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Guest Commentary: Yolo County Board Unanimously Votes to Move Forward on...
by Nick Buxton By unanimous vote at its Tuesday March 10th meeting, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors directed its staff to work with a local group of community advocates to develop a climate...
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Guest Commentary: Wildfires Underscore Urgency to Rein in Climate Change
By Elisabeth Robbins and Mark Reynolds My friend hurriedly evacuated her dream home northeast of Vacaville as flames advanced down the hillside. In the Mendocino National Forest, firefighters burned...
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While Massive CA Fires Burn, Supervisors Declare a Climate Emergency, Commit...
By Juliette Beck With smoke still rising from one of California’s most massive wildfires on record, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to accelerate local climate action and to fund a...
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Yolo County Issues Warning Due to ‘Exceptional Drought Conditions’
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – While California is used to a cycle of drought, floods, and fires, this drought is exceptional and, while it has largely been an inconvenience to...
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Valley Clean Energy Celebrates Putah Creek Solar Farm Groundbreaking
The crowd at the public unveiling of the Putah Creek Solar Farm west of Winters on Aug. 10 includes Valley Clean Energy board members and management, SMUD personnel, project co-owner and Winters farmer...
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Guest Commentary: Cache Creek at a Crossroads
Schwarzgruber mine reclamation, Yolo County, November 2021Photo credit: Alessa Johns By Juliette Beck This morning beginning at 8:30AM the Yolo County Planning Commission is holding a public hearing on...
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Sierra Club Sues Yolo County to Demand ‘Environmental Safeguards’ of Teichert...
Special to the Vanguard Yolo County, CA – The Yolano Group Sierra Club announced on Friday that it was joining a lawsuit with a local citizen’s group, Yolo Land and Water Defense, demanding changes to...
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Yolo BOS Votes to Upgrade Valley Clean Energy to 100% Renewable
Special to the Vanguard Woodland, CA – The Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this week to upgrade to Valley Clean Energy’s 100% renewable, 100% carbon-free UltraGreen service. This...
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