In the News . . .
Croplands May Wither as Global Warming Worsens (Scientific American, January 8, 2009)
Clayton Settles Produce Stand Issue (Contra Costa Times, January 8, 2009)
Groups Call for More Coal Ash Regulations (MSNBC, January 7, 2009)
Worried about Antibiotics in Your Beef? Vegetables May Be No Better (Scientific American, January 6, 2009)
Lead for Car Batteries Poisons an African Town (Associated Press/Salon.com, January 3, 2009)
Synthetic Fertilizer Taints California Organic Farms (Contra Costa Times, January 2, 2009)
Tennessee Spill: The Exxon Valdez Of Coal Ash? (National Public Radio, December 31, 2008)
EcoChef: Age-old Ideas of Farming Are New Again (Contra Costa Times, December 31, 2008)
The Top 5 Environmental Newsmakers of 2008 (The Huffington Post, December 30, 2008)
Crafting Policy Agenda, Obama Team Brings in Faith Groups (U.S. News & World Report, December 30, 2008)
29 Disturbingly Creative Ads for the Environment (WebEcoist, December 27, 2008)
Ash Christmas: TVA Coal Disaster is Toxic Wake-up Call (Grist, December 23, 2008)
Flood of Sludge Breaks TVA Dike (The Tennessean, December 23, 2008)
Politics Choke Clean-air Efforts (The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 10, 2008)
Study: Poverty Dramatically Affects Children's Brains (USA Today, December 10, 2008)
Cancer Could be World's Top Killer by 2010 (MSNBC, December 9, 2008)
Religious "Shun Nanotechnology" (BBC News Online, December 8, 2008)
Foodies Make a Pitch to Obama (New York Times, December 4, 2008)
New Land-Use Law's Message: Build Near Transit (San Francisco Chronicle, November 28, 2008)
Uranium Found in Kansas Drinking Water Supplies (Environmental News Service, November 28, 2008)
More Than Health Damaged by Ag Nutrients in Drinking Water (Environmental News Service, November 24, 2008)
Cancer Cluster Confirmed in Northeast Pennsylvania (Associated Press/Salon.com, August 25, 2008)
A Teacher on the Front Line as Faith and Science Clash (New York Times, August 23, 2008)
Fix Agreed for Landfill Fouling California, Southwest Drinking Water (Environmental News Service, August 8, 2008)
Misapplied Herbicides Enter Klamath River Tributary (Environmental News Service, July 21, 2008)
Lawmakers Call for Probe of Chemical Plant (San Francisco Chronicle, July 8, 2008)
Martinez Townhomes Get "Green" Seal of Approval (Contra Costa Times, July 5, 2008)
Ex-Worker on Crusade Against Chemical Plant (San Francisco Chronicle, July 5, 2008)
Battle Over Organic Products Turns Toxic (The National Law Journal/Law.com, June 24, 2008)
Concord, Navy at Odds over Land Use Plan Deadline (Contra Costa Times, June 23, 2008)
Navy Re-evaluating Truck Routes Through County in Light of Community Outcry (Contra Costa Times, June 16, 2008)
Urban Guerrilla Gardeners Fight for Beauty (Reuters/Orange County Register, June 13, 2008)
EPA Fines Homebuilders $4.3 Million for Pollution (Associated Press/Salon.com, June 11, 2008)
Waste Company Would Import Mexican PCBs to Burn in Texas (Environmental News Service, June 9, 2008)
Food Summit Ends with Contentious Resolution (Los Angeles Times, June 5, 2008)
Backed by Clinton, Blair launches Faith Foundation (Reuters, May 30, 2008)
Chicago's Oak Street Beach Contaminated With Asbestos (Environmental News Service, May 27, 2008)
Three Companies Pay $500,000 for Scottsdale Water Pollution (Environmental News Service, May 19, 2008)
Burger King Employees Fired Following Controversy Over Blog Posts (Associated Press/Law.com, May 14, 2008)
Locavores Get Vocal (Contra Costa Times, May 13, 2008)
Dioxins at Doorstep of Washington State Capital (Environmental News Service, May 12, 2008)
Judge Halts Moth Spraying in Monterey County (San Francisco Chronicle, May 12, 2008)
Joseph Egan, Lawyer Who Fought Nuclear Waste Site, Is Dead at 53 (New York Times, May 12, 2008)
EPA Testing Air After Twister in Toxic Okla. Town (Associated Press/Orange County Register, May 12, 2008)
Pittsburg Work Begins Without Approval (Contra Costa Times, May 9, 2008)
MTBE Settlement Could Grow if More Contamination Is Found (Associated Press/Law.com, May 9, 2008)
Mercury Released from Products Down by 88 Percent (Environmental News Service, May 8, 2008)
