Community Choice Energy Myths Debunked, SDG&E Misdirection Exposed
Originally published in the San Diego Free Press on June 22, 2017 By Tyson Siegele / SanDiego350 Sempra promotes itself as an upstanding community participant with only the best intentions for its customers, but in conjunction with SDG&E, it charges exorbitant rates and fights tooth and nail behind the scenes to maintain its monopoly. It does so at […]
Lonely? Try Talking about Cow Flatulence
By Bellamy Dryden This past Saturday, April 29, I celebrated an important milestone with 5,000 strangers at the Peoples Climate March in downtown San Diego. After that same march in 2014 I adopted a vegan diet, cold turkey, so to speak. It was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. Three years later, I’m […]
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 […]
San Diego 350 Calls on Senators Feinstein and Harris to Reject Trump’s Climate Denier Cabinet
By David Harris, SanDiego350 Originally published in the San Diego Free Press on 1/26/17 Two weeks ago, a sign-wielding crowd of 150 people gathered together in front of the downtown Federal Building to deliver an urgent message to California’s two Senators: reject four nominations made by President Trump to key cabinet-level level posts. Why? Because […]
The Truth of the Matter
Originally Published in the San Diego Free Press on 11/24/16 by Mark Hughes One of humorist Will Rogers’ signature lines was: “Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.” In subtext, he’s saying he trusted what he read, so it seems reasonable to believe that in those days newspapers lived and died […]
Tactics of the Misinformation Machine
In an online video, a local weather broadcaster presents information contrary to conclusions accepted by 97-98% of climate scientists. This makes him a local voice for the misinformation machine. His voice can be heard re-tooling old tactics as he seeks to dispute the ever-increasing evidence that humans have altered Earth’s climate. A common tactic used […]