California’s largest and most polluted lake gets a new conservancy California’s first new conservancy in more than 15 years will oversee restoration, manage habitat and improve air quality at the deteriorating Salton Sea.

Finally, some good environmental news in our own backyard! Thank you to CA Senator Steve Padilla for your leadership on this!
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How Lee Zeldin Shifted the Mission — And the Message — of the E.P.A. (Gift Article) More than any administrator in decades, Lee Zeldin talks about the Environmental Protection Agency's work in economic terms, reflecting President Trump’s desire to boost industry while downplaying env...

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Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms Pollution levels in Iowa's water have been abnormally high this winter. That's forcing the state's largest city, Des Moi

Instead of spending thousands of dollars to filter out nitrate pollution from factory farms, we need to hold Big Ag accountable for contaminating drinking water sources – which is especially vital as climate change and warmer weather causes more pollution.

🚨Breaking News 🐢🐋
The Endangered Species Committee voted today to exempt oil and gas development in the Gulf from the #EndangeredSpeciesAct, putting endangered species in the Gulf in jeopardy.📲 www.nwf.org/Home/Latest-News/Press-R...

Walz: The president said it's a bunch of radicals. You're damn right we've been radicalized. Radicalized by compassion, radicalized by decency, radicalized by due process, radicalized by democracy.

Which San Diego-area #NoKings demonstration of democracy will you participate in this Saturday? Of course we have the big one at Waterfront Park/downtown San Diego, but we are being seen and uplifting our movement across the county! (also, not pictured in this map: Borrego Springs)
www.nokings.org

Join us for holiday season joy among enviro friends this Saturday as we get together at San Elijo Lagoon!
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Mess with Texas!!! Get your ballot turned in ASAP and be counted. YES ON 50. ✊

In an ideal nation, all states would adhere to non-partisan drawing of congressional districts; the mid-decade partisan Republican gerrymandering by Texas warrants a response! Our club endorses Proposition 50–California voters please vote YES ON 50. Let’s get back to oversight and accountability!

CALIFORNIA Yes on Prop 50 Palm Springs Ariel Tramway Motel Butterfly Roof (Mid Century Modern) San Jacinto Mountains in the background

For a generation, we've held the line. But Republican gerrymandering in other states isn't just a political game; it's a theft of your family's future. They are rigging the system to permanently erase your vote, voice, and values. We have one chance to stop the bleeding.

Our October club meeting is this Thursday evening on Zoom! We’ll get reports and presentations from Protect Our Communities Foundation and Food & Water Watch. Event page with Zoom link is on Facebook:
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DOI Trades Away Alaskan Refuges, Sells Out Public Lands The Trump administration dealt a blow to the National Wildlife Refuge System by removing protections from the Arctic and Izembek National Wildlife Refuges.

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No Kings Robert DeNiro YouTube video by DemCast USA

Join #SDEnviroDems and tens of thousands of San Diegans this Saturday, October 18 as we rise up and give voice to an America rooted in democratic ideals and a rule of law. #NoKings events are planned all across the county, including downtown San Diego where we saw over 60,000 marchers in June.

Food & Water Watch will present (via Zoom) at our next club meeting on October 23. We can’t say enough about the important work this org is doing. Join them this coming Wednesday as they host an author talk on forever chemicals. @foodandwater.bsky.social
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Glacier melt will lead to ice-free peaks in California for first time in human history New research shows massive glaciers in Sierra Nevada projected to melt away by the beginning of the next century

“We’ll be the first to see the ice-free peaks,” said Andrew Jones, the study’s lead author and a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told the San Francisco Chronicle. “This has ecological implications for plants and animals.”
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Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

We are saddened to find our world absent this mighty spirit who touched so many in her decades of research and advocacy—for chimpanzees, ecosystems, building up communities, for all animals and the future of all of us on this planet. Well done, Dr. Jane Goodall. 😢👏
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

NO KINGS San Diego Waterfront Park · No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

Join #SDEnviroDems and tens of thousands more San Diegans as we march from Waterfront Park on Oct. 18, declaring that we recognize #NoKings in this country. No dictators or autocrats. We must be a nation of laws, of checks and balances, with all accountable to the people.
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We have a club meeting on Zoom this evening! Register and log in to join us! Zoom link is in the Facebook event details.
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Factory farms don’t just stink — they make it harder to breathe, too New maps show that where animal feeding operations exist, higher percentages of Latino and uninsured residents also live.

“While research has clearly illuminated the connection between animal agriculture and environmental degradation, the federal government has done little to regulate this... Just this week, the EPA ruled that animal farms do not have to disclose toxic air emissions.”
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California Supreme Court hands victory to rooftop solar panel owners Justices reversed a decision upholding cuts to solar panel owners by 75 percent. A lower court must now revisit the net metering decision.

A huge win for rooftop solar in California! Thank you to our friends at Protect Our Communities Foundation and Center for Biological Diversity. Now it’s up to the lower court to do the right thing for ratepayers, consumers, and our environment.
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Why is Gov. Gavin Newsom blocking rooftop solar in California? Follow the money.

“Follow the money…Investor-owned utilities have donated more than $400,000 to Newsom since 2018. Adding in his donations from the utilities’ labor union, which is legally obliged to defend the companies’ business interests”
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EPA Hires Farm and Pesticide Lobbyist to Oversee Pesticide Regulation EWG President Ken Cook called the move a “stunning reversal of the campaign promises Trump and RFK Jr. made to their MAHA followers.”

A pesticide lobbyist overseeing pesticide regulation is emblematic of this current political moment, in that it would be ludicrous if it wasn't so unethical and dangerous.

The San Diego County Planning Commission denies Cottonwood Sand Mine approval at the July hearing! A huge shout out and thank you to all who stood up to protect our environment!

Do you live, work or visit the beaches or coastal areas in San Diego, Tijuana or Rosarito?

California State University San Marcos invites you to participate in the Study ‘Health Risks Assessment on the Binational Pacific Ocean Coastline’.

To complete the survey please follow this link: t.ly/hJeKt

We’re in wide agreement about infill housing and our members may have an array of opinions. We have stood by CEQA because environmental review is necessary for sensitive ecosystems especially here in San Diego, and we know too many bought politicians are waging war on our environmental regulations.

Congratulations to Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre upon this big win for our county’s future! Thanks to her team and all who showed support in any measure. We look forward to supporting her leadership on issues of environmental justice, protecting our biodiversity, and climate action.

The politicians in the pockets of the developers have been gunning for CEQA for a long time, using housing as a smokescreen. We never see them build the promised low income units that would help working class people live near jobs & transit. This was not a reform of CEQA, it was an intended killing.

California Rolls Back Its Landmark Environmental Law

With attacks on rooftop solar, proposals to clearcut forests, celebrating animal cruelty as entertainment, and now the killing of CEQA, elected Democrats have left environmentally concerned voters without a political party to call home.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...

This is the day! Contribute and join us this afternoon in support of environmentalist Democrat Paloma Aguirre!
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