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Sunrise at Yosemite © Dennis Sheridan

 

 

 

Sierra Club Yodeler
ISSN 8750-5681
Published bi-monthly by the
San Francisco Bay Chapter
Sierra Club

Conservation News

Photo source baycrossings.org
Putting the ferries in their place
Study shows Berkeley marina sites far superior to Gilman or Buchanan Streets

Valuable wildlife habitat in Newark's area 4. Photo courtesy Carin High
Newark plan evades wetlands regulations
Area 4 might be turned to golf course without federal review

Oak to Ninth project returns to Oakland Council
The Oakland City Council has one more chance to obtain a sensible development plan for the Oak-to-Ninth-Street project

Rally for Climate Change Solutions at Crissy Field. Photo © George Nikitin/greenpeace
Most of Marin signs on for Clean Energy
We're still waiting for Novato to make its commitment

Rally for Climate Change Solutions at Crissy Field. Photo © George Nikitin/greenpeace
Bringing clean energy to the East Bay
Fairfax became the first municipality to approve participation in the Marin Clean Energy plan.

Brita to recycle filters
The Clorox Company is creating a recycling program for its Brita pitcher filters.

On Oct. 8, after a fierce two-year legal battle, for the first time ever the California Energy Commission denied the licensing and certification of a power plant, the Eastshore Energy Center planned for Hayward

Teamsters Union President James Hoffa addresses rally for clean air at the Port of Oakland
Don't let Port of Oakland postpone pollution prevention
In November the Port of Oakland Commission voted to indefinitely postpone making good on the $5 million commitment in the Port's Clean and Safe Ports Plan to help subsidize diesel-soot filters for polluting diesel trucks serving the Port.

Normal winter rains flood many areas of Sharp Park. Photo courtesy of http://www.restoresharppark.org
Making Sharp Park safe for frogs and snakes
San Francisco's Sharp Park Golf Course has a problem.

The newly approved Water System Improvement Program for San Francisco's Hetch Hetchy water system would increase diversions of water from the Tuolumne River coming out of Yosemite and would have illegal impacts on fish in Alameda Creek.

The San Francisco Botanical Garden may need a new nursery - but the plan unveiled on Oct. 27 is not the right one.

It is clear that the Contemporary Art Museum at the Presidio can not and will not be built on the Presidio's Main Post as initially proposed.

Will development at the Candlestick Point/Hunters Point Development Project be shaped through a transparent public process, or will the city hold public meetings just to rubberstamp a plan hurriedly developed behind closed doors?

The Marin Group has joined with other environmental organizations to appeal the proposed Lawson Landing Master Plan to the Coastal Commission

Almost two years ago the Sierra Club and the East Bay Regional Park District each sued the city of San Ramon over its approval of the "Faria Preserve" residential-community development.

 

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