are Demanding More to Offset Emissions Harmnew
Word that automobile emissions standards may soon improve was good news, but Bay Area leaders and communities are demanding even more to offset the harm that comes from tailpipes.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Andrew W. Shaw |
02-04-2009 |
Environment
Tags: Bay Area, emissions standards
SF's Clean Energy Act Could Mean Lower Carbon Emissions and Lower Electric Billsnew
The Clean Energy Act, which will appear as Proposition H on the November ballot, mandates that the city undertake a study to determine the most cost effective and expeditious way to achieve 100 percent renewable energy by 2040.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
09-11-2008 |
Environment
Clean Energy Act Makes the Ballot in San Francisconew
It isn't the only charter amendment on the November ballot, but it's already shaping up to be the political lightning rod of this fall's election.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Janna Brancolini and Sarah Phelan |
07-31-2008 |
Environment
If Green is the New Black, Eco-Populism is the New Environmentalismnew
There's good reason to be excited about capitalists pouring money into saving the planet. But is it really the panacea that true believers say it is?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Vanessa Carr |
04-30-2008 |
Environment
Why is it So Hard to Get Solar Power in San Francisco?new
Across California, citizens are jumping at the chance to decrease their carbon output. Yet in San Francisco, where environmental sentiment and high energy costs ought to be driving a major solar boom, there's very little action.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell and Sarah Phelan |
04-16-2008 |
Environment
Chemicals and Quarantines in San Francisconew
City officials resist plans to use aerial spraying against a potentially damaging moth.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
03-05-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Building Green in San Francisconew
The city considers rival plans to implement mandatory green design standards for new residential and commercial buildings.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
David Carini |
02-28-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
