San Jose Mercury News

Breaking ranks with the Bush administration, California's Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorses a plan to combat warming that is facing opposition from some Republican leaders and businesses.

A challenge to the Clean Water Act currently before the Supreme Court could endanger the nation's streams.

The Global Warming & Energy Committee of the Sierra Club chapter in Silicon Valley decide to highlight the excessive permitting charges of some local cities... and results happen.

Governor Schwarzenegger's Climate Action Team drafts a report calling for a "public goods charge" (don't call it a gas tax!)with the goal of reducing greenhouse gases, as opposed to reducing congestion

The Sierra Club has published a guidebook of 12 healthy and livable communities, built on redeveloped urban sites.

Report concludes that California will miss targets set by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to reduce greenhouse gases.

Houston loses its national "smog capital" status on a technicality.

Who is the largest foreign supplier of crude oil and petroleum products to the U.S.?

The City of San Mateo, CA, unanimously approves the conversion of a functioning, 1930's era, 83-acre racetrack into a mixed-use TOD. Opponents petition to put the proposal on the ballot.

An editorial showing how diverse coalitions can defeat grassroots activists that seek, through political initiatives, to unreasonably restrict infill growth in "built-out" cities.

While Sierra Club and Greenbelt Alliance battle developers in the East Bay, the scene is the opposite in the South Bay community of Cupertino, home to Apple Computer. Here, they hold hands opposing 3 restrictive land use measures.

A developer proposes to extend a voter-approved Urban Growth Boundary in Livermore, CA, using green building, specifically solar power, as an enticement to gain voter support for their initiative. Environmental organizations galvanize to oppose it.

How did Santana Row, a controversial San Jose development criticized for being "fake" and "Disneyland North," turn into a real neighborhood?

As housing prices continue to increase, California legislators are considering easing CEQA laws to make housing easier to build.

Hollywood star power helped launch a global campaign to draw attention to the plight of hundreds of millions around the world who do not have access to clean water.

ELF begins targeting growth in the quaint Gold Rush town of Auburn, California.

Carpool cheater confess and explain why they decide to run the risk of a huge fine to drive solo in the carpool lane.

Orange County, CA, long a poster child for sprawl, searches for alternatives.

Joe Rodriguez says that what may appear to be an issue of Native American sovereignty may actually be a scam to skirt around local zoning laws.

Anticipating the next economic boom, San Jose, CA, embraces New Urbanism for Coyote Valley plan.