Sonoma County Gazette April 2019

APRIL 2019
Letters & Rising UP Our Critical NEW RULES: Earth Day -
Opinions ~ pgs 3-9
from Flood Waters ~ 16
& Invisible Water ~ 18
Recycling has Changed ~ 23
Easter - Dia del Niño ~ 52-53
Climate Change?
from two weeks in Ireland and Scotland plus a week visiting his hometown in the Netherlands. He told me the temperature was in
the mid-90’s the entire time and in Ireland, miles of marshes were dried up. Normally wet and foggy bogs were dry and cracked, appearing like desolate mud flats where nature has always been eternally green. The fog that helps to define the area appeared only in the early morning, gone by 10am. I cringed. I wanted to cry.
How is this possible in an ecosystem that has been damp, cool and verdant for
Here in Northern California, I fill a large blue bowl with water for visiting birds every morning. The bowl sits atop a corner of our deck railing facing distant Fitch mountain. This daily act is surprisingly fulfilling and opens me to do more.
CHANGE cont’d on page 10
Your Home Town: 28-46
Energy, PG&E and Fire Safety
By Catrina Walker
A friend of mine recently returned
thousands of years?
The foremost issue that must
be addressed is, first can PG&E take action to prevent failure infrastructure produced wild fires while ensuring that California’s communities and businesses have reliable sources of energy?
I am part of a human system that requires my face at work at least 40 hours a week. Without that, I don’t survive in a healthy, balanced way.
Moving California to an economy of sustainable, clean energy will require broad collaboration. Public utilities must dramatically improve their performance and orientation toward safety.
Together We Can Protect Our Home
POWER cont’d on page 11
Everything To Do CALENDAR: pgs 53 - 71
By Robert GirlingPh. D.
PG&E’s impending bankruptcy
presents a massive set of challenges to state policymakers and the people of California. The bankruptcy which came to a head with the Northern California wildfires puts state policymakers at a crossroad. (they will have to decide how to move forward.)
While PG&E’s bankruptcy stems from wildfires sparked within the past few years, State Sen. Bill Dodd has noted that PG&E’s “hubris and mismanagement have led to this unfortunate point.”