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Air Pollution by the Numbers
• Tons of carbon monoxide (CO) emitted in 1999 by OLS Energy (UC-Berkeley campus), Alameda County’s largest non-refinery individual (point)...
Medical Incinerator Shut Down
Stericycle, the largest medical waste treatment company in the US, has closed its medical waste incinerator on the Gila River...
The Brownfields Dilemma
In 1997, 60 teenagers from Fruitvale and San Antonio, two east Oakland neighborhoods, came together to envision something many other...
Reclaiming the Modoc
The steep walls of the canyon are no barrier, nor is the river. We know they have crossed such before,...
Consequences
Late November in the Solano County farmlands: Up ahead on the gravel road there are two vehicles on the shoulder...
A Bushel of Hedgeballs
We were gliding along a dirt road east of Fairfield, trolling for mountain plovers, when I spotted a number of...
The Recycling Business is Picking Up
A conversation with Dave Williamson, the operations manager of the Berkeley Recycling Center, who says he’s seeing more recycling than...
The Long Drive to Fresno
I drove to Fresno and back yesterday, in my old pickup truck. Traffic was light, and I drove fast, but...
Human Rights
Call this the civil disobedience issue: Near Prescott Park in West Oakland, residents are pressing to shut down the carcinogen-producing...
Chainsaw George
George W. Bush, fresh off a brush-clearing operation at his Crawford ranch, vowed to fight forest fires by taking a...
Does the Public Own Yellowstone’s Microbes?
For decades, researchers have braved the simmering geothermal springs of Yellowstone National Park looking for heat-resistant microbes. Continue reading →...
Shell Seeks Vallejo Foothold For Overseas Gas
A proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility on Mare Island in San Pablo Bay would pose major health and safety...
