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Happening Now – September 2019

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Community Invited to Camp Cleanup – Saturday, Oct. 12

Third graders raise money with a lemonade stand to donate to the Firefighters Burn Institute following 9/11

Tahoe National Forest’s Truckee & Sierraville Ranger Districts to Begin Fall Prescribed Fire Operations as Conditions Permit

Tahoe National Forest Lifting Fire Restrictions – CAL FIRE burn restrictions still in effect

Grass Valley receives $160,000 in SB 2 Planning Grants from California Department of Housing and Community Development

TRPA: From Common Container to Masterful Mural

California

Release of Calendar and Public Records Suggest Lara Made First Contact In “Pay to Play” Insurance Scandal

Op-Ed: Merrian Borgeson: Protecting Workers and Communities Requires Gas Planning

Report: CA must plan the state’s gas system transition or face immense risk

Governor Newsom Announces Two Innovative Contracts for Wildfire Prevention and Response

CAL FIRE and The Nature Conservancy Partner to Improve Forest Management and Reduce Risk of Megafires

USA

Interior Authorizes Transfer of 560 Acres of Public Lands to Military for Border Wall Construction

Block Law Endangering Sex Workers, Says Human Rights Watch

Trump: cost of Guantánamo is “crazy”

House Intelligence Committee Releases Letters from Intelligence Community Inspector General

Over 1,600 Scientists Call for Conservation Funding to Solve the Biodiversity Crisis

Op-Ed

Robert Reich: The Secret GOP Plan to Keep Power (VIDEO)

Fred Wertheimer: House Judiciary Committee Resolution Makes Clear It Is Conducting an Impeachment Inquiry

Mary Meg McCarthy: People Will Die Because SCOTUS Agreed To Block Asylum Seekers

Sara Amundson: Equine advocates gather on Capitol Hill to promote equine welfare bills

Tim Butterworth: ‘Socialism’ made America great – The GOP hopes the S-word will scare you, but great public works projects transformed this country...

World

Shocking disregard for civilians as U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan adds to death toll

Two French climate models consistently predict a pronounced global warming

Brazil: Criminal Networks Target Rainforest Defenders (VIDEO)

Plan A: Simulation for a plausible escalating nuclear war between the US and Russia (VIDEO)

Global warming hot spots pass safe limit

Enviro

Study: U.S. and Canada Have Lost More Than One in Four Birds in the Past 50 Years

“Forever Chemical” Requires Cradle to Grave Approach

Amsterdam, Austin, Berlin, Jakarta and Liverpool commit to rid fossil fuels from city streets by 2030

New Analysis Builds Economic Case For Removing Snake River Dams

The Gwich’in Nation vows to protect sacred lands in the Arctic Refuge

Sci-Tech

More than lyme: Tick study finds multiple agents of tick-borne diseases

Climate change expected to accelerate spread of sometimes-fatal fungal infection: valley fever

‘How We Respond’ spotlights how US communities are addressing climate change impacts

Negative posts on Facebook business pages outweigh positive posts 2 to 1

Physicians report high refusal rates for HPV vaccine in the U.S. and need for improvement

Life

Sandy Hook Promise Premieres Latest PSA “Back-to-School Essentials” (GRAPHIC VIDEO)

Deadline Closing for Names to Fly on NASA’s Next Mars Rover

What All Parents Should Consider Before Letting Teens Ride with Teens

For National Book Banning Week, PEN America to Focus on the Right to Read in U.S. Prisons

How much does a cloud weigh? (VIDEO)

Cartoons

White nationalism

Trump Kicks McCain Headstone

John McCain

Jacksonville Prayers

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