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Hydropower Doesn't Count as Clean Energy

Posted on Oct 5, 2007, Source: Earth Island Journal

Think hydropower helps in the fight against climate change? Think again.

Will the Garden Grow?

Posted on Dec 8, 2004, Source: Metro Santa Cruz

A California medical marijuana collective is contemplating what it will do in the unhappy event that the Raich case goes south.

Fifty Reasons Not to Vote for Arnold

Posted on Oct 2, 2003, Source: Metro Santa Cruz

It's time to put this ridiculous candidacy in perspective -- the truth is that a vote for Schwarzenegger is a vote for the Republican party.

Pot Shots

Posted on Aug 12, 2003, Source: Metro Santa Cruz

The Feds' latest attack on medical marijuana has the outspoken director of a medical marijuana referral service stepping out of the shadows and onto the warpath.

Green Milestones

Posted on Mar 21, 2003, Source: Metro Santa Cruz

Months after the DEA raided their land and left the threat of incarceration and forfeiture hanging over their heads, pot activists Valerie and Michael Corral make plans for the future.

Waging Peace in 2003

Posted on Dec 30, 2002, Source: Metro Santa Cruz

Here are 10 suggestions to help you resolve to wage peace in the new year.

Getting Naked for Peace

Posted on Dec 30, 2002, Source: Metro Santa Cruz

Looking for a new way to spread goodwill to all this holiday season? All we are saying is give peace your pants.

The Brutal War on Medical Marijuana

Posted on Sep 6, 2002, Source: AlterNet

As part of the escalating drug war, D.E.A agents target one of the most successful medical marijuana programs in the nation.

Burning Questions

Posted on Aug 21, 2002, Source: Metro Santa Cruz

Strip down, dress up or just shave it all off. You can do it all at Burning Man, and here's how.

Giving Hollywood the ‘Business’

Posted on May 7, 2002, Source: Metro Santa Cruz

Author Sherman Alexie makes his directorial debut with "The Business of Fancydancing," a wry portrait of a rich, famous, gay Indian poet.
 

They Dream of Genes

Posted on May 8, 2001, Source: Metro Santa Cruz

When a biotech mogul wanted to lock up the secrets of the human genome, rogue researchers Jim Kent and David Haussler made sure the code of life ended up in the public domain.
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