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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Ship Sewage Rules

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Land-based sewage discharges into the ocean are illegal. Soon that ban will apply to big ships, too, under new EPA rules being announced today.

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Fort Ross

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Fort Ross, the only Russian outpost ever established on what is now the continental United States, celebrates the 198th anniversary of its founding with an annual Cultural Heritage Day on Saturday, July 31.

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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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West Marin Newspapers

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100

When a local ownership group came forward to purchase the Point Reyes Light from its contentious and unpopular out-of-town owner, they expected an era of peace in publishing would follow. But that wasn’t what happened.

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Project Kaisei

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Far out in the oceans of the world, away from the continents and even shipping lanes, vast floating seas of plastic garbage form an intractable sort of water pollution, something the bay area’s Project Kaisei is working to combat.

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Bruce Robinson — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0100

Marin County artist Tom Killion has spent his life portraying different views of Mount Tamalpias--but filtered through the techniques of Japanese woodcut printmaking.

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When he set out to draft the text for Tamalpais Walking, Killion discovered he had a lot to learn about the history of Mount Tamalpais.

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Modern Piracy

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:00:00 +0100

Terrorism in the 21st century is not confined to hot spots in the middle east or attacks on urban centers elsewhere. The upsurge in piracy in waters off Africa and Malaysia can be seen as another form of terrorism, but one that is driven by economic pressures rather than ideological concerns.

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Blue Whale Death

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0100

A month after a blue whale was killed by the propellers of a survey ship off the coast near Fort Bragg, some big questions remain, among them, how did this happen, and could it have been prevented?

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Voyage of Discovery

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100

There’s nothing like seeing other parts of the world first-hand to give one a different perspective on “home.” A Sonoma State professor who did just that last summer with his students in the international Semester at Sea program, reports back.

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Builders of the Pacific Coast

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:00:00 +0100

From remote cabins crafted of driftwood to stunningly beautiful and unconventional family homes, Bolinas-based writer and photographer Lloyd Kahn collects innovative individual builders up and down the Pacific Coast.

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