<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://cbs13.com/green/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>CBS13/CW31: Sacramento's Source For Breaking News, Weather and Traffic</title><link>http://cbs13.com/green</link><description><![CDATA[CBS13/CW31: Sacramento's Source For Breaking News, Weather and Traffic]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMX Sacramento Television Stations Inc. All rights reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:43:12 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Cross-Country Trek Aims To Reduce Waste]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Cross.country.trek.2.1578034.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Cross.country.trek.2.1578034.html</link><description><![CDATA[A group of recent college graduates is starting an 18-month trek across America at Assateague Island this weekend. The members of the Pick Up America initiative will begin their journey across the country on Saturday morning and plan to pick up trash from Maryland to California. They will start walking toward Berlin from the base of the Verrazano Bridge. Campaign coordinator Davey Rogner says he and his three fellow walkers expect to reach San Francisco in August 2011. The Silver Spring, Md., native says his group was looking for ideas to inspire people to reduce contributions to waste. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:41:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report: USDA Lax In Watching Organics Market]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Government.Report.Agriculture.2.1578026.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Government.Report.Agriculture.2.1578026.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Agriculture Department has failed to enforce penalties against some who falsely marketed foods as organic, according to an internal department investigation. A report by the agency's inspector general says the agency needs to step up enforcement of those who sell products under the "USDA Organic" label but do not meet government standards to do so. The report says the department has made improvements in maintaining the integrity of the organic program in recent years, but needs to better handle complaints about potential violators. Oversight of the organic program has become more important and more scrutinized as the industry has exploded in popularity over the last decade, growing 14 to 21 percent annually with sales of $24.6 billion in 2008. As more companies have vied to be part of the business, critics have charged that the government has not been restrictive enough in what it allows to be labeled as organic. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:33:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientist Panel Says Calif. Water Limits Justified]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/scientists.California.water.2.1577997.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/scientists.California.water.2.1577997.html</link><description><![CDATA[Independent researchers said Friday that water restrictions for California's farm belt that are meant to protect threatened fish can be scientifically justified, a finding sure to relieve the state's salmon industry and displease many farmers. Critics of the reduced water deliveries took some comfort in the report's call for more study and for real-time monitoring so that pumping patterns could possibly be adjusted to minimize the impact on farmers. Pumping stations divert water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to cities in Southern California as well as to farmers in the San Joaquin Valley, a region that grows much of the nation's produce. To protect native fish like salmon and the delta smelt, federal agencies have ordered reduced pumping from the vast estuary since 2008. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:29:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regulators Accused Of Lax Oversight At LA Oilfield]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/oil.drilling.Plains.2.1561450.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/oil.drilling.Plains.2.1561450.html</link><description><![CDATA[This sprawling metropolis is built atop one of the richest oil basins in the world. Wells dot the city landscape, some hidden behind hollow building facades much like a Hollywood movie set, or, in the case of Beverly Hills High School, encased in a tower painted with flowers. For decades it had been assumed that one oil field, the historic Inglewood, just minutes from the downtown skyline, would eventually play out, that the nodding pumpjacks would give way to an elaborately planned, two square-mile park. But in 2004 Houston-based Plains Exploration &amp; Production Co., which had acquired the drilling rights from Chevron, used new technology to discover that only 35 percent of the reserves had been pumped out and began to drill the first of what would eventually become 600 new wells over the next 20 years. This renewed push for oil was helped along by county and state regulators who determined that the additional wells didn't require any environmental review. 
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:07:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wolf Population Rose Last Year In Rockies]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Wolf.population.rose.2.1555551.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Wolf.population.rose.2.1555551.html</link><description><![CDATA[The wolf population in the Northern Rockies rose last year, but at the slowest rate in nearly 15 years, according to a report released Thursday by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. There were a minimum of 1,706 wolves inhabiting Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and parts of Oregon and Washington state in 2009, compared to at least 1,650 wolves the year before. The number of breeding packs increased from 95 to 115. The population estimates are included in the 2009 Interagency Annual Wolf Report, compiled by state and federal governments and Native American tribes. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:07:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interior: Climate Change Threatens Migratory Birds]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Climate.change.threatens.2.1555558.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Climate.change.threatens.2.1555558.html</link><description><![CDATA[Global climate change poses a significant threat to migratory bird populations, which are already stressed by the loss of habitat and environmental pollution, according to a report released Thursday. U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar joined scientists and conservation organizers at an Austin news conference to release the study, "The State of the Birds: 2010 Report on Climate Change." The report says oceanic birds, such as petrels and albatrosses, are at particular risk from a rapidly changing marine ecosystem and rising sea levels. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:12:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[LA DWP Pulls Plug On 'Green' Power Line]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Los.Angeles.power.2.1552731.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Los.Angeles.power.2.1552731.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power says it has shelved plans to build an 85 mile-long "green" power transmission line across wilderness areas in the southeastern California desert. Facing huge costs and fierce opposition from environmental groups, DWP Chief S. David Freeman said Wednesday that the decision to drop the $800 million project "was the practical thing to do." The project was designed to bring electricity generated by solar, geothermal, wind and nuclear power to Los Angeles from the southeastern California deserts and Arizona. 
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:45:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Spend $2M To Protect Endangered Hawaii Birds]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/Federal.government.forest.2.1543576.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/Federal.government.forest.2.1543576.html</link><description><![CDATA[The native koa and ohia trees in the Kau Forest Reserve reach 100 feet into the sky, providing a haven for critically endangered Hawaiian birds to nest and forage. But feral pigs, cattle and sheep are tearing up the ground, making it hard for new trees to grow. Luckily for the birds, there's help on the way: this year, in response to a report highlighting the perilous state of Hawaii's native avian species, the federal government is spending $2 million to restore the forest on the volcanic slopes of Mauna Loa. "These animals are part of the natural heritage and the cultural heritage of the islands," said Scott Fretz, wildlife program manager for the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. "It's our obligation to protect them." 
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:45:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alcatraz Island Going Green]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/alcatraz.island.solar.2.1542599.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/alcatraz.island.solar.2.1542599.html</link><description><![CDATA[Alcatraz Island is going green. The National Park Service, which
oversees the island, said Friday it will fund a project to put more
than 1,000 solar panels on the main prison and laundry building.
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:39:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Complaints About Wood Fires On No-burn Days Up]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/green/San.Francisco.no.2.1535891.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/green/San.Francisco.no.2.1535891.html</link><description><![CDATA[Complaints from San Francisco Bay area residents about neighbors using their fireplaces on no-burn nights are up sharply this winter. Regional clean air regulators said Wednesday that complaints are up 63 percent compared to a year ago, the first season wood-burning was banned on bad air days. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District received 2,355 complaints during the four-month burn season that ended Sunday. Last season the district received 1,422 complaints. 
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