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Mon, 18 Mar 2002 22:43
[FaultlineNews] Sudden Oak Death and the GOP
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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 22:43
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 22:43
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------------------------------------------------------------ Faultline News March 17, 2002 Volume 2, Number 3 ------------------------------------------------------------ NOW PLAYING AT WWW.FAULTLINE.ORG - ------------------------------------------------------------ => Davis gives MTBE an extension => High speed rail in California => A plague on our oaks => "Extinct" species found alive => Stopping Disney in the High Sierra => GOP continues on path to irrelevance => news, news, news See "New On The Site", below editor's note ------------------------------------------------------------ QUOTE ------------------------------------------------------------ "From his office in downtown San Francisco, Wayne Nastri cannot watch Holsteins graze on green grass near vernal pools filled with rare fairy shrimp." - Michael Mello in the Modesto Bee, March 6, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------ NOTE FROM THE EDITOR ------------------------------------------------------------ Not much of an editor's note this time around, and I apologize for the delay in getting this newsletter out. I do have a good excuse: In February, our landlord decided to sell the house we've been living in for the last four years. Much of the time I usually spend compiling stories and writing this newsletter has been taken up in visiting four hundred thousand dollar homes, with serious flaws, in questionable neighborhoods. Happy ending: We're about to close on a (significantly less expensive) house, becoming that rarest of California species: Bay Area homeowners with annual incomes under 100K. There may be a short time toward the beginning of April in which your email to Faultline might go unanswered for a couple days. We'll keep the disruption to a minimum. In the meantime, we have lots of topical new stuff on the site which bears checking out. One among them, my piece on Richard Pombo, will be familiar to those of you who've subscribed for a while: it's an adaptation (and updating) of a former Note From The Editor. ------------------------------------------------------------ NEW ON THE SITE ------------------------------------------------------------ California Needs Passenger Trains by Michael Dukakis Passenger trains, including projected high speed rail lines, are crucial to California's future. A Faultline guest editorial by the former Governor of Massachusetts. Read it at: http://www.faultline.org/news/2002/03/dukakis.html ------------------------------------------------------------ Davis Balks on MTBE Ban by Chris Clarke Gray Davis gives oil companies an additional year to phase out the gasoline additive contaminating drinking water across the state. Read it at: http://www.faultline.org/news/2002/03/MTBE.html ------------------------------------------------------------ The Ballona Wetlands: What Now? by Marcia Hanscom The Wetland Action Network's director envisions an optimistic future for the Los Angeles estuary. Read it at: http://www.faultline.org/place/2002/03/ballona.html ------------------------------------------------------------ Mineral King by Tom Turner How the Sierra Club defeated the country's best-loved man, and saved a valley in the High Sierra. Read it at: http://www.faultline.org/place/2002/02/mineralking1.html ------------------------------------------------------------ CA GOP Does It Again by Tim Neagle With the election of Bill Simon in the gubernatorial primary over moderate Richard Riordan, California's Republican Party has once again demonstrated an uncanny ability to choose a candidate who has virtually no chance of winning in November. Read it at: http://www.faultline.org/news/2002/03/GOPprimary.html ------------------------------------------------------------ Oak Plague by Joe Eaton As the USDA belatedly begins to quarantine susceptible plants, Faultline takes a look at the frightening plague felling California's oaks. Read it at: http://www.faultline.org/place/2002/02/SOD1.html ------------------------------------------------------------ The Endangered Species Act is Working! by Carl Pope Don't misread the National Research Council's Klamath report: the decision to limit water was based on the best available science. A Faultline guest editorial. Read it at: http://www.faultline.org/news/2002/02/pope.html ------------------------------------------------------------ Pombo? Oh, No. by Chris Clarke The Tracy representative would be a great spokesman for the right, if only he knew the difference between a convenient story and the truth. Read it at: http://www.faultline.org/news/2002/03/pombo.html ------------------------------------------------------------ Flitting Back From Extinction? by Joe Eaton Central state moth sighted after two decades. Read it at: http://www.faultline.org/news/2002/03/Euproserpinus.html ------------------------------------------------------------ Fishermen Fight White House on Salmon Protection National Marine Fisheries Service caves under pressure from sprawl industry. Read it at: http://www.faultline.org/news/2002/03/PCFFA.html ------------------------------------------------------------ Mojave Grazing Rules Will Help Protect Tortoise Majority of High Desert ranchers make accomodations for endangered state reptile. Read it at: http://www.faultline.org/news/2002/03/mojavegrazing.html ------------------------------------------------------------ California's 10 Most-Threatened Wild Places New report identifies landscapes at risk. Read it at: http://www.faultline.org/news/2002/02/calwildreport.html ------------------------------------------------------------ Conservationists to Monitor Algodones Dunes Again Illegal ORV use, violent yahoos still trashing desert landscape. Read it at: http://www.faultline.org/news/2002/02/algodones.html ------------------------------------------------------------ Group Sues to Protect Sonoma Salamander Amphibian threatened by sprawl, vineyards. Read it at: http://www.faultline.org/news/2002/02/sonomander.html ------------------------------------------------------------ VOLUNTEER WITH FAULTLINE ------------------------------------------------------------ Got an article you've been wanting to write about life, politics and the environment in California? Have a couple extra hours a month you'd like to spend copyediting? Want to put your web surfing to constructive use? Own a series of compelling photographs you think would look their best at 300 by 185 pixels? Let us know. Email editors@faultline.org and we'll put your talents to use. We're especially interested in writing, artwork and research on topics such as public health, regional and local issues, environmental justice, watershed restoration, travel, recreation, and the arts. But don't limit yourself. Pitch us! ------------------------------------------------------------ COMING SOON . . . ------------------------------------------------------------ The Ants Crawl In: Argentine ants are one of the most persistent household pests in California. Though their effect in your home is largely one of annoyance, this tiny invasive species is wreaking ecological havoc outdoors. Faultline's Nature Editor Joe Eaton puts these pesky critters under his magnifying glass. E-xposure: It's called a "clean room," but the positive air pressure seals and bunny suits are meant to protect the semiconductors, not the people making them. Ann Hwang reports how the Santa Clara Valley became the tire fire along the Information Superhighway. ------------------------------------------------------------ Tell a friend about Faultline: feel free to pass this newsletter on to people you think may be interested. ------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright 2002 Faultline Magazine ------------------------------------------------------------
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