By Donna Beth Weilenman Martinez News-Gazette Special to the Herald A giant patch of garbage that covers twice the area of Texas is growing exponentially in the Pacific Ocean between Hawai’i and California, according to Scientific Reports. And much of the debris are tiny pieces of plastic, which is why the patch wasn’t discovered until […]
Solano County volunteers sought for Coastal Cleanup Day
California’s annual Coastal Cleanup Day is more than a month away, but volunteer positions are already available. Coastal Cleanup Day was founded in 1985 by the California Coastal Commission to pick up the plastic debris that was flowing into the ocean. Its inaugural year saw 2,500 participants, and it had blossomed to more than 50,000 […]
Mayor Patterson to take part in San Francisco climate forum
Climate One, a branch of San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club of California, will be hosting a forum titled “How Cities Can Solve Climate Challenges” on Thursday, May 4. Among the guests on the panel are Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson. “I’m personally extremely flattered and find it very much of a privilege to be asked to be […]
Letters: Taking action for planet Earth
Taking action for Planet Earth Life as we know it on planet Earth is in peril because warming oceans and acidification are killing coral reefs and altering the web of life in all oceans, plants and animals are going extinct, global ice is melting and droughts, flooding and wildfires are increasing as a result of […]
California Coastal Cleanup Day returns, Sept. 17
The third Saturday in September is coming up, which means it is time to take out the trash that is currently littered along California’s coastlines. It is the 32nd annual Coastal Cleanup Day. Coastal Cleanup Day was founded in 1985 by the California Coastal Commission to pick up the plastic debris that was flowing into […]
Benicia eco company offers to pay residents for going solar
Lots of people want to do their part in helping the environment, and one way to do it is by installing solar panels to cut back on the use of electricity. Unfortunately, the cost of these panels can be pretty exorbitant. Not everyone is willing to pay $73 a month for 730 kilowatt hours in […]