Tom Molanphy, Author at 48 hills

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Reservoir Dogs: Coyotes find a home amid Sunset solar panels

April 21, 2021

A pair of animals settles in, offering lessons on our contemporary relationship to nature

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A call for the state to revoke PG&E’s license to sell power

April 8, 2021

In the wake of more criminal charges, some say the PUC should end the private utility's role as the main energy provider in Northern California (paving the way for public power).

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The air is bad all over the city. It’s way worse in Bayview Hunters Point

September 2, 2020

Although unhealthy air quality canceled the car parade to City Hall to Mayor Breed’s office, a small but devoted group of 30 Bayview Hunters...

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On Juneteenth, Black leaders detail lingering obstacles to change

June 19, 2020

On June 19, 1865, over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger of the Union Army arrived in Galveston and issued...

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COVID crashes Earth Day 50

April 21, 2020

Before 20 million Americans hit the streets for the first Earth Day in 1970 (still the largest civic event in recorded human history), and...

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Bayview Hunters Point tests its air

March 9, 2020

Although no rain fell in San Francisco in February for the first time since 1878, Dalila Adofo and Anthony Khalil of Greenaction have another...

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Why Richmond said No to coal

January 19, 2020

On Tuesday, January 14, to the delight of environmentalists and health advocates and the consternation of the coal industry, the Richmond City Council passed...

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Where the air is never spared

December 19, 2019

“Do the right thing,” Marie Harrison admonished the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in June, 2018. “You know it’s not safe yet.” Harrison was accepting...

Tom Molanphy

Reservoir Dogs: Coyotes find a home amid Sunset solar panels

A call for the state to revoke PG&E’s license to sell power

The air is bad all over the city. It’s way worse in Bayview Hunters Point

On Juneteenth, Black leaders detail lingering obstacles to change

COVID crashes Earth Day 50

Bayview Hunters Point tests its air

Why Richmond said No to coal

Where the air is never spared

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