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During summertime campaign lull, State Senate candidate Ashby besieged by opponents for accepting big oil donations
Although there is a lull in active campaigning following the June California primary election, opponents of one candidate who will appear in the November general election continue their opposition efforts. That candidate is District 8 California State Senate candidate, Sacramento City Councilmember Angelique Ashby will face former California Assemblymember and
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Assemblymember Jim Cooper blocks CALPERS fossil fuel divestiture bill, draws the wrath of Youth Apocalypse
Even though California Assemblymember Jim Cooper (D – Elk Grove) will be Sacramento’s new Sheriff in coming months, his presence is still being felt in the California Assembly. Yesterday Cooper as Chair of the Assembly Public Employee and Retirement Committee prevented a hearing on Senate Bill 1173. That legislation would
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Run4Salmon: Northern California Tribe & Allies Journey For Seventh Year To Restore Salmon in The Mount Shasta Area
June 2022, Mount Shasta, California – For the seventh year in a row, the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, along with a collective of Indigenous women, activists, and allies will embark on Run4Salmon, a 300-mile Prayer Journey to restore salmon to the Mount Shasta area. Led by Chief Caleen Sisk of the Winnemem
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Jones widens first place standing in District 8 California State Senate race
Yesterday’s vote tallies showed District 8 California State Senate candidate Dave Jones widened his lead over two rivals. Information from Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections has Jones, the former California Insurance Commissioner and Assembly member, in first place with 36,437 votes for 46.55-percent. In previous results
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58 California legislators have taken over $10,000 in dirty ‘big oil’ donations
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Fracking Is Injustice: The High Human and Climate Toll of Fracking and LNG Expansion Exposed
Recent global, national and state efforts to expand oil and gas production and increase liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports have “dire impacts” on public health and the climate, a major new report authored by the Physicians for Social Responsibility and Concerned Health Professionals of New York reveals. The report, written
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First quarter approvals for higher risk oil extraction up 59 percent in California
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Small Chinook salmon are schooling in Auburn Ravine after successful spawn
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Nimbus Hatchery on the American River trapped 2,281 steelhead this season as drought continues
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New analysis reveals fossil fuel industry’s job claims are ‘wildly inaccurate’ in California, U.S.
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