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SolarCity to enter SF’s plug-in charging market

07/28/2011
By Alison Hawkes

SolarCity has announced it will begin installing EV charging stations in San Francisco homes for a starting price of $1,500.
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Tags: , , solarcity
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Car sharing not in SF’s low income neighborhoods

07/28/2011
By Alison Hawkes

Despite the increasing popularity of car sharing among urbanities, in San Francisco not a single car has been placed in the lowest income neighborhoods in the Southeast.
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Tags: bayview, car sharing,
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San Francisco launching clean power program

07/26/2011
By Alison Hawkes

San Francisco's seven year effort to start a clean power program could begin as early as next June. Success will depend on whether residents choose to pay an extra $7 a month on PG&E electric bills.
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Tags: cleanpowersf, , renewable energy, , san francisco public utilities commission
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First time farmers get help from USDA

07/25/2011
By Victoria Schlesinger

The Chronicle’s Tara Duggan is doing a great series on small-scale farms. She delves into efforts by the USDA to encourage “new farmers to get in the field.”
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Tags: family farm, , , small-scale farm, usda
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America’s Cup environmental review draws criticism

07/25/2011
By Alex Zielinski
America’s Cup environmental review draws criticism

Heavy construction. Massive crowds. Congested waterways. Based on the city’s recently released draft environment impact report (EIR) for the 2013 America’s Cup, these threats, along with others, are an unavoidable addition to the international event. Local environmental groups are split over the city’s proposed plans to tackle the problems. “I’m optimistic about the report,”...
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Tags: , audubon, baykeeper, draft eir,
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San Francisco revises cell phone radiation disclosure

07/20/2011
By Alison Hawkes

San Francisco abandoned a requirement that all cell phone sellers display radiation levels on phone models, replacing it with a mandate for general safety information.
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San Francisco slates cash to Central Subway project

07/20/2011
By Alison Hawkes

The future of San Francisco's Central Subway project is uncertain, but the city has nevertheless approved $57 million towards the project.
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Tags: budget cuts, central subway,
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Group sues to halt Treasure Island project

07/20/2011
By Alison Hawkes

A group calling itself Citizens for a Sustainable Treasure Island is suing San Francisco on the basis that the city did not adequately assess the environmental impacts of the project.
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Hetch Hetchy water zapped with UV waves

07/20/2011
By Alison Hawkes

San Francisco's water is now being zapped by ultraviolet waves before reaching faucets. The new UV treatment plant - the largest in California- opened this week.
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Tags: hetch hetchy, , ultraviolet waves, water
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Protecting the Little Fish, Food for Many

Protecting the Little Fish, Food for Many

They’re the little guys. Small, silver, nondescript fish that are so hard to tell apart that many people simply call them “baitfish.” But though they don’t command the attention of a breaching humpback whale or trophy tuna, these humble creatures known as forage species–from anchovies to squid–play a starring role in local marine ecosystems....
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Tags: ab 1299, baitfish, farallons, fishery management plan, forage species conservation act, oceana,
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Report: San Francisco faces water-related dangers

San Francisco  has been identified as one of the most vulnerable cities in the nation when it comes to water-related impacts of climate change....
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Builders cheer demise of California environmental law

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