Mike Gaworecki is an activist, writer, and musician who lives in San Francisco. He is the online campaigner for RAN’s Forests program.
US, China Formally Join Paris Climate Agreement
The two biggest greenhouse gas emitters in the world have formally joined the Paris climate agreement.
September 7, 2016
California Offshore Oil Fracking Permits Halted While Federal Government Performs Environmental Review
The U.S. federal government will stop approving offshore oil fracking operations off California’s coast while it studies how damaging the practice is to the health of wildlife and the environment.
February 4, 2016
California Finding New Ways To Extend Benefits Of Solar To Low-Income, Minority Communities
The California legislature has sent a bill to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk that aims to extend the benefits of solar energy to communities that often have no access to clean energy technologies.
October 8, 2015
Environmentalists Are Taking California To Court Over Illegal Oil Industry Wastewater Injection
The illegal injections, according to the Center for Biological Diversity, are contaminating underground water in aquifers across the state, from Monterey to Kern county.
May 18, 2015
Calls For Immediate Shutdown Of Illegal California Injection Wells As Regulators Host ‘Aquifer Exemption Workshop’
California is a leader in renewable energy, which makes its commitment to fracked oil all the more perplexing.
March 27, 2015
The Global Coal Boom Is Going Bust: Report
A new report by CoalSwarm and the Sierra Club provides compelling evidence that the death knell for the global coal boom might very well have rung some time between 2010 and 2012.
March 18, 2015