[Check out my new story in East Bay Monthly…] California is one of the world’s most important political arenas for climate change policy. In contrast to the Trump administration, which has begun to dismantle the federal government’s existing climate change
Brown Administration Weighing In on Proposal to Stop Bay Area Tar Sands Refining
On May 17, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District will consider a proposal that would make the San Francisco Bay Area the world’s first region to place limits on oil refineries’ overall greenhouse-gas and particulate-matter emissions. This new regulation,
Deluged: Logging That Imperils CA Rivers and Residents
During storms of even moderate intensity, the Elk River in Humboldt County rises above its banks and dumps torrents of mud and sand across neighboring properties and has ruined domestic water supplies, inundated vehicles, buried farmland and spilled into homes. Why does
This Bay Area Proposal Would Strike a Huge Blow Against Dirtier Oil Production (The Nation)
As I noted in a December post, I am preparing new stories on efforts by Bay Area climate justice activists who are mobilizing for the first-ever overall limits on oil refinery greenhouse gas and particulate matter emissions, thus dealing a major blow to
Recent Stories on Redwood Region Logging Struggles
In the last month, I’ve published two stories in the Anderson Valley Advertiser concerning struggles against ecosystem destruction — one of which is also, clearly, a human rights struggle — in my home territory: California’s redwood region. My Jan. 11th story, “That Old
North Bay and North Coast First Nations Stand with Standing Rock
Check out my new story in the North Bay Bohemian: On Sunday, Nov. 6, in Redwood Valley, one of two small Mendocino County towns where the Russian River’s headwaters spill from the southern Mendocino Range mountains, cars overflowed the parking
Wells Fargo: Big Oil’s Biggest Banker
“Wells Fargo is the US’ most controversy-laden bank of the moment, owing to the revelation that it reaped hundreds of millions of dollars in extra profits by opening roughly two million bogus customer accounts from 2011 to ’15. The fact that
Willits Bypass Opens
A parade of classic cars led the way last Thursday afternoon, November 4th, as CalTrans celebrated Opening Day of the Willits Bypass. A bulletin relased by Big Orange’s legendary propaganda shill, Phil Frisbie, Jr., stated that the Chevy Bel Airs
The Bay Area’s Money Pipeline to Dakota Access
Check out my new story on Bay Area-based banks and investment firm that are financing the Dakota Access Pipeline and/or fracking companies that are poised to supply the pipeline with crude oil, published by the North Bay Bohemian. I have another story
Paving Ohlone Sacred Land
My latest article in the East Bay Express appeared on the EBX blog, Seven Days, on Oct. 20th: In Fremont, the East Bay Regional Parks District is seeking to increase access to a trendy hiking trail by constructing a parking