Article by Ryan Van Lenning.
Last updated at Thu, 11 Mar at 2:30pm.

Visualize for a moment your morning shower. The warm water runs gently and momentarily over you, then falls to the drain. It goes on its merry way to...well, to a place most of us rarely think about. It simply goes "away" after our brief contact with it. Similarly, think about that last load of laundry you did.

Article by Andrew Hoerner.
Last updated at Thu, 11 Mar at 7:07am.

No Effective Climate Treaty Possible without a Stronger Justice Movement, Conference Finds

The collapse of negotiations at the recent United Nations global warming conference in Copenhagen has left the entire world scratching its head and wondering, “Now what?” Bay-area organizations were remarkably well-represented among the non-governmental organization delegations at that conference, and last week organizations that shared an environmental justice perspective gathered in Berkeley’s David Brower Center to discuss the way forward.

Blog entry by Emilie Raguso.
Last updated at Wed, 10 Mar at 8:10am.

Oakland is pushing "two green actions in one" this month with a reminder to locals to ride BART to shop, and carry your own bags to tote away new goods.

Every second, 400 plastic bags are distributed in California. That's 14 billion bags per year, according to a new campaign to green the city. Californians could save 2,000 barrels of oil each day by using half as many plastic bags.

Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Wed, 10 Mar at 8:06am.

From the Measure DD Community Coalition, a local group that promotes access to the Oakland-Alameda waterfront:

Article by Ryan Van Lenning.
Last updated at Thu, 4 Mar at 8:18pm.

Monday marked the beginning of a week-long greywater installation course at the Humanist Hall. The day was jokingly deemed "Laundry Day." No, not the day to throw dirty clothes in the wash. Rather, the goal was to create a basic and inexpensive system to carry excess water from your washing machine to a drum, then into your yard for irrigation.

Blog entry by Emilie Raguso.
Last updated at Tue, 2 Mar at 6:22am.

On March 30, Oakland will present an ambitious Energy and Climate Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 36 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050.

Blog entry by Ryan Van Lenning.
Last updated at Mon, 1 Mar at 11:46pm.

Need a five-minute break (or less) from work?  We've got just the
thing for you: a survey which will help Walk Oakland Bike Oakland's
advocacy efforts and give you a shot at cool WOBO gear and other prizes.
 

Article by California Watch.
Last updated at Mon, 1 Mar at 3:14pm.

By Ali Winston

California Watch

 

West Oakland is a neighborhood of glaring contradictions.

Glistening new condos line one street, around the corner from boarded up Victorian houses and storefront churches.

Blog entry by Amy Gahran.
Last updated at Mon, 1 Mar at 3:03pm.

The new phone book is here! The new phone book is here! Which means, in Oakland, you may be nobody -- several times over. (Joke hint)

This week new Yellow Pages were dumped on doorsteps in many parts of Oakland. But are East Bay advertisers getting the kind of distribution they're paying for? Oakland Local spotted one case where four Yellow Pages books were delivered to a house that was not only obviously abandoned and boarded up, but fenced and locked by the city.

Watch this video...

Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sat, 27 Feb at 7:35am.

With an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hitting Chile, and a tsunami-watch across the Pacific affecting 53 countries--it's hard not to worry that California will be affected--not only is there a tsunam watch in effect--but we have those little things know as faults running under our state, hey, pract

Blog entry by CB Smith-Dahl.
Last updated at Fri, 26 Feb at 3:56pm.

For the past 6 years, Keep Oakland Beautiful has been helping the city of Oakland bloom. Each fall this public/private partnership hands out free flower bulbs. (Most recently at Home Depot.) Individual volunteers and community based organizations plant them throughout the city.

Article by Cynthia Joseph.
Last updated at Thu, 25 Feb at 8:32am.

Imagine strolling, running or cycling across the new Bay Bridge East Span to Yerba Buena Island, or indulging your wanderlust as you watch the freighters enter and leave the Port of Oakland carrying the world’s goods, or just relaxing in the park and basking in the beauty of the San Francisco Bay.

Article by Jesse Douglas All....
Last updated at Fri, 19 Feb at 1:13pm.

While global warming has propelled environmental issues into the mainstream of American politics, an all-day hearing activists held recently in East Oakland showed the difficulty of translating concern into action in the neighborhoods hit hardest by environmental problems.

Article by Jen Schradie.
Last updated at Thu, 18 Feb at 2:06pm.

A group of concerned parents at an Oakland elementary school are raising concerns about a possible decision to place nine Verizon cellular antennas across the street from the school and an adjacent park.

Blog entry by Bay Localize.
Last updated at Thu, 18 Feb at 1:55pm.



Thanks to those of you who were able to make it to the Clean Power, Healthy Communities conference for your interest, enthusiasm, engagement, contributions, and commitment last week. It was great to interact with everyone and to build on our common efforts. For those that were not able to make it, you can still get involved with the working groups that were formed. 
Article by Kim Komenich.
Last updated at Thu, 18 Feb at 10:29am.

For one slice of West Oakland, being wedged between two freeways takes a heavy toll on the lungs of residents -- especially children...