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Largest sea- to- fresh water plant in U.S. coming on line

  By Donald H. Harrison CARLSBAD, California – Within a matter of months, most probably before the end of the 2015 calendar year, the San Diego County Water Authority will receive 50 million gallons of fresh water each day from the new $1 billion Carlsbad Desalination Plant and pipeline that was financed by Poseidon Water […]

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Art in the cause of raising climate change awareness

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Emma Podietz​, an avid bicyclist who once made a grueling cross-country road trip from Colorado to Pennsylvania, graduated from New York University in 2012 with degrees ​in environmental studies and Latin American studies, with a minor in art. Now based in Philadelphia, the 25-year-old artist and ​environmentalist is working

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Jews can empathize with refugees

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France — I know I’ve written about this subject before, but it’s one that simply isn’t going to go away, and in fact is getting worse every day, every hour, every minute. Many of these unfortunates come from Africa, from countries where conflicts, poverty, corruption and hopelessness are endemic. Others come from

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Davis: Water Bill really an attack on environment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) voted Thursday, July 16, in the minority, 245-176, against “a so-called drought relief bill that wouldn’t create any new water but would weaken the Endangered Species Act, gut environmental protection laws, and put commercial fishing jobs at risk.” The Western Water and American Food Security Act (H.R. 2898)

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Davis named Friend of the National Parks

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)  — Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-California) was honored with the Friend of the National Parks Award from the nonpartisan National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) for her contributions to protecting and enhancing America’s national parks. “I’m truly honored to receive the Friend of the National Parks Award,” said Davis, a San Diego Democrat. “We have

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Rep. Davis opposes effort to stall EPA enforcement

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) voted in the minority, 247-180, against a partisan effort in the House to undermine a proposed rule to fight climate change. The bill that she opposed would delay a recent ruling by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce carbon emissions, sometimes referred to as greenhouse

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‘Growing Greatness’ Gala focused on students, food

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The theme of Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School (SSDHDS)’s 52nd fundraising gala on Sunday, June 7, was “Growing Greatness” and what better venue to stage it than at the Hall of Champions in Balboa Park, a sports museum conceived and implemented by the late Bob Breitbard, who

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