Josefina Miranda showed up to work in a field still wet from pesticides. She was four months pregnant. By the time she f…
California
Health Care Reform – For Our Pets?
California’s Democratic state Assemblyman Dave Jones recently introduced a health care reform bill. Nothing surpri…
California: Good Eggs, After All
From 2015, all eggs in California will be sunny side up – at least for the chickens. State Governor Arnold Schwarz…
GR8I-DEA or 2F-INDUM? Digital License Plates Proposed in California
In the ongoing effort to keep our minds on anything but the road, I give you yet another techno-distraction for our shor…
The ‘Marlboro Man’ Returns to Ruffle Green Feathers
He’s baaack! You’ve all heard of Richard Pombo, right? For 14 years, he represented a real-life version of t…
Exploring America, Eco Style: My Trip to Death Valley
When Woody Guthrie sang of redwood forests and diamond deserts in “This Land is Your Land”, his lyrics sugge…
California Dreaming: Why I Heart the Ocean
The west coast of the United States is truly a venerable landscape. So often, I travel by plane and forget at times what…
EcoMeme: Optimism vs. Laziness
Are Americans optimistic about the environment, ignorant or just plain lazy? Are they fatigued from all the “green…