June/July 2002 Table of Contents
Local Ecology
Plan before power
Plans are afoot to turn SANDAG into an unaccountable uber-agency. Ready for a new freeway through your back yard?
Polluted water costs city & county billions
Citizens can help stop pollution or pay huge tax increases.
National Trust names Kw’st’an Sacred Sites one of America’s 11 most endangered historic places
Environmental Defense decries administration action on California offshore drilling
National Issues
Forest campaign targeting Staples Inc.escalates
Ad campaign featuring major rock band coincides with over 100 protests across the country, company responds to pressure.
Seeking standards for “organic” products
Groups to protest 100th anniversary of Bureau of Reclamation
AIA/COTE selects top ten “green” projects
Global Ecology
Economic benefits of high-tech investment in developing countries are compromised by environmental and health costs
Transportation
Buses gain popularity among Californians
Riders flock to mass transit in five-year national trend.
Pollution and Waste
Toxic waste production increased by 8 billion pounds in 2000
Sierra Club urges senators to approvetreaty to eliminate toxic chemicals, protect public health
United Phosphorus lawsuit against BASF and Micro Flo for counterfeit pesticide sales moves forward
Energy
Consumer conservation behavior motivated by overcharging
By June of 2001, household consumption in the state’s two largest utility service territories had declined by 10 percent to 12 percent over the previous year.
Diet & Health
Pregnancy, birth rates fall among young women exposed intervention program
New food-addiction link found
Observations from the Edge
Trees and the darker side of a community’s character
Smart growth, wide debt, and intelligent ecocide
