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Assessing Nuclear Dangers 63 Years Later
After Hiroshima
Sixty-three years ago this month, the United States was the first (and only—so far) nation to use nuclear weapons, detonating two warheads in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Read story.
Thinking Twice About the Big Green Revolution
Let’s Get Smaller
Savvy investors from far and wide are packing up their carpetbags and heading to California to cash in on the green gold rush. Read story.
How My Unquestioned Faith in the Medical Profession Went Under the Knife
Recently, I, like thousands of women, faced the prospect of major invasive surgery, but found out by chance that I had another option. Read story.
A Political Prediction: Presidential Candidates Won't do What Gore Asks
Is the U.S. Sold Out?
Al Gore recently made a speech calling for an energy makeover for the U.S., claiming that within 10 years, we can go to 100 percent renewable electricity. Read story.
Plastic Bags Blow, City Too Slow
Santa Barbara Should Ban Them Like Bangladesh, Rwanda, San Francisco, Oakland …
Santa Barbara considers itself among the most environmentally conscientious communities in the nation. Read story.
Why Old Lefty Tree-Huggers Are Slow to Embrace the New Sustainability
What’s So Smart About It?
In Santa Barbara, old lefty slow-growthers are taking potshots at today’s progressives smart-growthers while developers cuddle up. Read story.
No More Lead Head
New hunting regulations requiring non-lead ammunition in the range of the California condor in Central and Southern California went into effect July 1, to prevent further lead poisonings of the giant, ancient vultures. Read story.
Gap Evacuee Tells Story
Fleeing Cathedral Oaks Couple Rely on Friends, Blackberry
Fleeing Cathedral Oaks couple rely on friends, blackberry. Read story.
Sweden: Where Environmental Vision and Pragmatism Make an Irresistible Coupling
The Little Country That Could
My environmental education in Sweden began on a wet, drab, cold evening in Gotenborg when I stepped into my room at the Scandic Hotel centrally located in this port city that is Sweden’s industrial heart. I was there to investigate Sweden’s world-leading use of waste to produce renewable energy. Read story.
Santa Barbara City College President John Romo Retires
A Lifetime of Learning
Hanging out in this town with John Romo, the retiring president of Santa Barbara City College, is like being with a rock star or a TV personality. Read story.
How Politics and Museums Mix
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History’s Executive Director Explains Tuesday’s John McCain Visit
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History’s executive director explains Tuesday’s John McCain visit. Read story.
A Raft of Survivors Is Living in Kelp Beds Deep in the No-Otter Zone
They’re Baa-ack!
The otters are back! Santa Barbara residents have reason to celebrate: A raft of more than 30 otters has established itself off of Coal Oil Point, and this time it seems like they’re here to stay — unless of course Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) decides to send them packing. Read story.
The Future Is Here
All We Need Now Is a Government That Will Give Renewable Technologies a Break
The technology for a 150 mpg plug-in hybrid is here now and a prototype has been built and demonstrated across the country. If the AFS Trinity was available now I would definitely want to get one. The auto industry should be jumping all over this. Read story.
Cuts Are a Self-Sabotaging Quick Fix
We, the Mentally Ill
Cuts proposed by the director of Santa Barbara County Department of Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services (ADMHS), would seriously injure Sanctuary and other invaluable programs. Read story.
U.S. Military Measures Climate Change
Intelligence Establishment Calling It a Major Security Problem
Last April, Congress directed the National Intelligence Council to issue the first ever National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on climate change. Read story.
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