Freedom High students grow rice as science experiment
Source: San Jose Mercury News
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 17:23:29 -0700 | green-news
Dozens of Freedom High School students have embarked on an outdoors research project to see whether an uncommon crop in this region can solve some of the problems facing the Delta. With help from a $27,000 federal grant, Oakley's Delta...
Master Gardener: To-do list for May
Source: San Jose Mercury News
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 12:41:21 -0700 | green-news
Here's a handy checklist to see whether you've forgotten something: Add a layer of mulch around trees and shrubs to retain moisture, provide nutrients and deter weeds. Apply a 2- to 3-inch layer of organic matter or chipped tree trimmings,...
Endangered Species Act: On 40th anniversary, time to rethink how we protect wildlife
Source: San Jose Mercury News
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 13:13:59 -0700 | green-news
One group of equity investors that will not be honoring the occasion is Google, NRG Solar and BrightSource. This trio has spent millions to keep a large solar thermal power plant from going dark before ever lighting a single home...
Gas exports could help Central ...
Source: Qatar English Daily
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-05 15:13:32 -0700 | green-news
President Barack Obama said in Central America on Saturday that the United States might be able to help relieve that region's growing energy demands by exporting liquefied natural gas, a move opposed by some US businesses and environmentalists. At a...
Sierra Club: Santa Clara Valley Water District is backpedaling on habitat
Source: San Jose Mercury News
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-03 14:15:04 -0700 | green-news
Last fall, voters overwhelmingly approved Measure B, the Safe Clean Water Program, so the Santa Clara Valley Water District can continue projects in these program areas. Now the district is developing the Implementation Plan for the first five years of...
SunPower shines with improving profit situation, stock jumps
Source: San Jose Mercury News
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-02 14:34:26 -0700 | green-news
SunPower, Silicon Valley's dominant solar panel manufacturer, reported a narrower first-quarter loss Thursday, a result that seemed to please investors. SunPower shares spiked in the last minutes before the markets closed Thursday, when part of the company's presentation to analysts...
Red flag fire warning issued for East Bay, part of Santa Clara County
Source: San Jose Mercury News
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-30 21:40:12 -0700 | green-news
Font Resize Bay City News Service The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for the East Bay hills and the Diablo Range beginning Tuesday evening -- signaling an earlier start than normal to this year's fire season in...
Muir Beach will be hard to reach this summer as environmental work proceeds
Source: San Jose Mercury News
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-30 13:11:02 -0700 | green-news
In mid to late June the Muir Beach parking lot and pedestrian access will be closed through November so the area can be realigned to help restore natural tidal flow for the benefit of threatened and endangered species. During the...
Top 5 environmental firms in the Bay Area
Source: Big News Network
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-26 12:58:27 -0700 | green-news
Specialties range from environmental impact assessment and climate change studies to occupational health. Some of the firms on our list do exclusively environmental work; others are only branches of science and engineering firms...In 2012, the state of California ended its...
Man fined $26,250 for cutting six trees on Woodside lot without permit
Source: San Jose Mercury News
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 20:45:10 -0700 | green-news
Font Resize Daily News Staff Writer For cutting down six trees on his newly bought property in Woodside without a permit, Rajiv Gujral will have to pay a $26,250 fine...Woodside officials asked the town council to fine him twice that...
Greenpeace ranks Google Cisco tops in climate report card
Source: Big News Network
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 14:27:29 -0700 | green-news
Greenpeace ranks Google, Cisco tops in climate report card Where companies ranked on Greenpeace's climate leadership list. Google Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. top Greenpeace's list of top IT companies in climate leadership. The list, available here, ranks companies on...
Nearly 60 percent of urbanized San Jose has been paved over; 15 percent shaded by trees
Source: San Jose Mercury News
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-23 15:41:09 -0700 | green-news
For the first time, San Jose residents know exactly how much of their city has been paved over and how much is shaded by trees. According to a new study that used lasers to map trees from the air, 58...
Sierra Club: Santa Clara Valley Water District is backpedaling on habitat commitment
Source: San Jose Mercury News
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-22 12:49:58 -0700 | green-news
Last fall, voters overwhelmingly approved Measure B, the Safe Clean Water Program, so the Santa Clara Valley Water District can continue providing for needed projects in the areas of water supply reliability, water quality, restoration of wildlife habitat and natural...
Woodside fines new resident $52,500 for cutting down six bay laurel trees
Source: San Jose Mercury News
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-18 21:14:35 -0700 | green-news
Font Resize Daily News Staff Writer If a tree falls in Woodside, everyone hears it. And because of that, Rajiv Gujral, who recently bought a home there, is facing a $52,500 fine...He cut down six bay laurel trees without the...
Environmental Groups Sue Feds Over Central California Fracking
Source: Big News Network
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-04-18 19:14:10 -0700 | green-news
Two environmental groups filed a new lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in federal court in San Jose Thursday, accusing it of failing to study the risks of fracking on 17,833 acres of public land in Monterey County...
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