Northern California’s Environmental Magazine
Articles by Amy Kiser
Compost Confidential
Ten years ago, over a third of the garbage that cities in Alameda County sent to the landfill was food scraps and food-soiled paper.
Coring for Clues
Research geologist Dave Wahl digs for relics of the planet’s climate past.
Nuclear Redux
Does reducing our imports of foreign oil mean Chernobyl in our backyard? What’s changed and what’s not about nuclear energy.
The Year of the Farm Bill
The Farm Bill slithers into our consciousness.
Come Together
Pulling pieces and players together at the Sustainability Summit
Situation Critical, Outlook Hopeful
Strategies for the oil-less era from the Rocky Mountain Institute
Give Grease A Chance
Recycling isn’t just about cans and bottles; across California, used cooking oil from restaurants is getting a second life in the form of an alternative fuel called biodiesel.
Dental Mercury
California dentists have agreed to adhere to state Proposition 65 and warn patients that mercury can “cause birth defects or other reproductive harm.” This follows a December $350,000 settlement with the San Francisco-based environmental group As You Sow.
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