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UK wildlife charities are asking for people's help in examining if hedgehogs are being affected by climate change. View original post here: Public request for climate hedgehog study

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A global temperature rise of two degrees by 2050 would result in increased loss of life, a new Australian study has found. See original here: Climate warming would cause loss of life

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Levi Strauss & Company became the latest firm to drop Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) as a supplier due to concerns over APP's continued clearing of rainforests in Sumatra, reports the Rainforest Action Network, a green group in the midst of a campaign against APP. See the original post here: Levi's drops Asia Pulp & Paper due to...

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MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines will be the launch pad for the marketing of Golden Rice by 2013. The launch is seen to boost global food security and reduce malnutrition. Continued here: Boosting the Country's Food Security

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1-17-2012 - SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. John Banuelos, 67, of Elk Grove, has been appointed to the California Boating and Waterways Commission. Banuelos worked at the California Conservation Corps ... Follow this link: California – Governor Brown announces new appointments

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Do you refuse to hire job applicants with an arrest or criminal record? No matter how small or irrelevant the infraction is to the job? If you do, be careful. The Equal Employment Opportunity has announced that it reached a $3.1 million settlement with PepsiCo over such a policy. Investigators concluded that the practice disproportionately affected African-Americans and...

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Mr. Haar, a Harvard Law School professor, advocated robust government regulation of, and intervention in, urban development. Read more from the original source: Charles M. Haar, 91, Dies; Used Courts to Clean Boston Harbor

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Written by Chris Caskey, The Union Democrat January 16, 2012 12:19 pm The Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors will likely begin the process of finding a new District Attorney this week. The topic is on the agenda ... Follow this link: California – Tuolumne County to begin search for new district attorney

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Saturday February 4, 2012, at The Berkeley Marina DoubleTree Hotel, 200 Marina Blvd, Berkeley, California 94710  - For hotel lodging reservations see below Program Coordinator:  Garrick Byers, Statute Decoder, CPDA Legislative Committee Member, Senior Defense Attorney, Fresno County ... See the article here: California Public Defenders Association presents…The First Annual New Statutes Seminar!

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By Dana M. Nichols – Stockton Record Staff Writer - January 16, 2012 12:00 AM ANGELS CAMP – Criminal justice officials in Calaveras County remain bitterly divided over how to spend about $450,000 a year in state ... The rest is here: California – Rehab funding dividing Calaveras County – Controversial corrections plan heads for supervisory vote