Martin Guerena is the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) specialist for the City of Davis. Martin discusses how Davis is using IPM practices to reduce the application of harmful pesticides in and around Davis. To learn more about the IPM practices happening in Davis, check out the City of Davis website for IPM. To contact Martin, you can email him at mguerena (at) cityofdavis (dot) org . The city of Davis daily pesticide hotline number is 530-757-5261.Jeff Ruch, Executive Director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) explains coal ash and its possible risks. Citing a lack of scientific studies of coal ash's safety, PEER worries that recent attempts by the EPA to help move this coal waste product into "the stream of commerce" will cause harm. Check out "Coal Ash from U.S. Blamed for Dominican Towns Birth Defects" for a related news story.
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Music Playlist:
"Delgadina" by Mercedez Lopez (American Roots Collection on Smithsonian Folkways)
"Woke Up This Morning" by Abner Jay (One Man Band on Subliminal Sounds)
"Wasteland of the Free" by Iris Dement (The Way I Should on Warner Brothers)
Announcements:
Green Bag Lunch - Tuesday, Nov. 24 - 12:30-1:30pm in the MU Fielder Room at UC Davis
Get together with other campus folks who are concerned about campus resource use, general environmental stewardship and sustainability related issues, and learn from others about what is going on at UC Davis when it comes to these issues. Light refreshments included...
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