Climate Ride

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:16:49 +0100

A large pack of bicyclists swarming down the north coast this week are riding to raise awareness of climate change—and incidentally to have a great time in the process.
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Bruce Robinson — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Flood, droughts and rising sea levels and other effects of global climate change are already displacing millions of people around the world, a situation documented in the new film, Climate Refugees.

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Fog and Redwoods

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100

A new analysis finds there are fewer foggy days along the Northern California coast than there were 100 years ago. That’s bad news for the venerable coast redwoods.

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Mediators Beyond Borders

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Mediation isn’t just for family or business disputes. It can also be applied to tribal or international conflicts, and the organization called Mediators Beyond Borders was created to do just that.

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Bruce Robinson — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100

What’s the ultimate solution for replacing fossil fuels with affordable alternatives? A detailed study by the Post-Carbon Institute says the only good answer available now is reduced demand and intensive conservation.

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Gray Whales

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 24 May 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Once there were four types of Gray whales in the world’s oceans. Today, only the California Gray Whale survives in sustainable numbers, and its future is looking grim.

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Prop 16 Protest

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 19 May 2010 06:00:00 +0100

The opposition campaign to PG&E’s big-budget backing for Proposition 16 took to the streets—well, actually the sidewalks—of downtown Santa Rosa yesterday (above, with Lady Liberty joined by Santa Rosa Mayor Susan Gorin and Healdsburg City Councilman Gary Plass), blasting the measure as “another bailout” for the utility.

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Energy Bills & Climate Protection

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 14 May 2010 12:00:00 +0100

There’s a legislative brawl brewing over national energy policy and climate change. The 6th annual Climate Protection Everybody Profits Conference in Sebastopol laid out a preview of where those battle lines are being drawn.

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Bruce Robinson — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Empathy, not self-interest, is the core impulse of human nature, according to social analyst Jeremy Rifkin. And that realization may hold the key to successfully responding to the environmental and economic challenges that now confront humanity.

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After Copenhagen

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0100

A Santa Rosa social activist has returned from the climate summit in Copenhagen eager to implement some new ideas, and with a deeper appreciation for Sonoma County’s actions on the issue.

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Recording Nature in the Tetons

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0100

You have to get up pretty early to capture the pure sounds of nature… and get a long way away from the rest of the noisy human race.

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Copenhagen Climate Conference

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:00:00 +0100

Sonoma County’s delegation to the Copenhagen Climate Summit will be heading home with some ideas they hope to apply locally.

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