U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Peppy Kia Rio Ex Kicks Off Greener Car Reviews

Today we begin here at Navelgazing's "Ride Me" lot one in an occasional--and someday, perhaps, weekly--series on consumer vehicles powered by water, natural gas, electricity, hybrid motors, high-efficiency gasoline engines, my tears or other alternative sources.Kicking things off is the peppy litt ... More >>

Biologist Accuses Inland Water Districts of Spooking Populace Over Expanded Santa Ana Sucker Habitat

​Inland water districts are using unfounded claims, invented projections and a "staged sham" hearing to spread fears to the populace about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) having designated a portion of the Santa Ana River as a "critical habitat" for a little fish known as the Santa Ana su ... More >>

Five Songs for Earth Day

​ Today marks the forty-first anniversary of Earth Day. As the brainchild of Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, the observation first held in the United States on April 22nd, 1970 was conceived as a 'teach-in' meant to inspire awareness and action on issues critical to the health of the enviro ... More >>

Naming the Orange County Great Park After Ronald Reagan Gets Scholarly Stamps of Approval

​A 25-year-old law has presented a snag in getting a statue of Ronald Reagan erected in a Newport Beach park. But who needs a statue when you can have an entire park named in your honor? And not just any park, but the Orange County Great Park, which has been billed as the first great municipal par ... More >>

Japan Radiation No Threat to California, Officials Say

​Maybe it's the fact that Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant has already suffered several explosions, is currently leaking radiation into the air, and seems to be headed toward total meltdown. Maybe it's the fact that a cold pressure system is sucking cold wind out of China and Korea and sendin ... More >>

Serpentine to Avoid Flying Serpentine!

​When state Sen. Gloria Romero (D-Los Angeles) recently proposed legislation that would de-list serpentine as the state rock on grounds the mineral "contains asbestos, a known carcinogen," it raised hackles from the left and right.For instance, the New York Times editorial board opined, "To our m ... More >>

Is Obama Our Nixon and Fox News Our New York Times?

​Is Barack Obama this generation's disgraced Orange County favorite son Richard Nixon?And does that make Fox News the Dick-era equivalent of the Pentagon Papers-publishing New York Times?Well, Bebe Rebozo, see if you can follow the bouncing twisted-logic ball . . .

Nixon Library Museum Store is Green With Ennui

The private Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Foundation (not to be confused with the public Richard Nixon Library and Museum) has really gotten into the spirit of Earth Day. The foundation is directing shoppers to its cash cow, the museum store, with an email blast that states:Celebrate Earth ... More >>

Surfrider Flush With Cash, Not Without Controversy

Sacramento correspondent Brian Joseph had an interesting post on the Register's OC Watchdog blog last week about the explosive growth of the San Clemente-based Surfrider Foundation. Confirming with a group that follows the membership and money generated by nonprofits, Joseph reported that Surfrider ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

Sacramento correspondent Brian Joseph had an interesting post on the Register's OC Watchdog blog last week about the explosive growth of the San Clemente-based Surfrider Foundation. Confirming with a group that follows the membership and money generated by nonprofits, Joseph reported that Surfrider ... More >>

[game on] Point and Chop

No amount of sharpening can save this dull blade

It Doesnt Suck!

WEB EXCLUSIVE! Breathe easy, Simpsons fans. The movie is eeeexellent

Spoiler Alert

An Unreasonable Man reopens the Nader debate: Is it his fault?

Road to Nowhere Fast

Foothill-South delayed until 2011, possibly forever

An Inconvenient Slope

Big Bears ski resorts are covered in snow despite a chronic lack of natural snowfall. So where are the crowds? Dont blame global warmingblame the media

Dem Bones

Web Exclusive! Let's Help the Democrats Find Their Spines

Kill the Poor!

Irvine proposes low-cost housing for toxic land

The Ghost of Malthus in OC

Only four days after OC was named the third wealthiest county in the country (with 113,299 millionaire households), news comes that Irvine is taking measures to ensure low-cost housing remains available. Given the state of low-cost housing in OC (mostly nonexistent), and the fact that the LA Times ... More >>

!Ask a Mexican!

'Mexicans Will Take Only So Much Ribaldry'

Wash, Rinse, and Repeat, Repeat, Repeat!

Helping the folks who need it: the GOP

Beyond the Valley of the Dirt People

909s change to 951 wont stop Inland Empire joke site

Letters

909s change to 951 wont stop Inland Empire joke site

The Junk in Our Trunk

The Register misreads science in order to score political points

Passion of the Zombies

Dawn of the Dead eats Mel Gibsons brain

Best Shopping and Porn

Dawn of the Dead eats Mel Gibsons brain

To Your Corporate Health

Dawn of the Dead eats Mel Gibsons brain

Toxics? What Toxics?

Agran and Irvines about-face on El Toro contamination

Boned Again

TO: Anthony "Tony" Rackauckas, Orange County District Attorney

FROM: Anthony "Tony" Pignataro

Scam Adams

John Adams wants to be judge in a bad way

In the Sewage Pipeline

Anti-dumping bill picks up steam

Lie Spy

Anti-dumping bill picks up steam

Clear As Mud

Sanitation directors confusion is evident

Not Too Late for a War Crimes Tribunal

He turns 91 this week, so its possible Ronald Reagan cant remember. But Jim Washburn cant forget

Hot Water Has Navy in Really Hot Water

County reports say radioactive ground-water contamination at El Toro is worse than we all thought

Toxic Company

Feds say Tustin base cleanup company is dirty

The Taxi Driver

Military sales to Latin American dictators, CIA contacts, and the strange odyssey of OC cabby Richard Schorling

Lawnbot

It mows the lawn while you read a book

Heal the SUV

Ford's partnership with Heal the Bay not as weird as it sounds

Russians, Rockets and the Santa Ana River

A closed weapons plant in the Chino Hills may be leaking hazardous chemicals into the Santa Ana River

Homeless Base

Affordable housing at El Toro faces the bulldozer

Letters

Affordable housing at El Toro faces the bulldozer

More Crap, Farther Away

Affordable housing at El Toro faces the bulldozer

Letters

Affordable housing at El Toro faces the bulldozer

Beach Blanket Stinko

Corky's fight to keep our ocean clean

It's a Gas, Gas, Gas

City yard petroleum leak spurs finger pointing

Same Place, New Debacle

City yard petroleum leak spurs finger pointing

Prescription for Disaster

If San Onofre is so safe, why are federal officials pushing anti-radiation pills on its neighbors?

July-September

If San Onofre is so safe, why are federal officials pushing anti-radiation pills on its neighbors?