AltWeeklies Wire
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
SEIU-UHW Fight Could Have Big Implications in the Bay Areanew
Fallout from the power struggle between Service Employees International Union and its Oakland-based local, United Healthcare Workers, has been felt particularly strongly in the Bay Area since SEIU took over UHW and ousted its leaders.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
02-04-2009 |
Business & Labor
New Stimulus Plan Falls Short on Housing Moneynew
Homelessness is on the rise across urban America. And in nearly every big city, public housing projects are crumbling, suffering from years of federal neglect. But you wouldn't know that to look at the latest stimulus package coming out of Washington, DC.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rebecca Bowe |
01-21-2009 |
Housing & Development
Can a New Generation of Visionaries Revive the Watchdog Press?new
As the traditional media contracts and struggles for survival, new approaches like Huffington Post, Spot.us, and the Public Press are trying to reinvent journalism.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones and Tim Redmond |
01-05-2009 |
Media
Will San Francisco Be the First U.S. City to Implement Congestion Pricing?new
The city could raise $35 million to $65 million for public transit improvements annually by charging drivers $3 to cross specific downtown zones during peak travel hours, according to a San Francisco County Transportation Authority study. But the plan requires approval from both local officials as well and the state legislature.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
12-04-2008 |
Transportation
A Perfect Populist Storm Brews Around Oil Giant Chevronnew
The company faces not only angry voters, but a landmark human rights and corporate responsibility trial, in which Chevron stands accused of complicity with Nigeria's authoritarian government in the torture, murder, and abuse of those protesting Chevron's exploitation of the Niger Delta.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
11-06-2008 |
Business & Labor
The Road to Sustainability Has Lanes for More Than Just Carsnew
The Bay Area's unsustainable transportation system is the biggest cause of global warming and one of the biggest recipients of taxpayer money. And right now, most of those public funds are going to expand and maintain freeway systems, a priority that exacerbates our problems and delays the inevitable day of reckoning.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
10-23-2008 |
Transportation
Project Censored: The Top 10 Stories the US Media Missednew
The mainstream media regularly covers terrorism, but rarely discusses how the fear of attacks is used to manipulate the public and set policy. That's the common thread of many unreported stories last year.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
10-01-2008 |
Media
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
Reclaiming San Francisco -- From Carsnew
The city's first ciclovia will open a car-free Embarcadero to cyclists this weekend.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Janna Brancolini |
08-28-2008 |
Transportation
Dirty Secrets Under the Big Top
Lawsuits charge Ringling Bros. with abusing animals, endangering public health, and sabotaging its critics via former CIA spooks. This October, a federal court could finally determine whether rough, regular treatment of endangered Asian elephants by circus handlers constitutes illegal animal abuse. Could this be the end of the circus as we know it?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steve Jones |
08-15-2008 |
Animal Issues
New Report Casts Bad Light on Popular Sunscreensnew
The nonpartisan, nonprofit Environmental Working Group studied 952 sunscreens with a SPF of 15 or higher and discovered that 80 percent contain harmful chemicals and didn't really protect skin from the most damaging rays of the sun.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
08-13-2008 |
Science
Canvassers, Telemarketers and Parking Officials Talk About Doing Work People Hatenew
They call during dinner time. They interrupt your picnic at the park. They write parking tickets. We talk to some of these people, to find out not only just how badly they're treated, but also why they continue to show up for work, day after day.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Phil Eil |
08-13-2008 |
Business & Labor
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
San Francisco is a Dangerous Town for Butterfliesnew
According to lepidopterist Liam O'Brien, 24 of 58 local species have been wiped out in regional extinctions caused mainly by habitat destruction. Another three or four, he said, will likely be gone within the next five years.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kat Renz |
07-23-2008 |
Animal Issues
