Sesame Street's 41st Year

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Over the past 40 years, Sesame Street has transformed our expectations of what children’s television can and should be. And they’re still at it. {play}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/9-28-10.mp3{/play}

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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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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Bio-converter

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0100

Sonoma County inventor James McElvaney (right), has developed a system to convert organic waste into energy and other beneficial byproducts, one that creates the energy that powers it in the bargain.

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The Deal for the Dump

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Even as amended by county supervisors this week, Sonoma County’s plan to sell its dump to a private operator will have to clear some huge hurdles before the deal is done.

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Landfill Leak

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0100

Although the Sonoma County dump, west of Cotati, has been closed for more than three and a half years, the former manager of the facility says the issues behind its closure are political, not environmental.

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