Drilling Off California’s Coast – A Supremely Bad Idea
The Trump Administration has proposed opening up nearly all our nation’s offshore waters, including off our California shores, to drilling. This Jan. 4, 2018 proposal is a slap in the face to anyone who wants to safeguard this planet we call our home. And we must act now to oppose it. Damage from Oil Spills The risks […]
Aliso Canyon’s Fate – and Ours – Hangs in the Balance
by Amy Knight, SanDiego350 (Originally published in the San Diego Free Press) Considered one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history, the record-setting release of methane from SoCal Gas’s Aliso Canyon in October 2015 had both long-term climate altering consequences for the world and immediate health consequences for the people of the greater Los […]
SECURITY & CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE REVEALS DISTURBING ATTITUDE SHIFT
By Mark Hughes, SanDiego350 (Originally published in the East County Magazine on 3/5/2017) On February 21, 2017, an audience of approximately 75 attended the Security & Climate Change: Issues and Perspectives conference, held in the Veterans Museum at Balboa Park. Organized and funded by The Center for Climate and Security (with the support of The […]
The Benefits of Community Choice Energy – and How California Utilities Aim to Block Them
Originally Published in the San Diego Free Press on 12/22/2016 by Tyson Siegele In California, the fight is on between renewable energy advocates and the old guard electric utilities. All across California, cities and counties have been moving to implement Community Choice programs because they provide cheaper, cleaner, locally generated electricity. In fact these programs […]
SDG&E: Solar’s Fake Friend
By Hutton Marshall Originally published in the San Diego Free Press on December 10th 2015. San Diego Gas & Electric, our friendly neighborhood energy provider whether we like it or not, continues to prove that their claims to support clean energy are merely superficial. Especially in regards to solar energy, the most efficient, environmentally friendly […]
Notes from a Climate Conference Junkie, Part 1
by James Long I started my journey singing with Pete Seeger and ended it three weeks later with the fiery intellectual Cornel West! I just got back from Pando Populus in Claremont, California, and the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly in Portland, Oregon. After 25 to 30 lectures — together with great music, stimulating presenters and a lot […]