College Town Water Tainted With Disinfection Byproduct (Environmental News Service, May 8, 2008)
EPA Might Not Act to Limit Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water (Associated Press/Salon.com, May 6, 2008)
Fighting Global Warming Block by Block (Washington Post, May 4, 2008)
Interfaith Group Protests Banks (Contra Costa Times, May 2, 2008)
'An Evangelical Manifesto' Criticizes Politics of Faith (CNN, May 2, 2008)
Local Air Quality Gets an "F": Lung Assn. Rates Bay Area's Air Quality (San Francisco Chronicle, May 1, 2008)
Shortages Threaten Farmers’ Key Tool: Fertilizer (New York Times, April 30, 2008)
Poison Ice (Salon.com, April 30, 2008)
U.S. Push to Get More Farmworkers in Visa Plan Draws Criticism (Sacramento Bee, April 29, 2008)
Worries About Cement Plant: Brockovich Hears Fears of TXI Neighbors (San Bernardino Sun, April 29, 2008)
White House Blocked EPA Studies, GAO Reports (San Francisco Chronicle, April 29, 2008)
Density of Fast-Food Outlets Weighs on Area Residents (Sacramento Bee, April 28, 2008)
Schwarzenegger Pressing State Regulators to Allow Power Line Proposed Through Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (Los Angeles Times, April 27, 2008)
Conservationists Fight to Save Rare Wetland (San Jose Mercury News/Associated Press, April 26, 2008)
Green Gardening Requires Thought, Planning (Contra Costa Times, April 26, 2008)
Negotiators Reach Tentative Farm Bill Deal (San Francisco Chronicle, April 25, 2008)
Judge Halts Aerial Spraying Against Moth in Santa Cruz County (San Francisco Chronicle, April 24, 2008)
Scientists: Smog Contributes to Premature Death (CNN, April 22, 2008)
The Way We Live Now: Why Bother? (New York Times Magazine, April 20, 2008)
Turning Blue Collars Green (Contra Costa Times, April 20, 2008)
Under Plan, Farmers Would Aid Inner Cities (Contra Costa Times, April 6, 2008)
PG&E to Pay $20 Million in Toxic Suit (San Francisco Chronicle, April 3, 2008)
Berkeley Business Man Jailed for Pollution (Contra Costa Times, March 21, 2008)
If Natural Disaster Strikes Along the U.S-Mexico Border (Environmental News Service, March 20, 2008)
Cargill Penalized for Pollution at Iowa Biodiesel Plant (Environmental News Service, March 11, 2008)
W.R. Grace Hit With Record Superfund Fine for Libby Asbestos (Environmental News Service, March 11, 2008)
Pharmaceuticals Again Found in U.S. Drinking Water (Environmental News Service, March 10, 2008)
Polluting California Cement Plant Installs Cleaner Kiln (Environmental News Service, March 6, 2008)
Tentative OK Given to $2M Partial Settlement in Groundwater Contamination Case (Law.com/The Legal Intelligencer, February 25, 2008)
Martinez Refinery is Top Polluter (Contra Costa Times, February 22, 2008)
Mad Cow Scare: 143 Million Pounds of Ground Meat Recalled (Environmental News Service, February 17, 2007)
Burlingame Being Sued over Sewage (San Francisco Chronicle, February 10, 2008)
France Halts Genetically Modified Corn (Salon, February 9, 2008)
Court Strikes Down EPA's Plan on Mercury (San Francisco Chronicle, February 8, 2008)
Developer Fined for Despoiling Hawaii's Largest Wetland (Environmental News Service, February 2, 2008)
It's Really Not That Easy Being Green (San Francisco Chronicle, January 31, 2008)
US Scraps Futuristic Coal Plant (Salon, January 30, 2008)
Video of Workers Abusing Cows Raises Food Safety Questions (CNN, January 30, 2008)
Fight to Curtail Antibiotics in Animal Feed (San Francisco Chronicle, January 28, 2008)
Water Well Plan Concerns Residents (Contra Costa Times, January 28, 2008)
Type 2 Diabetes May be Linked to Pesticide Exposure (WNBC Channel 4, January 25, 2008)
Ventura County Growers Brace for Strict Pesticide Rules (Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2008)
Warnings Don’t Deter Lovers of Sushi (New York Times, January 24, 2008)
Chemical Exposures Cost California $2.6 Billion in 2004 (KNBC Channel 4, January 21, 2008)
New Jersey Enviro-Cops Try to Catch Companies Doing Good (Environmental News Service, January 21, 2008)
Pollution Runoff is Eroding Alaska Coast (Anchorage Daily News, January 19, 2008)
State to Curb Toxic Runoff (Los Angeles Times, January 19, 2008)
Not-so-green Jeans (Salon, January 7, 2008)
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