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Valero Energy Corporation has spent $500,000 already in an effort to create a ballot initiative in California that would suspend the Golden State’s aggressive climate law, known as AB 32. Valero, which calls San Antonio, Texas, home, has spent...
511 Contra Costa Normally, we’d be 100% behind incentives designed to spur the development of cleaner technologies, and to help consumers make cleaner, more conscious buying decisions. Which is why, on the face of it, California’s $5,000...
SFI certified clear cut; Steve Ringman, Seattle Times There is a major battle going on in the woods, in the courts and in the halls of the US Green Building Council, as the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) tries to get LEED changed to accept their...
photo via flickr California has the most ambitious climate plan in the country, known as AB 32, which aims to cut emissions and increase the use of renewable energy to 30 percent by 2020. The bill’s ambition certainly would upset the status quo....
Doesn’t it seem like President Obama was just elected? Well, he was, but alas there is no offseason in politics. The 2010 mid-terms are heating up and California Republican candidate Carly Fiorina is wasting no time going after Senator Barbara...
Image: biknd For all those times you wish you could have brought your bike with you on the train, bus or plane, now there is Biknd Helium. The Helium bike case is not quite lighter than air, but definitely lighter than a standard hard case, weighing...
Whether you’re located in Healdsburg, California or virtually–like I am in NYC–visit Arboretum for ethical fashion finds. Olsenhaus ‘ Elizabeth Olsen told us about the boutique; they were the first to place an order for her...
Photo via Michael R Perry Sea lions are having a hard time finding food this spring, and pups are feeling the squeeze. Marine mammal experts report that dozens of sick and hungry sea lion pups have washed up on California shores this winter, many not...
Credit: Cecilia Cassini Ten-year old Cecilia Cassini might just be the youngest fashion designer in the world. The California-based fifth grader has been sewing since she received her first sewing machine at the age of six. She now makes a profit from...
