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Thursday, October 22, 2020

UC system to build biomethane plant, solar array for renewable energy

As part of the UC system’s efforts to meet its 2025 carbon neutrality goal, it has partnered with Archaea Energy, LLC and Clearway Energy Group to build a biomethane facility and solar project. Operations for the project are expected to begin by 2023, with carbon neutrality being a goal for the UC system since 2007.

The UC system has partnered with two energy companies to construct a biomethane plant and solar array to help bring it closer to its carbon neutrality goal by 2025.
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Research & Ideas

Thursday, June 11, 2020

Study shows oil and gas wells have adverse effects on pregnancy

A study, roughly three years in the making, conducted by a team including UC Berkeley researchers revealed that the negative impacts of oil and gas production reach beyond pollution.
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Editorials

Monday, August 8, 2016

Alameda’s ban on fracking may inspire other counties

BAY AREA AFFAIRS: Decision to ban fracking method of oil drilling by Alameda County is mostly symbolic but solidifies county’s stance on important environmental matters

Though Alameda County’s decision to ban fracking last month was largely symbolic, it represents a crucial step in a fight to rid California of a destructive oil drilling method that affects thousands of state residents.
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City

Sunday, July 31, 2016

Alameda County 1st in Bay Area to ban fracking

On July 19, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to ban fracking in the county — the first county in the Bay Area to pass an ordinance to do so.
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Op-Eds

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Many counties fail to learn costly state lessons and still to expand jail capacity

At Oct. 22’s Making Cents: Forging A New California in a Time of Crisis California conference at UC Berkeley, students, educators and advocates highlighted the devastating impacts that California’s out-of-control prison spending has had on our ability to fund K-12 education, higher education and social services across our state. Nearly
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