Category Archives: California

Santa Cruz 4G Verizon “Monopine” Dies Well Deserved Death

A plan by Verizon Corp. to install a 4G cell tower less than 700 feet from an elementary school in downtown Boulder Creek has been withdrawn, thanks to the dozens of people who showed up at the county building in … Continue reading

Posted in California, Citizen rebellion, Democracy, FCC, Federal Energy Act of 2005, Federal Government, health effects, legal issues, neighborhood organizing, radio-frequency radiation, Santa Cruz County | Leave a comment

A Threat to Our Lives: Climate Change & “Smart Grid”

This is Jerry McNerney, a congressman from Stockton, CA who has worked for utility and telecom interests and received campaign contributions from the same.  He has dutifully introduced the new “Smart Grid Advancement Act,” (HR 2685) a bill that could … Continue reading

Posted in California, Climate Change, Democracy, Environmental Concerns, Federal Government, PG&E, Smart Grid, Washington DC | 2 Comments

Put Your Phone Down

Posted in California, Cell phones, Citizen rebellion, Los Angeles | 1 Comment

Bait and Switch: PG&E Breaking Deal to Return Analog Meters

PG&E advertises that people can ‘opt out’ and get an analog meter- indeed they are required to offer this option by the CPUC.  The reality- as Patrick from San Francisco discovered, is not that simple. In Sacramento, after SMUD relented … Continue reading

Posted in California, Citizen rebellion, CPUC, PG&E, radio-frequency radiation, San Francisco | 6 Comments

“Smart Grid Advancement Act” Introduced in US Congress; Take Action to Stop it Today

Two members of congress (Jerry McNerney, D- Stockton, CA and Matt Cartwright, D- PA) have introduced a congressional bill (HR 2685) that would apparently require all electricity providers (including rural cooperatives and municipal utilities) to join the ‘smart’ grid and … Continue reading

Posted in California, Federal Government, Privacy, radio-frequency radiation, Smart Grid, Washington DC | 64 Comments