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Los Angeles Review of Books: How to Fight the Fire
Wendell Berry’s new collection, “The World-Ending Fire,” teaches that the rotten ways we treat one another are rooted in the rotten ways we treat the land....
Capital & Main: Homeless in California: Dignity is a Hot Shower.
Facilities that provide showers and clean clothes encourage the homeless to seek health services and permanent supportive housing
Capital & Main: Zero for Effort: Environmental Scorecard Flunks California Congressmembers
Figures compiled from campaign contribution records show that fossil fuel industries donate almost exclusively to Republican candidates. “They’ve gone out of their way to help oil and gas and coal,” says one environmentalist.
Capital & Main: Smog Check: Central Valley Congressmen Refuse to Clear the Air
Both ozone and particulate pollution are attributed to oil and gas production, agribusiness, mega-dairies, power generation, heavy equipment and truck traffic – many of the Central Valley’s major businesses.
Capital & Main: Judging Janus: Will California’s Unions Survive?
Right-to-work forces see in Janus v. AFSCME a golden opportunity to cripple public-sector unions, while organized labor looks for a silver lining in the event the Supreme Court rules in Mark Janus’ favor.