News
News from the Wires
For links to stories on environmental justice and environmental healh from around the internet, visit our news aggregator serving newsfeeds from 100's of news sources around the world. NEWS FROM THE WIRES
Related stories:
Renters file suit against Oakland housing developer
Dateline:
07/03/2008John Murcko, an attorney for the renters, said Oakland Community Housing recently served eviction notices to all 500 residents of the California Hotel, which is located at 3501 San Pablo Ave., demanding that they relocate out of the hotel by July 15.
Murcko said the owners of the California Hotel are claiming they ran out of money and can no longer operate it properly.
Related stories:
Yee Fights to Save SF-to-LA High Speed Rail
Dateline:
07/02/2008Related stories:
Chevron Richmond proposal moves on to City Council
Dateline:
07/02/2008Chevron's bid to upgrade equipment at its Richmond refinery is scheduled to reach the City Council for a ruling July 15.
No one is satisfied with the city's June 19 decision to grant a permit for the project along with about 70 provisions. Chevron filed a formal appeal the next day, stating that some requirements are not related to the company's plan to replace its hydrogen plant, power plant and reformer to refine a wider range of crude.
Related stories:
How global warming challenges the old Bay Area assumptions
Dateline:
07/01/2008Repeat after me the first rule of environmental activism: "Think globally, act locally."
But wait. What do we do when global concerns are at odds with what we hold dear at home?
That question hangs over the Bay Area as surely as last week's smoke obscured our skies. The environmental agenda is being redefined by the very real threat of climate change. In the process, some of our basic articles of faith - such as keeping development away from the bays and the hills - could be called into question.
Related stories:
Oakland gets big chunk to fund transit village at MacArthur BART station
Dateline:
07/01/2008OAKLAND — A development project aimed at revitalizing the neighborhood around the MacArthur BART station won approval for millions of dollars in state funding last week.
The MacArthur Transit Village is a development proposal to create 624 new units of housing, 20 percent of which will be set aside as affordable rental units. It also includes a 400-space parking garage and new commercial space.
Related stories:
Supportive housing scattered across Bay Area
Dateline:
06/28/2008Shelters don't end homelessness. Housing does.
That's the simple premise behind the permanent supportive housing movement, which aims to create affordable units and link them to support services.
Without a stable home, supporters say, people have little hope of resolving the underlying issues that contribute to long-term homelessness.
Shelters and transitional housing programs usually limit stays and require residents to be making progress in case management.
But residents of permanent supportive housing can stay as long as they want, and choose for themselves whether to participate in counseling and other services.
Related stories:
