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Pacific Gas and Electric Company wants to renew its operating license at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant through 2045, the Chron reports. The utility’s twin reactors near San Luis Obispo generate about 20 percent of the electricity used by...

Pesticides. They are one of the most environmentally harmful aspects of industrialized agriculture, and they are the reason that so many people have started to add organic foods to their diet. Many people think that washing their conventional fruits and...

In the past few decades, the number of electronic gadgets sucking up energy in American households has increased at a staggering pace. Although experts have offered up many different ways for cutting back on phantom loads and increasing conservation efforts,...

Gucci Group Commits to Protecting Indonesia’s Rainforests Group Launches Strong New Paper Policy This is an important enough good-news development that it is being posted by request, verbatim. ­San Francisco - Joining forces with Rainforest Action Network (RAN), the prestigious...

Scientists recently announced the discovery of a partial skull of the dreaded Predator X, a Jurassic-era sea creature that grew to fifty feet and had jaws that were four times as strong as a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

In the month of September, bike lovers from all over the city of San Francisco came together at Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate Park to drink beer, listen to music, and raise money for the bay areas biking organazations. The...

First established by Benjamin Franklin in 1775, by decree of the Second Continental Congress , the United States Postal Service is one of the oldest institutions in America. However, the city governments of San Francisco, Newark and New York recently...

Polar Bear, Sea Turtles, Spotted Owl, Caribou, and Salmon Could Go Extinct if Carbon Dioxide is Not Quickly Reduced to 350 Parts Per Million SAN FRANCISCO— As part of today’s Global Day of Climate Action, the Center for Biological Diversity...

A lot of people cut down trees for themselves, logging, and for building things. However, these people don't know how important trees are. That's why cutting down trees is now illegal. IF PEOPLE CUT DOWN TREES, THE FOLLOWING WILL HAPPEN:...

Citizens of San Francisco came out in force on saturday 19, 2009 to clean up Heron Head Park . Volunteers got their hands dirty by picking up trash, removing invasive species, and planting native plants. Exciting trash finds included a...