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Matt Counts: Federal Land Management Will Never Recover

February 22, 2025

By Matt Counts Fire season is coming. I can’t sit in silence any longer. The short-sighted decision to unfairly fire the best employees in the federal land management agencies will […]

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Robert Anderson: Needed Services Systematically Destroyed

February 22, 2025

By Robert Anderson I was fired, along with thousands of other members of the federal government. I want to share this story with my friends and family, not because I’m […]

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State Environmental Laws Essential to Meet Housing, Climate Goals

March 1, 2023

This piece originally appeared in the Feb. 24, 2023, issue of the San Diego Union-Tribune, authored by Lisa Ross, chair of Sierra Club San Diego; Peter Andersen, vice chair of the Sierra Club […]

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Wildfire and California’s Dominant Native Ecosystem

February 17, 2023

Since co-founding San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action in 2014, I’ve spent a good deal of time writing, giving presentations, and making comments on conservation, in part to break the […]

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Two Brush Fires in D6 Serve as Reminder Climate Change is Here

June 25, 2021

Two brush fires in District 6 this week could have grown into serious incidents were it not for the fast action and quick response of San Diego Fire and Rescue: […]

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My Earth Day Message to Our District 6 Neighbors

April 22, 2021

On this Earth Day I want to congratulate President Biden on his just-announced commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030. While this is great news and a tangible goal, not to mention a welcome […]

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