Mining and resource extraction
Mine opponents suspect official bias
Ventura County Reporter (June 26, 2008)
A broad coalition of Ojai residents, environmentalists, business owners, public officials and educators launched a blistering attack June 17 on county planners overseeing permits for mining operations.
Matilija’s slippery slope
Ventura County Reporter (April 10, 2008)
Agencies scolded for inaction on 2006 landslide.
Between a rock mine and a hard place:
Ventura County Reporter (Feb. 1, 2008)
Appeal denied in truck violation case.
Mining hearing ends on anticlimactic note:
Ventura County Reporter (June 7, 2007)
Decision that could bring gravel trucks to mountainous Route 33 delayed.
Counties spar over permit for gravel mine:
Pacific Coast Business Times (Jan 26, 2007)
Residents of Ventura County’s Ojai Valley hope to stop a proposed rock mine — and related traffic — at a 133-acre site in neighboring Santa Barbara County.
Gloves come off in new LNG dispute:
Ventura County Reporter (Sept. 20, 2007)
First public hearings on Clearwater Port to follow rally, boat trip.
A CAUSE for celebration:
Ventura County Reporter (Sept. 13, 2007)
Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi headlines a community building lunch hosted by the Coastal Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy, who opposed a liquefied natural gas plan Garamendi helped squash.
New Partner emerges for Clearwater Port:
Pacific Coast Business Times (April 28, 2006)
More than $1.8M spent in LNG lobbying blitz:
Pacific Coast Business Times (Feb. 21, 2006)
The public relations battle over a liquefied natural gas facility in California has crossed two oceans.
Forestry
Los Padres logging plan appealed
Ventura County Reporter (Dec. 13, 2007)
Forest advocacy organization worried Day Fire plan could set precedent.
Zaca blaze overshadows forest plan
Ventura County Reporter (Aug. 16, 2007)
Group speaks out as flames approach county.
Fire scorched forest reopens
Ventura County Reporter (May 17, 2007)
Fallen trees and rock slides keep some trails and roads closed in Sespe Wilderness.
Other Environmental Stories
Of trees and trains
Ventura County Reporter (May 8, 2008)
Safety hazards collide with environmental concerns.
Tensions Ease in Pierpont
Ventura County Reporter (April 17, 2008)
Council votes to adopt a new strategy for the beach management plan
Sand Concerns Pile Up
Ventura County Reporter (Feb. 28, 2008)
Beachfront residents cry foul over new management plan.
Pierpont kids turn green
Ventura County Reporter (Nov. 15, 2007)
Award recognizes school’s environmental strides.
Guilty pleas filed in Greka pollution case
Pacific Coast Business Times (April 20, 2007)
A Santa Maria oil refinery and three of its employees agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges alleging that they pumped wastewater generated by the plant into groundwater supplies.
