- State Supreme Court OKs Manhattan Beach plastic bag ban
- SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court says Manhattan Beach can ban retailers from using plastic bags without going through a lengthy environmental study on the increased use of paper bags.
The unanimous court said Thursday that "sub... Full story
- Marysville Gold Sox cutting waste
- At Bat on Recycling
- By Ashley Gebb/Appeal-Democrat
- Baseball may be as red, white and blue as America gets, but the Marysville Gold Sox is pushing to add a touch of green to the country’s favorite pastime.
The 2011 season is continuing a partnership that began last year with Recology Yuba-Sutte... Full story
- Bicycling challenge saves gas, tires and boosts health
- By Ashley Gebb/Appeal-Democrat
- They pledged to pedal, and the miles racked up.
For the 31 days in May, people across America stepped away from their steering wheels and grabbed bicycle handlebars instead. They were celebrating May is Bike Month by making mileage goals and cycling... Full story
- Yuba College rallies for the planet
- Celebrating Earth Day
- By Ashley Gebb/Appeal-Democrat
- Harold Whitson Jr. can remember carrying an ecology lunchbox to school in the 1970s.
Forty years ago people were calling attention to the problems the planet faced, and yet the challenges seem to be growing, he said. He does not understand why actio... Full story
- Clean technology grows
- The New York Times' "Dealbook" section offered this story on Theodore Roosevelt IV and his conversationist credentials as a proponent of clean technology.... Full story
- Recycling 'fresh cut trees' is a gift to the environment
- By Ashley Gebb/Appeal-Democrat
- What's red, white and green all over?
Unfortunately, not Christmas.
One of the most mass-consumer holidays of the year, the Christmas holiday season produces as much as a 25 percent increase in trash as people discard the packaging, wrapping and ot... Full story
- A different kind of Philadelphia Eagles green
- Interesting article in The New York Times details how the football team will be playing in the first stadium capable of generating all its own electricity, via wind turbines and a generator that runs on natural gas and biodiesel.... Full story
- Green power costs a tough sell
- The high costs of developing renewable energy - and the reluctance to pass them along to consumers during a recession - is canceling or delaying projects across the country, according to an article in Monday's New York Times.... Full story
- Solar projects heat up
- No other state is moving as aggressively as California to add solar, according to a story in USA Today.
The state is already the nation's largest solar producer; a deadline for federal stimulus funds is helping fuel the push.... Full story
- Famed fishmonger plans a sea change
- By Lynda V. Mapes/The Seattle Times
- SEATTLE — It's already the loudest and most entertaining fish market in Seattle. But can those fish-tossing mongers at Pike Place Fish Market, a beloved Seattle icon, become sustainable too?
Owner John Yokoyama says he is determined to try, as... Full story
