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Gavin Newsom’s climate hypocrisy

Tim Redmond - September 23, 2020

Sure, electric cars are great -- but what about ending oil and gas extraction (including fracking) in California?

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COVID crashes Earth Day 50

Tom Molanphy - 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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50 years later, the lessons of the Santa Barbara oil spill

Tim Redmond - January 26, 2019

Fifty years ago this weekend, there wasn’t anything you could call an environmental movement in the United States. There were a few signs, in January...

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Trump’s offshore oil plan is a hostile act by a rogue nation

Steven T. Jones - January 31, 2018

We can’t overstate just how much President Trump’s offshore drilling offensive threatens the planet and its inhabitants. Not only is he inviting dirty drilling...

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Fierce resistance to save the Earth from Trump

Steven T. Jones - January 17, 2017

People are resisting Trump. They won’t accept his divisive, reckless, rapacious brand of politics and they’re fighting back. That’s what I’ve seen on the...

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How to keep saving the planet

Steven T. Jones - November 14, 2016

In response to some of the dismaying plans that may come to pass with Trump's election as president, we ask Steven T. Jones of...

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Bringing the grizzly bear back to California

Steven T. Jones - July 28, 2016

California’s flag features a grizzly bear, even though they’ve been extinct in the state since the last one was shot in 1924. Today we...

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Developers win with “smart growth” rule

Zelda Bronstein - March 13, 2016

With a big assist from the state Legislature, the SF Planning Department opened a new front in the city’s density wars last week. On...

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Censored: Ten big stories the news media ignored

Tim Redmond - October 14, 2015

Even in the social-media era, when a small news outlet can create a viral story, some of the biggest news of the past year...

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Gavin Newsom’s climate hypocrisy

COVID crashes Earth Day 50

50 years later, the lessons of the Santa Barbara oil spill

Trump’s offshore oil plan is a hostile act by a rogue nation

Fierce resistance to save the Earth from Trump

How to keep saving the planet

Bringing the grizzly bear back to California

Developers win with “smart growth” rule

Censored: Ten big stories the news media ignored

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