Environment
With rising demand and a decreasing supply of, U.S. honey producers would like to see a nationwide standard
Next weekend Californians will march to demand a “real” climate change leadership
Animal rights groups are claiming that in Oakland, animals are being unlawfully killed; they want the shelter to sign up to the No Kill movement, which keeps euthanasia for only the most extreme cases. The new director, however, has different ideas.
California is getting some much-needed relief from the drought. Recent rainfall over the last couple weeks picked up Wednesday night as the largest storm to hit the state in five years made landfall. But as the city of Oakland deals with the storm, water utility officials are warning residents that the region is still in a drought and will have to comply with existing—and new—water regulations.
HOPE collaborative seeks change by working with stores to increase nutritional offerings.
The California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) launched a program called Safer Consumer Products, where manufacturers will have to find a safer alternative to products containing toxic chemicals.
Breathmobile provides diagnosis, treatment, prescriptions, medicine supply and education at no cost for children under age 18 in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.
Local nonprofit works to reduce air pollution and improve people’s lives in rural areas of Darfur by producing a better cooking stove.
What if people could create more colorful neighborhoods by simply throwing herb and vegetable seed balls on the ground? What if they could rescue the declining bee population using this method? Or what if someone could throw them from a small airplane to sow an entire field of wildflowers? That’s the goal of the “Grow a Rainbow” project developed by Christopher Burley, the “Lead Pollinator” and CEO of Seedles LLC, who has set a goal of growing one million wildflowers….