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What We Need in a State Smartmeter Law
A Smartmeter law needs at the minimum — 1. Halt to wireless communication (transmission) from home meters. This solves wireless threats to health and interference with medical devices and other wireless devices. Optical cable (vs wireless radio transmission) can solve … Continue reading
Success: PUC “Orders” PG&E To Prepare Plan to Stop Installing Smartmeters for Californians Who Reject Them
The San Jose Mercury news reports that the California PUC has ordered PG&E to provide a way to “Opt-out” of Smartmeters for those who don’t want them.
Pacific Grove vs Smartmeters
Last evening the Pacific Grove City Council directed staff to prepare a resolution to send to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) requesting the CPUC allow people who don’t want Smartmeters to refuse them.
Smartmeter Poem: “The Devil” by Ellen Cecil
The Devil Smart Meter Satire (c) Copyright 2011 Ellen Cecil Adapted from an original Poem by Anonymous Men don’t believe in a devil now as their fathers used to do. Yet they’ve opened the door to Smart Meter Hell to … Continue reading
Posted in "Smart"meters, Radiation/Light Pollution
Tagged El Diabolo, His Majesty, Smart Meter Hell, Smart Meter Satire
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PG City Manager Offers Amazing One-sided Access to Highly Politicized Anti-Tree Group
Last evening, March 9, 2011 during public comment of the highly controversial city effort to eviscerate the city’s tree protection law, the Pacific Grove City Manager, Tom Frutchey, told members of the Anti-Tree Group that when he interviewed outside consultants … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Acts, Pacific Grove, Staffocracy
Tagged CEQA, City Council, City Manager, Tom Frutchey
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PG&E Under Criminal Investigation for Killing 8 People in San Bruno?
PG&E admitted in their SEC filing this week: “Reputational harm that PG&E Corporation and the Utility may suffer depending on the outcome of the various investigations; the outcome of civil litigation; and the extent to which civil or criminal proceedings … Continue reading
Smartmeter Radiowaves can Interfere with Medical Life Support Devices
Health harm and deaths have been caused by radio frequency devices: “Hundreds of incidents of RFI induced medical device failure have been reported, studied, and summarized.” (IEEE, “Radiofrequency Interference with Medical Devices”, 1998) “Smart”meter Radiowaves can interfere with phones, WiFi … Continue reading
Are Illegal Smartmeters causing Fires in California?
California state law seems to require all electric devices hooked into the state electric power grid to have electrical certification. Are Smartmeters Illegal?
Posted in "Smart"meters, Bad Acts, Radiation/Light Pollution
Tagged ANSI, Capitola City, Councilman Termini, Federal Regulations, NOTICE, San Bruno
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Smartmeters on PG Agenda this Wednesday March 9th
Posted in "Smart"meters, Pacific Grove, Radiation/Light Pollution
Tagged Pacific Grove, Wednesday March
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Seaside Council Unanimously Adopts Emergency Smartmeter Ban Ordinance
Here is an excerpt from the brand new Emergency law : “From and after the effective date of this ordinance, no PG&E SmartMeter may be installed in or on any home, apartment, condominium or business of any type within the … Continue reading
Monterey Council Unanimously Demands PG&E Stop Smartmeter Installations
A Resolution “Demanding” PG&E stop installing “Smart”meters was unanimously adopted by the City Council of Monterey tonight March 1, 2011.
Posted in "Smart"meters, Good Acts, Radiation/Light Pollution
Tagged City Council, Emergency Ordinance
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Water Wars: Ron Weitzman’s “Water Plus” has Joined the Dark Side
Monterey County Developers are Dancing in the Streets now that Ron Weitzman’s group “Water Plus” is taking big steps to destroy our Water District. Our Water District, with all of its faults, is the only legal barrier standing between our … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Acts, Imperiled Animals, Water, Water District, Water Supply
Tagged Water District, Water Plus
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“Smart”meter Complaints
Since PG&E and the Public Utilities Commission don’t care about harm to you from “smart”meters – HOPE invites you to submit your complaint here in the “Reply” section below. HOPE will compile them and submit them together. Please describe whether … Continue reading
Posted in "Smart"meters, Radiation/Light Pollution
Tagged HOPE, Public Utilities Commission, PUC
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Draft: Emergency Smartmeter Moratorium Law for Pacific Grove
Posted in "Smart"meters, Good Acts, Models, Pacific Grove, Public Participation, Radiation/Light Pollution
Tagged ABSENT, ATTEST, AYES, NOES
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Herald mis-reports “approval” of new Pebble Beach Co. Forest Destruction project.
This is a note sent on January 31, 2011, to the Herald reporter who misreported an “approval” of the new Pebble Beach Company Forest Destruction project. He failed to respond or issue a correction within two weeks. If he ever … Continue reading
What’s Wrong with “Smart”meters?
What’s all the fuss about PG&E’s “Smart”meters for our electricity and gas? Aren’t they supposed to show us our power usage “live” so we can cut back on excessive power use and save money? That was the idea – before … Continue reading
Posted in "Smart"meters, Bad Acts, Clean, Radiation/Light Pollution
Tagged Environmental Working Group, IEEE, Longer Term Action, Santa Cruz
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Cal-Am Water Corp trying to pull another Fast one
Is Our Peninsula’s for-profit water corporation, California-American Water Corp. (or Cal-Am), Improperly Trying to Connect another Subdivision? You are invited to the Hearing this Monday the 7th in the Monterey City Hall Conference Chambers. 10 AM Hwy 68 Coalition (the … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Acts, Public Participation, Water Supply
Tagged Mike Weaver, San Benancio Road
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San Francisco May Reduce Yellow Pages Forest Destruction
Do you get new Yellow Pages every year? Besides being so out of date by the time they arrive did you ever wonder how much forest is destroyed to make them ? Lots, LOTS of beautiful breathtaking forests are destroyed … Continue reading
Posted in Forest Protection, Good Acts
Tagged LOTS, San Francisco Supervisors, Yellow Pages
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Pacific Grove Officials Willfully Blind to Obvious Environmental Impacts
Pacific Grove, like many other California cities, has a long track record of systematically avoiding compliance with a well-accepted environmental process law called CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act). In spite of Pacific Grove losing some 40 percent of its forest … Continue reading
New Pebble Beach Forest Destruction Project Already Going Wrong
The new Pebble Beach Project is already going in a bad direction. 1. The County is preparing to hire the same company (Jones and Stokes) that wrote the horrible, politically biased and legally faulty environmental harm analysis (the EIR) for … Continue reading
New Pebble Beach Forest Destruction Project Still Has Serious Problems
Helping Our Peninsula’s Environment is the organization that lead the successful 15 year effort to protect the native Monterey pine forest from Pebble Beach Company’s (PBC) chainsaws. The effort succeeded when the Coastal Commission rejected Supervisor Dave Potter’s motion to … Continue reading
Posted in Imperiled Animals, Pebble Beach Co. Logging Development, Water
Tagged Coastal Commission, Endangered Species, HOPE, PBC
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Pebble Beach Monterey Pine Forests Saved from Clint Eastwood’s Chainsaw Massacre
* Monterey Pine Forests Win !!! * California’s Coastal Commission votes 8-4 to reject Pebble Beach Co.’s Rezoning effort. * Fifteen year long Forest vs. Golf Course battle seemingly over.
Landwatch Vs Our Environment, Quality of Life and Democracy
“[The Landwatch Community General Plan] does allow a significant amount of growth.” – Landwatch Executive Director Gary Patton at the televised Green Party debate between HOPE and Landwatch, March 9, 2005 You might reasonably wonder why does Landwatch want huge … Continue reading