How the Golden State got so green
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- Written by Kathleen Maclay
- Category: California News
Berkeley, California - Brown may be the new green in California during the drought, but a UC Berkeley authority on the politics of health, safety and environmental regulation says the state is, and historically has been, unabashedly green.
How to beat the climate crisis? Start with carrots
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- Written by Sarah Yang
- Category: California News
Berkeley, California - To speed up progress in tackling climate change, policymakers need to build political support by investing in clean-energy industries rather than first penalizing polluters, according to a new policy paper by UC Berkeley researchers.
Filipino American origins of the 1965 farmworker grape strike
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- Written by Cathy Cockrell
- Category: California News
Berkeley, California - Fifty years ago, on September 8, approximately 1,500 Filipino American farmworkers walked out of the farm fields in California, demanding fair wages and humane working conditions. Their action launched the five-year Delano Grape Strike and helped catalyze the modern farmworkers’ movement.
Study Shows Africanized Bees Continue to Spread in California
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- Written by Kim McDonald
- Category: California News
San Diego, California - A study conducted by biologists at UC San Diego has found that the Africanized honey bee an aggressive hybrid of the European honey bee - is continuing to expand its range northward since its introduction into Southern California in 1994.
Governor Brown Discusses Fires With Emergency Personnel At State Operations Center
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- Written by IVN
- Category: California News
Sacramento, California - With devastating fires burning across California, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined CAL FIRE Director Ken Pimlott, Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Director Mark Ghilarducci and other fire and emergency personnel at the State Operations Center for a briefing on the latest fire conditions.
Governor Brown Declares State of Emergency in Lake and Napa Counties
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Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued an emergency proclamation for Lake and Napa counties due to the effects of the Valley Fire, which has burned thousands of acres of land and caused the evacuation of residents and damage to highways and other infrastructure.
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