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FARM campaign pays viewers $1 to watch graphic anti-meat video

By Jasmine Elist — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:54:00 PDT

Acknowledging the existence of animal cruelty is unpleasant, and getting people to actually watch footage of it is understandably difficult. The folks at Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM) found one way: Pay them.

Sea Shepherd's Watson arrested, faces extradition to Costa Rica

By Dean Kuipers — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:46:00 PDT

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder Paul Watson, who was arrested in Frankfurt, Germany, on May 13, has been freed on bail and awaits possible extradition to Costa Rica. He and Sea Shepherd's director of investigations, Scott West, met with Costa Rican Foreign Minister Enrique Castillo on Thursday in an effort to work out a solution to the impasse, which stems from a 2002 confrontation between a Sea Shepherd ship captained by Watson and a Costa Rican fishing vessel.

Federal judge blocks National Defense Authorization Act provision

By Dean Kuipers — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:47:00 PDT

In a stunning turnaround for an act of Congress, a judge ruled Wednesday that a counterterrorism provision of the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual defense appropriations bill, is unconstitutional. Federal district Judge Katherine B. Forrest issued an injunction against use of the provision on behalf of a group of journalists and activists who had filed suit in March, claiming it would chill free speech.

Clean Mobility Center, focusing on alternative fuels, opens in O.C.

By Susan Carpenter — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:09:00 PDT

Jamie Caissie says he's picky about the gas he puts in his GMC Sierra truck. For years, the 35-year-old flooring contractor only filled up at 76 brand stations, but on a recent Monday, he decided to try something new: the Propel Clean Mobility Center in Fullerton, which sells E85 flex fuel and biodiesel, along with traditional gasoline, and also allows customers to purchase carbon offsets at the pump.

An electrifying freight solution on the 710? Siemens working on it

By Susan Carpenter — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:12:00 PDT

Los Angeles may be one of the first global cities to adopt a new electric freight trucking system, unveiled by electrical engineering giant Siemens Corp. last week at the 26th Electric Vehicle Symposium, or EVS26.

Elusive California wolf OR7 is photographed

By Bettina Boxall — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:36:00 PDT

The first color photo of California’s celebrity gray wolf, OR7, was taken this week as he loped across a sagebrush-covered hill in Modoc County.

Unabomber billboard continues to hurt Heartland Institute

By Dean Kuipers — Wed, 9 May 2012 12:26:00 PDT

With a simple statement on Tuesday, State Farm Insurance became the latest company to withdraw its support from the Heartland Institute, a Chicago-based think-tank which claims a “realist” position questioning that humans are responsible for climate change.

EV confab this weekend is about more than cars

By Dean Kuipers — Thu, 3 May 2012 14:49:00 PDT

The electric car might not be enjoying a good moment as the Electric Vehicle Symposium, EVS26, powers up for its run this weekend at the Los Angeles Convention Center. GM stopped production for five weeks on the Chevy Volt, and sales of new all-electric cars such as the Volt or the Nissan Leaf are dismal. It's further evidence that transitioning American drivers to electric vehicles (EV) is simply a hard sell.

Settlement may bring EV infrastructure to California

By Dean Kuipers — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:14:00 PDT

In an unforeseen upside to the electric-power market crisis of 2001, a new proposed legal settlement between utility NRG and the California Public Utilities Commission would bring more than $100 million in new electric-vehicle charging infrastructure to the state.

'Whale Wars'' Paul Watson on Faroes killing, online debate

By Dean Kuipers — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:28:00 PDT

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, capitalizing on the tremendous success of their Animal Planet TV show, “ Whale Wars ,” has now taken on a new battle. With the Japanese fleet’s Antarctic hunt finished for the season, the skull-and-crossbones crew have turned their attention on the Faroe Islands with a new show: “ Whale Wars: Viking Shores .”