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Posted: 25 Sep 2015 11:00 AM PDT
By Doug Porter
Less than six months since taking over 146 Albertsons and Vons locations, the Haggen grocery chain has announced closings for all its locations in California, Arizona and Nevada. Twenty-five stores in San Diego county will be shuttered, just two days before Thanksgiving. (More inside) Pope Francis gave his long-awaited address to Congress yesterday. Local faith, community and labor activists took the opportunity to amplify the pontiff’s messages on the social justice and the environment, holding a press conference and a packed interfaith forum at St. Paul’s Cathedral. (More Inside) There are many noteworthy events coming soon:
- Point Loma Democrats will feature a presentation by Rabbi Laurie Coskey on the fight for $15 movement,
- The Center on Policy Initiatives will hosting the Spotlight on Justice Awards, and
- Organized labor is stepping up its game with the 2015 San Diego Conference on Labor and Community Solidarity.
(Details and more events inside) [Read more...]
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Posted: 25 Sep 2015 09:34 AM PDT
By Roy Little There is a unique opportunity to expand the wetlands in the north-east corner of Mission Bay due to the ending of the 50-year lease for Campland and the legal agreement to have De Anza Cove vacated. The San Diego Audubon Society is leading a planning and study effort to investigate the options of a wetlands-oriented expansion of the marsh. The existing wetland is shown in dark green at the right side, Campland and Rose Creek in the lower center and De Anza Cove to the left. Until roughly a hundred years ago Rose Creek flowed through the marsh but was re-routed to make development easier. From a wetlands and water quality perspective the original flow of the Rose Creek is important in order to help purify storm water before it reaches the bay and provide nutrients to make the marsh more healthy. [Read more...]
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Posted: 25 Sep 2015 09:31 AM PDT
By Sarah “Steve” Mosko / Boogie Green Halting global warming is the chief environmental challenge of our time. While heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) is not the only greenhouse gas (GHG), it’s the most abundant and longest-lived in the atmosphere and contributes the most to global warming. In March, atmospheric CO2 content reached a new high of 400 parts per million, already past the 350 limit many scientists believe is a safe level above which we risk triggering irreversible consequences out of human control. Second only to China as the largest CO2 emitter, it’s incumbent on the United States to lead the world in addressing global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that the window of time to avoid the worst effects is just a few decades. Yet the United States has not adopted even a nationwide strategy. [Read more...]
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Posted: 25 Sep 2015 09:30 AM PDT
Two months after Europe I boarded a westbound plane for map coordinates that used to be home Three hours of shuffling through the labyrinth of London's border bureaucracy to obtain the minotaur's stamp [Read more...]
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