California news 2008 - 2016

CASwiki news articles have a focus on news of community action for sustainability. This article is an offshoot from CASwiki's California article and is for news and comment in that context.

2016

These Workers are Celebrating 20 Years of Shared Bread and Shared Ownership, Dec 19 [1]

For Homeless in Santa Cruz, California, Garden Project Offers Hope, Stability, and Jobs, Dec 12 [2]

California Law Recognizes Meadows and Forests as Water Infrastructure, Oct 4 [3]

California Seed Sharing Bill Signed into Law, Sep 14 [4]

California is about to find out what a truly radical climate policy looks like, Aug 29 [5]

Nation’s first K-8 urban farm school teaches kids how to grow their own food, Aug 1 [6]

The County-By-County Fight Against Fracking In California Had A Good Night On Tuesday, Jul 20 [7]

Harvest Club Looks to Backyard Groves to Feed the Hungry, May 25 [8]

How Transition Palo Alto Brings Sharing and Community to Silicon Valley, Apr 25 [9]

2015

The successful Black Urban Growers conference, November 22 [10]

Energy Democracy: Inside Californians' Game-Changing Plan for Community-Owned Power, November 16 [11]

University of California Begins Fossil Fuel Divestment, September 10 [12]

The Nation’s Most Populous State Just Voted To Divest From Coal, September 3 [13]

Davis, California – the American city which fell in love with the bicycle, August 3 [14]

California passes ambitious laws on emissions and energy efficiency, June 4 [15]

California Drought Tests History of Endless Growth, April 4 [16]

2014

California Becomes First State To Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags, September 30 [17]

Governor Jerry Brown signs California's Neighborhood Food Act, and several other bills seeking to promote local and sustainable food systems in California, September 29 [18]

California Experiencing Most Severe Drought Ever Recorded, August 1 [19]

Pasadena ShareFest Goes Big, June 3 [20]

Oakland will upgrade 30,000 street lights with GE LED fixtures, May 7 [21]

California City Becomes First To Vote To Ban Fracking, April 24 [22]

How A Well-Being Index For Cities Is Taking Shape In California, March 31 [23]

Living with Climate Change: Joanne Poyourow in Los Angeles, March 2 [24]

5 Shocking Drought Facts to Make You Rethink the Golden State, Febraury 14 [25]

As Drought Persists, 17 California Communities Almost Out Of Water, January 29 [26]

California added more rooftop solar capacity in 2013 than in the past 30 years combined! January 8 [27]

2013

Legalizing Sustainability? Santa Monica Recognizes Rights of Nature, April 11 [28]

Santa Monica street goes green with bike-friendliness, January 13 [29]

2011

Nevada City Energy Solutions Task Force Report Accepted by City Council, [30] March 17

2009

California Energy Commission approves the nation's first energy efficiency standards for televisions, [31] November 18

California decree requires electricity companies to generate a third of their power from renewable sources by 2020, [32] September 12

Government shuts off water to California farms in controversial effort to help threatened species, [33] August 13

Warming climate threatens California fruit and nut production, [34] July 21

California in drought emergency, [35] February 28

A solar deal to put mirrors in the Mojave, [36] February 11

2008

Berkeley approves city-backed loans for solar panels, [37] September 17

California offers rebates for alternative fuel vehicles, [38] April 3

Dam removal proposal for Klamath River, [39] January 17


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References

  1. ↑ Shareable
  2. ↑ @Seedstock
  3. ↑ americanrivers.org
  4. ↑ @Shareable
  5. ↑ vox.com
  6. ↑ inhabitat.com
  7. ↑ ThinkProgress
  8. ↑ @Seedstock
  9. ↑ Shareable
  10. ↑ San Francisco Bay View
  11. ↑ resilience.org
  12. ↑ Fossil Free USA
  13. ↑ ThinkProgress
  14. ↑ The Guardian
  15. ↑ The Guardian
  16. ↑ nytimes.com
  17. ↑ huffingtonpost.com
  18. ↑ Shareable
  19. ↑ EcoWatch
  20. ↑ Shareable
  21. ↑ ledsmagazine.com
  22. ↑ huffingtonpost.com
  23. ↑ fastcoexist.com
  24. ↑ Transition Network
  25. ↑ Alternet
  26. ↑ huffingtonpost.com
  27. ↑ TreeHugger
  28. ↑ People to People Blog
  29. ↑ Los Angeles Times
  30. ↑ transitionnetwork.org
  31. ↑ California Energy Commission
  32. ↑ off-grid.net
  33. ↑ wikinews
  34. ↑ UC Davis News
  35. ↑ BBC News
  36. ↑ Dot Earth Blog NYTimes.com
  37. ↑ New York Times
  38. ↑ Wikinews
  39. ↑ Wikinews
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