Three Ways to Stop Receiving Junk Mail
by Michelle Millet A few months ago, I headed to the post office to open a P.O….
Analysis: Does Statewide Plastic Bag Referendum Even Matter?
In February a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags was put on hold as the industry succeeded…
Yamada for State Senate Endorsed by California League of Conservation Voters
Mariko Yamada’s campaign for State Senate District 3 announced today the endorsement of the California League of…
Historic Global Climate Change Agreement Adopted in France
by Debra Chase For over twenty years the myth of Sisyphus has been the ruling analogy of…
Expert Questions the Air Quality at Nishi
At October’s Planning Commission meeting, Thomas Cahill, a professor emeritus of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences, testified, “If…
Davis Schools Strive for Zero Waste
By Michelle Millet In 2012, DavisRISE, a school districtwide recycling program co-sponsored by Davis Farm to School…
North Of Falcon In Decade Zero: Decisions And Life On Earth
By Debra Chase “Florence: Who knows anything about fish? I mean fish don’t tell you anything much…
Wolk Picks Up More Big Endorsements in the Assembly Race
Earlier this week, the Dan Wolk for State Assembly Campaign announced that Mr. Wolk had received, in…
Analysis Challenges Key Findings in CEQA Report
Yesterday, we presented a critique of CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act), with the law firm of Holland…
CEQA Litigation Abuse Undermines Purpose of Landmark Environmental Law
The California Environmental Quality Act, better known as CEQA, was landmark legislation passed in 1970 in order…
Speaker To Address Dollars and Sense of Land Use
How can Davis use its land use entitlement power to grow our tax base? The Enterprise has…
Sustainability is Not an Upgrade
By Gerry Braun and Mark Braly The City of Davis and UC Davis have climate action plans…
Rain Doesn’t Always Follow the Plow
By Debra Chase The Sunday morning dawn brought in the smoke over the farm, choking and oily,…
Reconsidering the Delta Tunnels
by Elizabeth Lasensky and Carol Warren The following letter was submitted for the public record regarding the…
Commentary: Would District Elections Help?
One idea generally thrown around as a potential reform measure is going to district elections. My view…
The Life that Sustains Us – Flying on the Wings of Pollinators
By Debra Chase “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only…
Saylor Addresses Questions About His Assembly Candidacy
With the announcement in mid-July that Bill Dodd would run for the State Senate, less than a…
Mercury Rising
By Debra Chase If I encouraged the use of an old favorite tuna sandwich recipe it could…
Gearing Up for Another Oil Train Protest
by Lynne Nittler There is NO safe way to transport extreme tar sands and Bakken crude. Two…
Davis can Increase available Burrowing Owl Habitat
by Catherine Portman Last year the Burrowing Owl Preservation Society organized a Burrowing Owl census of Yolo…
