A movement asking President Barack Obama to designate a portion of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory as a national monument has the attention of NASA, which has deferred the impending demolition of a historic rocket test stand at the site in the hills above Simi Valley and the San Fernando Read more…
Officials toured the beach Thursday and cleared it to reopen July 17 Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, July 11, 2015 Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County will reopen to the public next week, two months after a pipeline ruptured and fouled the coast with thousands of gallons of thick Read more…
Heal the Bay report finds high fecal indicators Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, July 9, 2015 At Heal the Bay, we care about water quality and public health. Our Beach Report Card has been helping beachgoers and swimmers make informed decisions for many years about where to Read more…
Source of this article: KCET.org, June 25, 2015 The public is so often chastised for not really hanging in to achieve action on a particular cause. This reaffirms the need for really hanging in. All those people who worked — for that length of time — did it. – Margot Read more…
Plains Pipeline, whose oil pipe ruptured in Santa Barbara County, has high rate of safety infractions Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, May 21, 2015 Plains Pipeline, the large Texas-based company responsible for the pipe that ruptured in Santa Barbara County, has accumulated 175 safety and maintenance infractions Read more…
Cleanup effort of 21,000-gallon oil spill continues off Santa Barbara County coast Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2015 Cleanup crews on Wednesday began the delicate process of removing oil from fouled beaches after a 21,000-gallon oil spill on the Santa Barbara County coast. Santos Cabral, a Read more…
Millions of trees continue to die in California due to drought and bark beetle invasion Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, May 6, 2015 Rangers in the San Bernardino National Forest call them “red trees.” Instead of the typical deep green color, large swaths of pine trees now Read more…
Rat poisons blamed for harming local predators Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, April 23, 2015 The Thousand Oaks City Council has approved a resolution urging businesses and residents not to sell or use a type of rodent poison blamed for harming wildlife. The resolution, passed April 14, Read more…
What to do when a resource is scarce? Jerry Brown takes command and issues conservation orders. He could do much more with free-market pricing of water. Source of this article: Barron’s, April 13, 2015 CALIFORNIA IS HAVING ANOTHER BAD drought, now in its fourth year. To save his people from Read more…
Water rights exceed average natural runoff on 16 major rivers, UC Davis researchers found Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, April 13, 2015 It’s arguable whether California has enough water to meet its actual needs. But it clearly does not have enough to match people’s expectations. And one Read more…