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A monumental step for Mendo Coast
A spectacular two-mile stretch of the Mendocino Coast moved a step closer to becoming a national monument with approval last week by the House of Representatives.
In Humboldt County, money does in fact grow on trees -- or, more precisely, closer to the soil, indoors or out. It's what's being done by some to cultivate the North Coast's cash crop that should give anyone pause.
The evidence confronts North Coast residents every day. Forests are being trashed. Trees clear-cut. Waters polluted. Wildlife poisoned.
WASHINGTON — California has a reputation for having some of the nation's most aggressive rules on workplace safety, consumer protection and environmental quality — regulations that force companies to make costly adjustments to the way they do business worldwide.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Monday to add more than two miles of stunning Mendocino coastline to the California Coastal National Monument.
Monday's vote to pass the bill backed by Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, brings the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands a significant step closer to achieving monument status.
The GOP-controlled House is expected to pass without controversy (on suspension) the California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act of 2013, a Democratic bill to add 1,255 acres near Mendocino to the marine monument. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, introduced the bill in the last Congress and it became the first bill introduced by his successor in the redrawn district, Rep.
WASHINGTON — The House on Monday approved expansion of the California Coastal National Monument north of San Francisco, adding about 1,255 acres to "this jewel of California's North Coast,'' the area's congressman said.
Rep. Jared Huffman visited the College of Marin on Wednesday to rally support for legislation that would prevent a doubling of student loan interest rates on July 1.
During a visit to Eureka Tuesday, Congressman Jared Huffman announced plans to introduce legislation aimed at alleviating the financial hardship of a federal loan that has been weighing on Pacific Coast groundfish fishermen for just under a decade.
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