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Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
A Silicon Valley-based nonprofit working for a "sustainable nonpolluting economy where a healthy environment is a right."
ARTICLES
Ballot Measure Threatens San Francisco dot-coms
Attendance at a pro-dot-com-development rally was anemic compared to the turnout that pro-San Francisco-diversity events tend to get. (9/29/2000 at Salon.com)
Blueprint for Restraint
Portola Valley, home to many dot-com elite, is putting the reigns on atypical architectural design. (7/17/2000 at Mercury Center)
Dot Coms on Shaky Ground
Risk management experts warn that most dot-coms in the San Francisco Bay Area have no plans for dealing with "The Big One" - a catastrophic earthquake some say will eventually hit Northern California. (4/10/2000 at Wired News)
Dot-com Invasion Ignites Protest in S.F.
A hearing on development plans for the Mission Armory in San Francisco turned into a clash between police and anti-dot-com residents. (9/8/2000 at Mercury Center)
'Dot-Commers Go Home!'
As the housing situation in the San Francisco Bay Area gets worse, tensions rise between "dot-commers" and others. (8/26/2000 at Wired News)
From Living Large to Just Living
Though dot-commers are being laid off at a high rate in Silicon Valley, most - at least the technical people - are finding jobs again quickly. (1/19/2001 at Wired News)
Hi, OT Law; Bye, Tech Boom?
A new state law requires California companies to pay all hourly-wage workers (including computer programmers) overtime; Silicon Valley high tech firms are lobbying for an exemption. (3/2/2000 at Wired News)
How the Tech Crash Became a Generational Divide
A series of articles looking at how tech workers in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s in Silicon Valley have been affected by the tech downturn. (2/9/2003 at Mercury Center)
Internet Fuels Stunning First-Half Boom in Silicon Valley
In the first 6 months of 2000, the top 150 Silicon Valley companies increased sales 33 percent, and profits 83 percent. (9/18/2000 at Mercury Center)
Is it the 'Me Generation' on DSL?
Some say that sudden riches have turned tech workers into spoiled boors with too many SUVs, PDAs, and cell phones, and no manners; this columnist says they're no worse than the rich and powerful of other industries. (5/15/2000 at ZDNet)
Mayor, Growth-Control Advocates Will Have Competing Measures
Mayor Willie Brown of San Francisco has proposed a measure that would limit dot-com business development in the Mission District and Potrero Hill; but some neighborhood activists say it's full of loopholes. (8/10/2000 at SF Gate)
Real Time
Despite the new-economy mantra of the irrelevance of real-world location and distance, people flock to Silicon Valley. If the Internet really erased geography, being in the Valley wouldn't matter. (2/27/2000 at Mercury Center)
SBC Has Lock on DSL
Phone service customers in the Bay Area are finding that they can't get DSL service if they don't use SBC for local phone service. (12/21/2002 at SF Gate)
Silicon Valley Job Growth Begins to Slow
Job growth in Silicon Valley slowed from 3.8% in 1999 to 3% in 2000, according to Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network; in their report, they also provide figures on transportation and housing problems. (1/18/2001 at The New York Times)
Tech Start-Ups Merging in Hopes of Survival
Small high-tech companies in the San Francisco Bay Area are merging at a frantic pace, in the hopes of staving off failure; some wonder if it's equivalent to "rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic." (10/8/2001 at Siliconvalley.com)
Turn Off the Internet!
Some blame the Internet and high-tech companies for the power shortages in California; others point out that during the recent high-tech boom, the nation's energy requirements have grown more slowly than they used to. (1/17/2001 at Salon.com)
Under Profit Pressures, dot-coms Bolting From Bay Area
PlanetRx.com, InsWeb Corp., Pets.com and Egghead.com are moving some or all of their operations out of Silicon Valley, to places with lower rents and costs of living. (9/13/2000 at Mercury Center)
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