SAN DIEGO–The City of San Diego on Wednesday announced the winners of the annual Recycler of the Year competition. The awards were presented by the City’s Environmental Services Department staff at the San Diego Central Library at Joan Λ Irwin Jacobs Common. “We are encouraged by the ways our local businesses and organizations are recycling […]
Rotarians At Work Day Project Seeks Volunteers For Community Garden
SAN MARCOS–The Rotary Club of San Marcos have organized a volunteer project in support of the annual Rotarians at Work Day. The San Marcos Community Garden will receive much-needed weeding, path clearing, and spreading of mulch. Led by adult volunteers from the Rotary Club, student members of the Interact Club from San Marcos and Mission […]
Cleaner Diesel-Electric Locomotives Now In Service On Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Trains
Just in time for Earth Day, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner passengers can now enjoy cleaner, more reliable rides on trains throughout Southern California. A total of 14 new Siemens Charger locomotives are now operational on the Pacific Surfliner route, which carries nearly 3 million passengers a year to top destinations from San Diego to San Luis […]
U.S. Aquariums Make Progress Cutting Back On Plastic
MONTEREY–(PRNewswire)–On Earth Day 2019, aquariums across the United States are leading by example in the fight against one of the threats facing ocean and freshwater animals – plastic pollution. The 20 aquariums that make up the Aquarium Conservation Partnership (ACP) are committing to three business practices that bring their facilities closer to eliminating all single-use […]
City Of San Diego Offers Residents To Recycle Tax Files For Free
SAN DIEGO–The City of San Diego is providing a free, safe alternative to help residents recycle their old tax files. The City will be accepting up to one full bankers box of files or sensitive documents at the Miramar Recycling Center until April 24. Only one bankers box of files per resident is accepted per […]
Changing Strategies To Save Nature
(Newswise)–As UC San Diego official Earth Month celebrations continue, the university’s Institute for Practical Ethics welcomes environmental journalist and author Emma Marris for a unique and optimistic talk — one where “rewilding” is a reality, assisted migration is possible and the romantic notion of pristine wilderness is tossed out. Marris is the author of “Rambunctious […]
Climate-Focused Earth Day Open House At Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
SAN DIEGO–On April 13, Old Town San Diego State Historic Park is hosting an Earth Day Open House themed around Climate Resiliency. The event, which takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. features participates from State Parks, Parks Champions, Park Volunteers, Cal Fire and California Fish and Wildlife as well as other community organizations. […]
A Billion People Will Be Newly Exposed To Diseases Like Dengue Fever As World Temperatures Rise
(Newswise)–As many as a billion people could be newly exposed to disease-carrying mosquitoes by the end of the century because of global warming, says a new study that examines temperature changes on a monthly basis across the world. Scientists say the news is bad even in areas with only a slight risk of having a […]
County Air District Receives $2.5 Million For Portside Environmental Justice Neighborhoods
SAN DIEGO–The County’s Air Pollution Control District has received $2.5 million from the California Air Resources Board to help conduct air pollution monitoring in the district’s Portside Environmental Justice Neighborhoods community. With the funding, the district will for the first time monitor the ambient air quality in Barrio Logan, Logan Heights, Sherman Heights and parts […]
U.S. Files Lawsuit Against CA State Water Resources Control Board For Failure To Comply With Environmental Quality Act
The Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) today filed civil actions, in both federal and state court, against the California State Water Resources Control Board for failing to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). On Dec. 12, 2018, the California State Water Resources Control Board (the Board) approved […]