DMV: Trees torn down at new field office in Fresno will be replaced
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-18 11:59:19 -0700 | green-news
58 AM Text Size: tool goes here Contractors working to build a new field office for the Department of Motor Vehicles at Olive and Weber avenues have cut down more than a dozen trees in the past two months, but...
SUCKING FOR GOLD: California Mining Trend Dredges Up Controversy
Source: Fox
Fresno :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-12 07:47:20 -0700 | green-news
Calif. A legal battle is brewing over whether California gold miners should be allowed to vacuum up the bottoms of rivers. The controversy is about a process called suction dredge mining, a practice popularized on the Discovery Channel show...
Calif. groups seek ban on rice pesticide
Source: Sacramento Bee
Fresno :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-03-29 20:20:39 -0700 | green-news
California environmentalists say a proposal by state pesticide regulators to allow spraying of a controversial pesticide on rice fields in the Sacramento Valley could harm aquatic organisms and honeybees. Groups submitted a comment letter to the California Department of Pesticide...
Beekeepers sue EPA to ban pesticides
Source: KSBY
Fresno :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-03-21 13:05:36 -0700 | green-news
Commercial beekeepers and environmental organizations have filed a lawsuit against federal regulators for not banning the use of two pesticides they say harms honeybees...Environmental Protection Agency to ban the insecticides clothianidin and thiamethoxam.
Hail, funnel cloud and rain hammer San Joaquin Valley
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-06-12 06:20:12 -0700 | travel-news
Storm drops wild weather Storm drops wild weather Gusty winds, a funnel cloud and quarter-sized hail descended on the Valley Wednesday as the first of two storms made is way through the region. It's a record: Valley gets a thorough...
Study: Cropland threatens drinking water for 250,000 people in the Valley
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-05-13 12:24:14 -0700 | technology-news
12 AM Text Size: tool goes here A growing sea of underground pollution from farm fertilizers and dairy waste threatens drinking water for a 250,000 people from Fresno to Bakersfield, a new University of California study shows.
Report: Calif. delta plan best for environment
Source: Sacramento Bee
Fresno :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-01-05 10:07:17 -0800 | political-news
A new report says a draft plan unveiled in August to restore California's freshwater delta would have the best long-term benefits on the environment compared to other proposals. The Environmental Impact Report released Friday by the Delta Stewardship Council compared...
San Joaquin Valley under new air alert
Source: Big News Network
Fresno :: CA :: USA | updated 2011-11-22 16:32:12 -0800 | business-news
The San Joaquin Valley is under a new air alert as high temperatures, a high-pressure system and stagnant wind combine to trap smog. Air pollution officials are asking residents to limit driving and not idle cars while waiting for students...
New Battlefront Over California Water
Source: KQED
Fresno :: CA :: USA | updated 2011-08-05 09:16:05 -0700 | technology-news
Garamendi warns of a "serious water war" if Nunes bill passes Lawmakers traded punches on Capitol Hill this morning over the future of California's water. (Photo: University of California) In a contentious hearing before the House Subcommittee on Water &...
Windy conditions through weekend, AQI worsens
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: CA :: USA | updated 2011-07-28 10:03:31 -0700 | political-news
Strong wind gusts that arrived in the Valley this week brought down trees and kicked up dust and were a prelude to what to expect Memorial Day weekend. Thursday's winds gusted up to 26 mph in Fresno, 34 mph in...
Closings start in Merced plant contamination case
Source: Merced Sun Star
Fresno :: CA :: USA | updated 2011-05-30 06:09:58 -0700 | technology-news
Closing arguments are under way in the trial of a former subsidiary of pharmaceutical giant Merck accused of polluting groundwater, air and soil around its Central California plant for years. About 2,000 residents of a subdivision in Merced claim the...
Feds boost water supplies for many Calif. farms
Source: Sacramento Bee
Fresno :: CA :: USA | updated 2011-04-19 23:08:15 -0700 | technology-news
Federal water managers plant to boost deliveries to farms, industry and cities this year thanks to this winter's abundant rainfall...The Bureau of Reclamation will provide 100 percent of water deliveries to farms, cities and industrial water contractors north of the...
San Joaquin River Cleanup Nets 1 Ton of Trash
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Fresno :: CA :: USA | updated 2010-09-28 15:18:59 -0700 | green-news
As part of the Great Sierra River Cleanup students and staff from local high schools cleaned the shores and channel of the San Joaquin River in Kerman and Mendota on September 24th and 25th, 2010. 30 participants from the Central...
Cooler days unlikely to harm crops
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: CA :: USA | updated 2010-11-09 06:46:46 -0800 | technology-news
The National Weather Service forecasts a return to the 80s through late next week, when highs could dip into the upper 70s again. The cooler weather now and earlier, during the spring, is slowing the harvest of some crops, agriculture...
Homeless person injured in southwest Fresno house fire
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 14:03:02 -0700 | green-news
String of arson fires worry Pinedale residents String of arson fires worry Pinedale residents Residents in a Pinedale neighborhood of Fresno where more than 15 arson fires were set last week said Sunday they hope whoever is responsible is caught...
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