for her part, hopes to see a creative approach to planning new energy projects.

“I grew up in public housing,” she said. “I would love to see public housing solar-ized.”

Although details on specific renewable energy projects are forthcoming, the county already has joined the ranks of a growing number of state and local governments bucking stalled federal renewable energy mandates. The state of California is also looking to curb its carbon footprint as part of Gov. Jerry Brown’s efforts to cut pollution.

The community power conversation in the East Bay also came just months after activists such as Rev. Ken Chambers of the West Side Missionary Baptist Church successfully beat back a campaign to open a new coal terminal at the Port of Oakland. He sees dual economic and environmentalLeitrim County Councillors have backed a motion by Sinn Féin member, Brendan Barry, calling for a State apology for the wrongful deportation of socialist, Jimmy Gralton.

Leitrim County Councillors have backed a motion by Sinn Féin member, Brendan Barry, calling for a State apology for the wrongful deportation of socialist, Jimmy Gralton.

Gralton was deported from Ireland in August 1933, the only Irish citizen to have ever been subject to such an order.

Addressing the Council in Carrigallen last Monday, Cllr Barry said he was seeking a State apology for the “unjust and wrongful deportation from Ireland of Effernagh, Co Leitrim native, James (Jimmy) Gralton”, noting that members of Mr Gralton’s family still resided in Co Leitrim.

“As we approach the 100th anniversary of the 1916 rising I am calling for a