SAN DIEGO MOVES FORWARD ON AGGRESSIVE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
August 2015 ArticlesSan Diego City Planning DepartmentClimate Action PlanRebecca Maloneassociate plannergreenhouse gas emissions East County News ServiceAugust 4, 2015 (San Diego) – The San Diego City...
View ArticleFISH AND GAME COMMISSION VOTES TO BAN BOBCAT TRAPPING STATEWIDE
August 2015 ArticlesCalifornia Fish and Game CommissionOffice of Administrative Lawbans bobcat trapping East County News ServicePhoto: Creative Commons image by www.ForestWander.comAugust 5, 2015...
View ArticleENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS SEEK TO PRESERVE 37 ACRES IN EL MONTE VALLEY
August 2015 ArticlesLakesideEl Monte Nature PreserveSupervisor Dianne JacobMichael Beck By Miriam RafteryPhotos: Supervisor Dianne Jacob proposed preservation of lands adjacent to those that Michael...
View ArticleGOLD MINE SPILLS TOXINS, THREATENING WATERWAYS ACROSS SOUTHWEST
August 2015 ArticlesKing Gold Mine spillgold mine spillLake PowellColorado Rivermine spillEPABy Miriam RafteryUpdated August 11, 2015 with a statement from the Metropolitan Water Authority.August 10,...
View ArticleCA FARMERS IRRIGRATE CROPS WITH FRACKING WASTEWATER: CONSUMER GROUPS VOICE ALARM
August 2015 Articlesfracking wastewateroil wastewaterCalifornia droughtirrigationorganic East County News ServiceAugust 14, 2015 (San Diego)—Fruits, nuts, and other crops including some sold as...
View ArticleCOUNTY SCOPING MEETING IN LAKESIDE AUG. 26 ON SAND MINE PROJECT
August 2015 ArticlesLakesideEl Monte ValleyLakeside sand mining East County News ServiceAugust 17, 2015 (Lakeside) – The County is preparing an environmental impact report on a massive sand mining...
View ArticleFEDS GRANT CONSERVATION FUNDS FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND SANTEE
August 2015 ArticlesU.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceCity of SanteeVernal pool and fairy shrimpCalifornia Department of Pesticide Regulation East County News ServicePhoto: Vernal pool fairy shrimp,...
View ArticleINTERACTIVE MAP TRACKS CLIMATE INVESTMENTS IN CA
August 2015 ArticlesSacramentoCalifornia Department of TechnologyClimateInvestmentMapclimate changeAB 32 August 19, 2015 (Sacramento)-- California leads the nation with its ambitious programs to combat...
View ArticleSOITEC SOLAR’S BOULEVARD PROJECTS DEAD AFTER JUDGE OVERTURNS COUNTY APPROVALS
August 2015 ArticlesSoitec SolarRugged AcresDianne JacobJoel AndersonDonna TisdaleJacumbaBoulevard California By Miriam RafteryPhoto: A Soitec solar panel in Newbury Springs, CaliforniaAugust 20, 2015...
View ArticleSAVING DROUGHT-STRESSED TREES
August 2015 ArticlesHelix Water Districtdrought-stressed treestreeswatering trees By Miriam Raftery August 21, 2015 (La Mesa) – “Although we have been asking to cut back on water, please do not let...
View ArticleFIRST WOLF PACK IN CALIFORNIA IN 91 YEARS, PHOTOS CONFIRM
August 2015 ArticlesCalifornia Department of Fish and Wildlifegrey wolvesDraft Wolf Management PlanShasta Pack By Miriam RafteryPhotos 1 and 2: grey wolf images from trail cam provided by CDFWPhoto 3:...
View ArticlePROPOSES LAKESIDE SAND MINE OWNERS ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT WITH WEST COAST SAND...
August 2015 ArticlesLakeside sand mineEl Monte Valley By Miriam RafteryAugust 26, 2015 (Lakeside)--El Monte Nature Preserve, LLC, the company that aims to sand mine El Monte Valley in Lakeside, a...
View ArticleRESIDENTSAND AN ER DOCTOR SPEAK OUT AGAINST SAND MINING IN EL MONTE VALLEY
August 2015 ArticlesLakesideEl Monte Valley By Miriam RafteryAugust 26, 2015 (Lakeside) - - Residents, environmentalists and medical experts presented strong evidence for why a proposed sand mining...
View Article“GOLDEN STATE STANDARDS” BILL ADVANCES IN LEGISLATURE; SENATOR ANDERSON...
August 2015 ArticlesJoel AndersonSB 350California renewable energy By Miriam RafteryAugust 27, 2015 (Sacramento)—Senate Bill 350 aspires to set new standards for renewable energy in California that the...
View ArticleA WIN FOR EAGLES: COURT VOIDS 30-YEAR TAKE PERMITS
August 2015 Articleseagle take permitsTule WindIberdrolaMcCain ValleyEagles Decision could impact Tule Wind in San Diego’s East CountyBy Miriam RafteryAugust 27, 2015 (San Diego’s East County)—A...
View ArticleWATER CONSERVATION'S SEPTEMBER CLASSES AND MORE
August 2015 ArticlesRancho San DiegoWater Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca CollegeHelix Water DistrictGarden Native SymposiumScripps Institution of Oceanography August 30, 2015 (Rancho San Diego) – From...
View ArticleCOMMUNITY MEETING SEPT. 10 CONVENED BY OPPONENTS OF SAND MINING PROJECT IN...
September 2015 ArticlesEl Monte ValleyLakesideLakeside sand mineEl Monte Nature PreserveEast County News ServiceSeptember 7, 2015 (Lakeside) – Residents of El Monte Valley and other community members...
View ArticleCO2 HOTSPOTS NEAR SAN DIEGO COUNTY
September 2015 Articles By Roger CoppockPhoto: NASA'S OCO-2 SatelliteSeptember 6, 2015 (San Diego) -- From Version 7 data collected by NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory - 2 Satellite between...
View ArticleUPDATE ON JACUMBA WATER SALE FOR SOITEC PROJECT
September 2015 ArticlesJacumba Hot SpringsLocal Government Formation Commission (LAFCO)County CounselSoitec Project East County News Service September 6, 2015 (Jacumba Hot Springs)--In an...
View ArticleCLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION OBJECTS TO APPROVAL OF POWER LINE...
September 2015 Articles East County News Service“Eagles need forests, not electricity.”– Duncan McFetridge, Cleveland National Forest Foundation co-chair and woodcarver who created this eagle...
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