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Environmental Democrats and Sierra Club Join Forces for Border Wall Report

December 27, 2020

By Tommy Hough and Rick Guerrero San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action hosted our first Environmental Report on the impacts of the Border Wall this past June, when our […]

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Four Decades Since the Murder of John Lennon

December 8, 2020

 Born in 1940 and murdered barely two months after his 40th birthday in 1980, ​John Lennon has now been gone as long as he was with us. Forty years ago, […]

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Trump Administration Jettisons Environmental Review to Cut Mature Forests in California

September 12, 2020

By Mia Taylor with Tommy Hough As California finds itself amid another devastating wildfire season, there’s perhaps no more timely or critical environmental topic than the logging of our National […]

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Fracking and Logging on Federal Public Lands on the Central Coast

September 2, 2020

When Donald Trump won the presidency on an electoral college misfire after losing the popular vote in 2016, his administration rolled into office with a breathtaking lack of self-consciousness, and […]

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Comment on the City’s Proposed Updates to the Mira Mesa Community Plan

August 24, 2020

If you haven’t taken a moment to see or comment on the potential development updates and zoning changes the city is proposing for the Mira Mesa Community Plan, you should […]

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Drilling on Carrizo Plain and the Environmental Agony of the Trump Administration

June 19, 2020

Maxim One:  Everything Trump comes in contact with, good or bad, innocent or guilty, dies an early death in reputation, career, conscience, or lifespan. Maxim Two:  If Trump touches or […]

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With National Attention Elsewhere, Trump Ramps Up Environmental Scorched Earth Policy

June 5, 2020

By Mia Taylor with Tommy Hough The Trump administration has unleashed a new series of assaults on the environment, public health, and wildlife over the past 48 hours, announcing four […]

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The Crisis of Broken Streets in Mira Mesa and District 6

May 11, 2020

When I first ran for San Diego City Council in 2018, I knocked on thousands of doors across District 6. One afternoon, when I was canvassing in Mira Mesa, I […]

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We Live in a State That Continues to Be Shaped by Earthquakes

October 22, 2019

I have a layperson interest in seismology, and if I had the patience and genetic gray matter to capably execute math and logarithm formulas I likely would’ve been a scientist […]

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Our Opportunity for Renewal and Parkland at Rose Creek

July 23, 2019

As Pacific Beach and Clairemont residents know, a new trolley stop and transit center is under construction at the base of Balboa Ave. adjacent to the newly-renovated Morena Blvd. interchange. […]

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