A Center for Investigative Reporting study calls Ashley Swearengin a "water hog"http://t.co/IhxPE5w3nq
— Parke Skelton (@ParkeSkelton) October 7, 2014
If it's not breast-feeding mommies, then it's pipeline-hating enviros going after Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook.
Today, Bay Area activists who are "mystified and angered" by recent TV ads in favor of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline will descend on Facebook's global headquarters to launch their rage at Zuckerberg.
Why Facebook, you ask? Well, it appears Zuckerberg's FWD.us group is running those national TV ads, which feature pipeline supporter Sen. Lindsey Graham, regurgitating the following:
If walking the hills of San Francisco to get to your parked car leaves you totally breathless, well, sadly, it's you, not the city.
The American Lung Association this morning released its latest air report, showing that San Francisco has some pretty damn clean air. Not only did we "pass" our annual particle pollution test, but we got an "A" on our ozone grade. That means San Francisco had no days of violations of the federal air quality standard for ozone between 2009 and 2011. The current standard is 75 parts per million measured over 8 hours.
That's good news for everyone, and great news for the 59,153 adults living with asthma.
When orcas kill and eat a gray whale, they often don't finish the whole thing in a single serving. For up to three days after the feast, chunks of blubber float around the area, drawing hungry orcas like leftovers in the fridge.
Marine biologist Nancy Black and her assistant encountered such a scene on an April, 25 2004, during a research trip in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. They watched as the killer whales munched on the bobbing fat. To ensure they got a lasting and up-close view, Black's team grabbed a piece of blubber, stuck a rope through it, and tossed the now-tethered chunk back into the water. They did this with multiple pieces.
PG&E "Green Option" expected to cost far less than tentative CleanPowerSF rates
In the current edition of SF Weekly, we explore the long-term goal of CleanPowerSF to provide San Francisco with "a local build-out which would supply the city with vast quantities of renewable power, energy independence, and jobs, jobs, jobs."
A "goal," however, is not the same thing as a "plan." And, when it comes to a plan to transition CleanPowerSF from its initial phase of procuring "100 percent renewable" energy from Shell to the verdant world of a local build-out, the city and its Public Utilities Commission are empty-handed.
Say what you will about PG&E, the century-old monopolistic San Francisco utility that blew up the town next door. But, today, terms were announced for a "PG&E Green Option" following lengthy settlement talks before the California Public Utilities Commission. And this proposal does present a plan for potential build-out of in-state -- or even local -- renewable facilities:
