KELSEYVILLE
Konocti Women's Service Club provide 'thank you' treats for teachers and staff
The Konocti Women's Service Club (KWSC) once again provided surprise snacks for the breakrooms of teachers and staff. The KWSC members gathered teas, nutritional snacks and other goodies which filled several large shopping bags. The overflowing bags were delivered on September 18 to Riviera Elementary, Kelseyville Elementary and Kelseyville Middle School.
Many grateful thanks were received with KWSC's returning their Thank You to the staff and teachers for all they do for the youngsters. The Club's motto is "For Kid's Sake".
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LAKE COUNTY
Community orchestra season resumes
Calling all Lake County musicians. It is time to dust off that violin in the closet, get a fresh set of reeds, or brush up on your brass embouchure. The Lake County Community & Youth Orchestra (LCCYO) wants you.
The LCCYO is a multi-generational, performance-based group for middle-school aged to adult musicians. This is the perfect opportunity for young people just getting started, those learning a second instrument, students who have had their school music programs cut back or eliminated, or for adults looking to start playing again.
Rehearsals for the Fall/Winter season begin this Sunday, September 24, 4 to 5:30pm, at the Soper Reese Theatre in Lakeport. Musicians are welcome to come sit in on a rehearsal and give it a try. More information is available on the LCCYO website at http://www.lccyo.org.
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SACRAMENTO
Newsom to sign corporate climate accountability bills
California's governor doesn't typically comment on legislation — something he reiterated during a talk on stage at Climate Week NYC on Sunday. Except when he does.
At the summit, Gavin Newsom commented in a very public way that he will sign two landmark climate accountability bills that the Legislature sent to his desk last week: Senate Bills 253 and 261, authored by Democratic Sens. Scott Wiener and Henry Stern, respectively.
The bills, which were approved by the Legislature last week, require 5,300 companies that do business in California and have revenues exceeding $1 billion to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and their financial risks from climate change. CalMatters climate reporter Alejandro Lazo reported in June that the legislation would force the companies — from Amazon to Bank of America to WalMart — to reveal their complete carbon footprint, even emissions from their suppliers and the consumers who use their products.
- Newsom: "What we love about California … it's not just a state of dreamers and doers, of entrepreneurs and innovators, but it's a state that has long prided itself on being on the leading and cutting edge. The future happens in California first."
- Wiener, in a statement: "When business leaders, investors, consumers, and analysts have full visibility into large corporations' carbon emissions, they have the tools and incentives to turbocharge their decarbonization efforts."
The governor made the announcement during a discussion about a civil lawsuit filed Friday on behalf of the state, which seeks to hold 'Big Oil' accountable financially for contributing to "climate change-related harms in California," including extreme drought, wildfires and storms, and lying about it and deceiving the public for decades.
The lawsuit names Chevron, which is based in San Ramon, as well as Exxon Mobil, Shell, ConocoPhillips, BP and the industry's trade association, the American Petroleum Institute.
The state's demands: Oil companies paying their fair share for recovery efforts from superstorms and wildfires, protecting people from extreme heat, managing water supplies and fortifying infrastructure and homes against sea level rise and flooding.
California isn't the first government entity to try to tackle climate accountability through the courts. The state has filed briefs in support of lawsuits by cities, counties and other states, including Honolulu, Maui, Baltimore, Rhode Island, Minnesota and the District of Columbia. Newsom said during the talk, given the size of California's economy, the state's filing may help move the needle.
Environmental groups praised the move, and likened the lawsuit to those against tobacco and opioid companies.
- Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity: "As similar cases proceed toward trial, California's move is an unmistakable sign that the wave of climate lawsuits against Big Oil will keep growing and that these polluters' days of escaping accountability for their lies are numbered."
But progress on the governor's climate goals hasn't been linear. State approvals for new oil and gas wells have dropped off this year, but permits to improve or repair existing wells were up nearly 50% to 1,650 in the first half of this year, Reuters reported. In June, 100 scientists sent a letter to the administration, urging a complete halt to new approvals, particularly near homes and schools. Environmentalists say the state should make oil companies plug unproductive wells rather than continuing to grant them permits to improve them.
The governor also expressed his disappointment at one effort that fell short as the legislative session wrapped up last Thursday: a deal to allow insurance companies to revise their risk modeling and rate-setting. Companies have been dropping customers — or, in State Farm Insurance's case, stopped issuing new policies in California, because they say the cost of doing business in the state is too high.
- Newsom at the summit: "This is a red flag, not a yellow flag. And we are not going to be waiting till January, the next legislative session to address it. And so in real time, we will be moving with some creative ideas — watch this space."
—Sameea Kamal, CALMatters
LAKE COUNTY
Clear Lake garden club awards participants of Penny Pines reforestation
At a recent Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club meeting, four Penny Pine Certificates were awarded. So far, the club has contributed 77 acres to the Penny Pines reforestation program.
Two certificates were issued posthumously to Ann Blue from her family and friends. Blue was an active club member and had been the Chair of the Penny Pines Awards. A certificate was awarded to Carol and Hans Dobusch in appreciation for their service in keeping the club active through the COVID years. A certificate was also awarded to Dr James Noonan from a friend.
Prior to the ceremony, Nora Gerard, Penny Pines Chair, gave the history of the Penny Pines Program. Under a Conservation Agreement, an individual or organization can contribute $68 toward the cost of planting seedlings on approximately one acre of National Forest land in California, and receive a Penny Pines certificate. Using the donation, together with federal funds, the Forest Service will do the planting on the National Forest of your choice. The Penny Pines plantings are made as part of the regular National Forest reforestation program on burned-over and brush-covered areas that are potentially productive timberland. Using these donations, combined with regular forest planting funds, millions of pine, fir, redwood, and giant sequoia seedlings have been planted on acres of National Forest land in California.
The CLT&TGC is a member of the Mendo Lake District of the California Garden Club, Inc. Pacific Region and National Garden Clubs, Inc. The club welcomes new members and information can be found by visiting www.clttgc.org or by calling Ginny at 707-489-3511.
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