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The Prop. H Campaign's Big Lie

"You Go Down to Moscone Convention Facilities. It's Compostable." And Other Gavin Newsom Environmental Insights from the State of the City Address

Does Gavin Newsom turn into Stalin when the moon is full? By Benjamin Wachs (This is State of the Citysode III: The Environment. Click here for Part II: Education, and Part 1: Health Care) 00:00 - Gavin begins philosophically. "I like to say that the world's consumption is the sum of all loc ... More >>

PG&E Steals SF Activists' Thunder -- Make That Sunlight -- With New Solar Power Plan

David BlaikieMore attractive than ever.San Francisco-based utility Pacific Gas & Electric Co. announced yesterday that it will be undertaking a $1.5 billion project to produce more solar energy for its customers throughout the state. The initiative, which includes plans to build new solar-power ... More >>

Neighborhood Group Sues City over Bayview Hunters Point Biodiesel Plant

If a neighborhood group has its way, it may be a while before you see a scene such as this in San FranciscoA Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood group last week filed suit against the city planning department alleging San Francisco trampled environmental laws when it exempted a proposed biodiesel pla ... More >>

Billionaire Oilman's Traveling Green Energy Road Show Hits S.F.

Daniel KramerT. Boone PickensAs Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens hits San Francisco tonight in his ongoing tour promoting a curtailing of foreign oil imports and a bolstering of domestic clean energy (in which he is invested to the gills), a long, strange article about Pickens' long, strange trip h ... More >>

Green Scheme

Daniel KramerT. Boone PickensAs Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens hits San Francisco tonight in his ongoing tour promoting a curtailing of foreign oil imports and a bolstering of domestic clean energy (in which he is invested to the gills), a long, strange article about Pickens' long, strange trip h ... More >>

The Eyes Have It

Cheryl Meeker's show about the effects of nuclear dust requires more than passive viewing.

Fortunate Sun

Cheryl Meeker's show about the effects of nuclear dust requires more than passive viewing.

SF Weekly Letters

Cheryl Meeker's show about the effects of nuclear dust requires more than passive viewing.

November ballot measures promise eco-confusion

Cheryl Meeker's show about the effects of nuclear dust requires more than passive viewing.

Public Power Grab

Why some "progressives" are putting energy into a bad idea.

Cooking with Gas

Why some "progressives" are putting energy into a bad idea.

The Pro-Bacon Lobby

Why some "progressives" are putting energy into a bad idea.

Hemp and Housing

Why some "progressives" are putting energy into a bad idea.

The Tide Is High

Why some "progressives" are putting energy into a bad idea.

A Bridge Too Costly

The city's way of contracting out public works construction is broken — so much so that companies are not bidding on important municipal projects and that could cost us billions

Shuck, Swallow, Repeat

The city's way of contracting out public works construction is broken — so much so that companies are not bidding on important municipal projects and that could cost us billions

First SF Weekly Sharpie Literary Awards

DISCUSSED IN THIS REVIEW: Cons, Scams & Grifts, 2001, Mysterious Press, Confidence, 2003, Lion's Gate Films What Should I Do With My Life?, 2002, Random House

Nuclear, Dude

DISCUSSED IN THIS REVIEW: Cons, Scams & Grifts, 2001, Mysterious Press, Confidence, 2003, Lion's Gate Films What Should I Do With My Life?, 2002, Random House

Mirant's Morass

The plan to build a massive new power plant in San Francisco -- once thought inevitable -- hits a few snags

Attack of the Self-Serving Pol!

A deft film in which a southland legislator and lazy journalists rewrite history, blame Enron for the energy crisis, and leave Sacramento corruption untouched

Apples and Oranges; Water Fight

A deft film in which a southland legislator and lazy journalists rewrite history, blame Enron for the energy crisis, and leave Sacramento corruption untouched

The New Economy

The road to Punta Abreojos is paved with hollow intentions

Will Blackouts Be Back?

The road to Punta Abreojos is paved with hollow intentions

Some People Have All the Luck

And then there's developer Michael Strausz

Letters to the Editor

And then there's developer Michael Strausz

Power Politics

Two major S.F. energy projects are in the works. Do we need both? The question isn't really being discussed.

Letters to the Editor

Power to the People; A Love/Hate Relationship

The November Wild Card

Power to the People; A Love/Hate Relationship

Gray Skies

If Gov. Davis has his way, California soon will have dozens of new power plants -- a lot of them in the wrong places, some of them unnecessary, and very, very few of them based on renewable energy

"They're Hijacking Our Rally!"

Opponents of the Potrero Hill power plant expansion could use a lesson in organization.

Contract Killings

How the state's contracts with crucial electric power providers actually encourage them to gouge us

Russian Roulette

The Western Pacific gray whale, once thought extinct, clings to life in a remote Siberian sea. Biologists fear their research is serving as cover for massive oil drilling that could wipe out this lost tribe once and for all.

MUD in Your Eye

A small group wants to foist a municipal utility district on the city without evidence its version of "public power" will work. Demand evidence.

Delusions of Power

A small group wants to foist a municipal utility district on the city without evidence its version of "public power" will work. Demand evidence.

Don't Let Them Turn Out the Lights

It's time for consumers to take back California

Letters to the Editor

Letters from January 10, 2001

Power Politics

Why a retreat from electricity deregulation is a victory for PG&E, and a loss for you and me

Best New Tech Space

Why a retreat from electricity deregulation is a victory for PG&E, and a loss for you and me

Unlocking the Secrets of Fusion

Why a retreat from electricity deregulation is a victory for PG&E, and a loss for you and me

Imbalance of Power

Why a retreat from electricity deregulation is a victory for PG&E, and a loss for you and me

PG&E Is All Charged Up

The S.F.-based utility embarks on a nationwide buying spree

Letters

The S.F.-based utility embarks on a nationwide buying spree

Letters

The S.F.-based utility embarks on a nationwide buying spree

Whirly Birds

The wind-power entrepreneurs at Kenetech have spent millionsin vain tosolve this avian mystery: Why have hundredsof raptors, including golden eagles, died alongside the windmills of Altamont Pass?

SF Gov InAction: Gavin Newsom Will Be Told That David Chiu Is Rejecting MUNI's Budget Sometime In Early 2011

From a numerical standpoint, the Supes are finally getting their act together. At the beginning of the year, we were lucky if they made it through four meetings a week. Now they're hitting six or seven almost every time. That's the good news. The bad news is that the number of meetings appare ... More >>

No Smoking: City Attorney Announces Settlement to Shut Mirant Potrero Power Plant 'Irrevocably' By 2010

Joe EskenaziCity Attorney Dennis Herrera delivers the big news, backed by (from left) PUC head Ed Harrington, Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, and former Board of Supes President Aaron Peskin​The answer has been revealed to the "mystery settlement" announced yesterday by City Attorney Dennis Herrera ... More >>

Local Eco-Conference Swaps Press Passes for Ad Placement

Being forced to trade adspace for media coverage of an event is not the current journalistic norm. Sadly, it may become commonplace in the future.​ In the impending newspaperless world dreaded by journalists, and glowingly touted by futurists, we'll all be glorified ad-salespeople, burnishing our ... More >>

Smoked Out: City Announces Plans to Close Mirant Power Plant -- This Time, Definitely!

Going, going, gone​The final word is in: after more than a decade of activism and negotiations, the Mirant Power Plant will be closing for good by the end of 2010. "There was really no need to have these dirty power plants continue to exist in San Francisco," City Attorney Dennis Herrera tol ... More >>