Archive for March, 2005
Sierra Pipe Dreams
When Hetch Hetchy was flooded to provide water to San Francisco, John Muir’s heart was broken. Nearly a century later, the debate resumes.
The Plastic Sea
Swirling in the Central and North Pacific Ocean is a mass of debris the size of Africa
Governor Lights a Fuse
The Governator’s plan to streamline government by privatizing it
Ravaged Roost
Toxic dumps, toxic dust, development and marsh “restoration” in Richmond: Neighbors picket but money talks.
Delta Blues
The hundred-year flood, the next big quake—which will trash California’s water system, and when?
Not a Drop to Drink
“Don’t drink the water!” Third World? No, California Central Valley towns.
Trophy Homes Flatten Natural Habitats, Courtesy of Shapell Industries
Shapell homeowners may enjoy their wild neighbors, but are they good neighbors in turn?
Downy Diplomats Show, Don’t Tell
Native Bird Connections’ avian ambassadors and their second careers.
Will Sonoma keep the grass greener?
The county’s growth restrictions work. Now it’s time for the third iteration.
Essential Reads
State surveillance; corporate chow; pest-control primer.
Thinking Upstream, with Melissa Nelson
An interview with the executive director of the Cultural Conservancy.
