Tag: California - Page 8

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  Should We Ban the Penny to Help the Environment?

  So a friend posted a picture on Facebook of a Northern California bike shop that's banning the penny. No more Lincolns. Sales will be rounded down to the nearest nickel, in favor of the

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  California is About to Ban Styrofoam. Good Riddance.

  California's state Senate just voted to ban the sale of Styrofoam containers. The bill would prevent restaurants and shops from distributing food in foam containers -- Californian's takeout and sodas will

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  Cap and Trade's Fate Uncertain in California

  One of the few victories in the climate policy arena last decade was the passage of California's pioneering climate law in 2006. It called for, among other things, establishing a cap and trade system to limit greenhouse gas emissions from the state's

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  Lawyers Working to Make Sharing Commonplace

  From sharing gardens to tool libraries, we've seen plenty of examples of sharing as sustainability of late. It's all part of what some people are referring to as Collaborative Consumption. Now the folks over at Peak Moment have sat down with two

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  Cityzen Green Crafts Casual Cool Organic Apparel (Photos)

  From Los Angeles, California, comes a fresh, new fashion label called Cityzen Green.

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  California Moves Closer to Banning Shark Fins, But The Debate Rages

  In a move to end the shark fin trade within California, the state assembly passed AB376, on a 62-8 vote Monday afternoon, as TreeHugger Stephen Messenger reported. The bill still has to pass the Senate in order

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  Ban on Selling Shark Fins Passes California Assembly

  A 'product' most commonly procured by slicing off an integral part of a living animal, which is often then tossed back into the sea to die, is one step closer to being made illegal to sell, trade or possess in the state of

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  Arnold's Fall: Can the Disgraced Governator Still Fight for Climate?

  While California's governator was busy engaging in some seriously dubious extramarital activities that would terminate his marriage after the bizarre true lies finally came to light, he also happened to be one of the

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  Planting Justice Makes Sustainable Gardening Accessible to All (Video)

  Whether it's a community redoing their neighbors' yard in London, or a "permablitz" permaculture makeover in Australia, we've seen plenty of team-based efforts to overhaul backyards into productive, sustainable spaces.

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  TreeHugger Bikes Climate Ride: My Sexy Cayo 1.0 Road Bike From Focus Bikes (Photos)

  I have now pedaled 174 miles over three days on the Cayo 1.0 Road Bike From Focus Bikes, and what can I say, this full-carbon bike is at the top of its class.

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  17 Bikes on Climate Awareness Bike Trip Climate Ride, From Customized to Bamboo (Slideshow)

  If you were to bike from New York to Washington, D.C. -- a total of 300 miles in five days -- what kind of bike would you choose?

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  Robert Hall: Large-Scale Winery Helps Set Sustainability Standard

  Located in the heart of Paso Robles wine country, just east off of Highway 46, is the Robert Hall estate. Started in 1995, the winery produces some of California's most popular wines. In fact, last year Hall

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  BrightSource Energy Readies $250 Million IPO to Expand Solar Thermal

  Photo: Brightsource A Hot Stock? Brightsource Energy, a company that is backed by Google, among others, is trying to raise money to expand its solar thermal operations in the Southwest of the USA. They've filled the paperwork kwith the Securities and

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  Incubus' Brandon Boyd Designs Artful Hurley T-Shirts (Photos)

  Brandon Boyd stands in front of his mural at the Hurley Space Gallery. Photo: Hurley Hurley is teaming up with Incubus front man Brandon Boyd on an exclusive collection of t-shirts and water bottles that feature Boyd's original watercolor and ink

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  New Rat Poisons Killing Rodents (and Everything Else)

  Rodents have plenty of natural predators, like foxes, coyotes, owls, hawks, and bobcats -- but thanks to a powerful new rat poison, there's less of them all. Conservationists say that California wildlife is in a state of

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  Climate Change 'Public Nuisance' Lawsuit Heads to the Supreme Court

  ... but it looks like the highest court in the land is going to toss it out. Six states -- New York, California, Iowa, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut -- have charged that carbon pollution can be considered a 'public nuisance' and as such, its

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  DoE Offers $2.1 Billion Loan for 484MW Blythe Solar Thermal Power Project in California

  A parabolic trough concentrator in Israel. Photo: Wikipedia, CC Blythe Will Nearly Double Large-Scale Solar in U.S. Looks like its the season for clean energy news (for both solar and wind). The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that it will offer

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  Green Festival SF: Zoe Weil Interviews the Cool Vegetarian, Jeff Golfman

  Zoe Weil, TEDx speaker and president of the Institute for Humane Education, speaks with Jeff Golfman in this exclusive interview at Green Festival in San Francisco. Jeff runs a veggie lifestyle blog called The Cool Vegetarian. Follow @jerryjamesstone on