“Wednesday August 3rd, Bill McKibben took to LiveStream to give an updates on the action answer questions from folks who will be attending. Here is a recording of that conversation.”
VIDEO: Bill McKibben Answers Questions about the Tar Sands Action via Tar Sands Action
“In an effort to ramp up support for the consumption and production of local food, the City Council passed a package of bills on Thursday to facilitate the building of rooftop greenhouses and free up land for urban gardens.
Under the legislation, a building’s rooftop greenhouse would not be considered an additional story by the Department of Buildings, and would be exempt from height limits, if it occupies less than one-third of the rooftop. The city would also begin compiling a database of property that it owns or leases so that it can better identify unused spaces to be turned into urban gardens.”
Grow Local and Eat Local, City Council Says via Sydney Ember – New York Times
Aug 1
“From Sacramento
His head was exactly in the right place, focused on California’s most important issue: how we can compete with other states and nations in a sophisticated, cutthroat global economy.
Where is Gov. Jerry Brown‘s jobs plan? Where is the Legislature’s?
California’s unemployment rate is stuck at around 12%, nearly three points higher than the national average.
Any poll will show that California voters overwhelmingly regard jobs and the economy as the state’s most important issue, dwarfing anything else, including education or taxes.
“Jerry has created a vacuum,” says Democratic consultant Chris Lehane. “The lieutenant governor has seen an opportunity and stepped into it.”‘
Chalk one up for Newsom via George Skelton – LA Times