***Jet stream goes East; Bay balmy
Rain about to replace unseasonable weather
“Anyone who says there’s something odd about the weather in California this season is entirely correct — after a stormy beginning, this winter feels more like spring.” [SFGate]
But that is apparently about to change…
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***Nuke Plants Aging Disgracefully.
Cracks, corrosion and other signs of age at U.S. nuclear power plants have been the root of a growing list of near-miss accidents that experts and environmental activists fear could lead to true disaster. By Kendra Mayfield. [Wired News]
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***Bush Eyes Sierra
- and it isn’t because he has suddenly developed an appreciation for alpine beauty, unfortunately.
“The Bush administration is acting to overturn a Clinton-era management plan for the 11 national forests of the Sierra Nevada, replacing the conservation-based approach with one that would significantly accelerate logging.” [SFGate]
***Perils of Cold Air.
This week’s [...]
Ridgetop mine at Almaden Quicksilver County Park. February 2, 2003.
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Bay Area Panorama from Bull Run Ridge at Almaden Quicksilver County Park. February 2, 2003.
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Mt. Umunhum panorama from ridgeline at Almaden Quicksilver County Park. February 2, 2003
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***More Quicksilver Park panoramas
I’ve seen it coming for weeks, but it was visible to anyone today. The central California hills are beginning their annual transformation from brown-gray to emerald green. The grasses have been coming up since at least the beginning of the year, but this week they began to grow past the old, dead [...]
Waddell Creek flowers. Waddell Creek section of Big Basin State Park. February, 2003.
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Waddell Creek. Waddell Creek section of Big Basin State Park. February, 2003.
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2003.02.09
***Calif. officials say Bush policies hurt state, defy federalism
- California… officials say the administration has repeatedly undermined the state’s stricter environmental standards on everything from low-polluting automobiles to offshore oil drilling.
They were particularly incensed when the administration helped prevent oil drilling off the coast of Florida, but tried to block California’s review of [...]