By VIRGINIA HENNESSEY, Monterey County Herald MONTEREY -- Nearly 20000 acres of prime ... conservation chairwoman of the Ventana Chapter of the Sierra Club, ...
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Last week, California American Water (CalAm) issued a request for ... desalination portion of its proposed Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project (MPWSP).
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On the tour, Watsonville Wetlands Watch staff point out birds, plants, and other wildlife unique to the area. Tours take one to two hours and binoculars are ...
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The Naval Support Activity Monterey, home to the Naval Postgraduate School, ... awards for cultural resource management and installation sustainability.
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Earthbound Farm in San Juan Bautista, Calif. which lost $70 million as a result of an E. Coli outbreak in its fresh spinach, began a massive safety overhaul ...
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Scattered throughout NSA Monterey are dozens of historic buildings set against ... Gerral K. David, has made environmental sustainability and stewardship a ...
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The Californian city of Santa Cruz and Soquel Creek Water District are holding a special joint study session on 7 May 2013 at the City Council Chambers to ...
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Salinas Californian
Sat, 04/06/2013
When Steve McIntyre picked up statewide accolades earlier this year, one of the reasons cited was his leadership in bringing sustainable wine growing practices to the Salinas Valley. But the vintner and vineyard manager is not alone. Sustainable growing is no longer on the fringe, practiced by eclectic hobbyists. As growers understand the benefits, it is increasingly becoming mainstream.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
Thu, 04/04/2013
Larry Jacobs, 63, who won a legal precedent to protect organic growers from pesticide drift and cultivated a cooperative of a 1,000 small-scale farmers in Baja, Mexico, to grow crops organically, is one of four people to receive the Growing Green Award from the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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Monterey Herald
Fri, 04/05/2013
In the 1990s, California American Water was directed to use substantially less water from the Carmel River. The Monterey County Hospitality Association (MCHA), the trade group providing advocacy, education and employee recognition programs for local tourism, teamed up with water administrators to outline aggressive conservation measures for hotels, restaurants and retailers.
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For much of Monterey County, that's the Monterey Regional Waste Management District in Marina. (If you don't know for sure, see earth911.com to find out ...
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... smothering weeds or enhancing a landscape,” says Kimberle Herring, public education coordinator for Monterey Regional Waste Management District.
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Citizen scientists tap GIS technology for cleaner oceans.
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The Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History developed the idea for Earth Stewards ... the environment, and sustainability, but the program has received several ...
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Moe's Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $7/adv, $10/door. ... the project for the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC).
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By JM Brown SANTA CRUZ -- The Santa Cruz City Council and Soquel Creek Water District, partners in a proposed seawater desalination plant, will meet next ...
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The scraps are brought to Monterey Regional Waste Management District weekly and then placed in a new anaerobic digester modules for methane capture and ...
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Members of Ford Ord Access Alliance intend to file the initiative with the ... Fort Ord Reuse Authority Counsel Jon Giffen said he had not yet seen the ...
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Clean water activists have endorsed a controversial fertilizer tax, ... have been detected in a backup well in the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
Thu, 03/28/2013
The Pacific Ocean is one giant garbage patch filled with plastic, some pieces invisible to the naked eye but potentially harmful to marine life and people, according to the husband-and-wife team behind a nonprofit dedicated to the ocean called 5Gyres. The worst offender of plastic pollution is the micro beads found in several beauty products women use to exfoliate their skin, they said.
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Monterey Herald
Sat, 03/30/2013
The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is accepting applications for two seats on its advisory council, which represents the public's interests in sanctuary matters and provides advice to the superintendent.
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Salinas Californian
Fri, 03/29/2013
A pair of chemicals that were used to kill everything from cockroaches to garden pests before they were banned for residential use in the United States have turned up in the Pajaro River and one of its tributaries in amounts exceeding government objectives.
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Salinas Californian
Sat, 03/30/2013
While deadly military drones grab headlines, a very different type of drone glides above the vineyards of Davis. Precisely aligning itself along a row of grapes, the robotic helicopter releases its 16-liter pesticide payload on the crops below.
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Fourth Annual Competition Completes “Fever Pitch” Event At California State ... of the Monterey Bay Regional Business Plan Competition (http://www.
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Separately, the Associated Press reported that the GAO gave generally good grades to the California High-Speed Rail Authority's business plan to build the ...
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Campbell (pictured above on Fort Ord) says he and the others are forming a new ... This is a major public access point for the Fort Ord National Monument, ...
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Carmel River Watershed Conservancy revives drug take-back program.
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Newswise — Researchers in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz are partnering with leaders in the data storage industry to establish the Center ...
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
Thu, 03/21/2013
Members of the Santa Cruz Warriors were stationed throughout the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center to speak with children and raise funds for the center. For $25, a child and parent could interact with basketball players while learning about the Monterey Bay.
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Salinas Californian
Fri, 03/22/2013
The students in Jacqueline Bartlett’s fifth-grade class at Spreckels Elementary School want to do something about the growing amount of plastic in the ocean. On Monday, Barlett’s class will launch a public awareness campaign, urging their schoolmates to reduce their use of single-use plastics by opting for other ways to bring lunch items, snacks and beverages to school.
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Monterey County water officials have released a draft study that would set the ... outlines how growers and the Monterey County Water Resources Agency would ...
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Gary Karnes of the Monterey County Safe Strawberries working group addresses .... reported it to the Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner's office.
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... is it addresses both net-zero energy and net-zero waste,” says Susan Clizbe, ... backed by the Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority, in Gonzales.
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Leading Zeve on the path to platinum is BuildingWise, an architectural consulting firm specializing in LEED certification and, conveniently, a tenant in the ...
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City works out financing for conference center remodel; small hotels push back.
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Big Sur nonprofit looks to cut big chunks of change from fallen redwood.
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Public Citizen 03.21.13
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He's served on several county and regional committees, and was instrumental in the creation of the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency.
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LED lighting at the Santa Cruz, California Wastewater Treatment Facility has reduced ... As part of a citywide Climate Action Program to reduce energy ...
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The university's Baskin School of Engineering relies on these agencies for about two thirds of their total research funding, including about $10 million per ...
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The litigation, by the CBD and Sierra Club, contends that the bureau leased more than 2500 acres in Monterey and Fresno counties to oil companies without ...
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Iowa Pacific runs the line, through the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay ... As part of the purchase deal, the Regional Transportation Commission and Iowa ...
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By VIRGINIA HENNESSEY Fort Ord Reuse Authority counsel Jerry Bowden is stepping away from the job he says has become too political. The FORA board Friday ...
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The Transportation Commission paid $14.2 million for the line last year, ... Iowa Pacific runs the line, through the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Railway ...
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By VIRGINIA HENNESSEY The Sierra Club is keeping the Fort Ord Reuse Authority's feet to the legal fire. Larry Silver, the Sierra Club's recently retained ...
