California Green News

The planned upgrade of an aging hotel-casino on Lake Tahoe's north shore is described by supporters as a shining example of change needed to protect a sensitive environment and revitalize a troubled economy...The project, including a 300-room hotel, shops, restaurants...

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...

Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore speaks at a $500-a-ticket dinner Nov. 24, 2009 evening at Exhibition Place. A shortage of political will – not a gauntlet of technological obstacles – is all that separates the human species from a secure,...

Public protest brings palm kernel and coal climate crimes to Fonterra’s door Auckland, Tuesday 24 November 2009: A human chain of protesters piled sacks labelled ‘Fonterra palm kernel’ and ‘Fonterra coal’ outside Fonterra’s corporate headquarters today in protest of greenhouse...

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake has rattled Southern California's Big Bear Lake area, followed by a sharp aftershock. A magnitude 3.7 earthquake has rattled Southern California's Big Bear Lake area, followed by a sharp aftershock...The same area was rocked by a...

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...

In the 1980s, many US supermarkets switched from paper bags to plastic because polyethylene bags are less expensive. When customers complained, stores offered a choice of paper and plastic. Some shoppers choose paper thinking it is an environmentally better alternative....