Jonathan Greenberg

Journalist Jonathan Greenberg is the editor and publisher of the award winning Sonoma Independent, which he founded in 2015 to serve the public interest with analysis, solutions and advocacy. He was chief of research for the first Forbes 400 Rich List and has been published in dozens of national media outlets including the Washington Post, the New York Times, New York, Town & Country, GQ, the Huffington Post and the New Republic. Greenberg is also a technology entrepreneur. He is CEO of EV Everywhere, a technology licensing company developing the first 5 MWh mobile battery charging station to incorporate breakthroughs in battery density and MCS charging. A Web 1.0 pioneer, he started his first company, Gist.com to provide the first customizable TV listings on the Internet for companies like Yahoo, AOL and MSNBC. Gist won the first ever Webby Award in 1997. He served as Policy Director for the New York City Council’s Lower Manhattan redevelopment effort after 9/11. He is currently co-chair of New York’s Bella Abzug Leadership Institute, a 20-year old non-profit that trains inner city students in leadership skills. He holds a Masters degree for journalists from Yale Law School.

Will the New Monsanto Doctrine Hijack Democracy in Epic Hawaii GMO Ruling? Federal and State agencies created to protect people's health and environmental safety have been reinvented as legal shields to protect the world's most toxic agrochemical companies from people

Posted by - June 14, 2016
The ominous Monsanto Doctrine is the right of agrochemical corporations to spray unlimited toxic pesticides regardless of any local law passed to protect human or environmental safety.
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Friends Group Launches Petition to Help Sonoma West Hospital’s Cash Flow Crisis District Board bridge financing needed for shortfall caused by delayed insurance reimbursement; Congressmen Huffman and Thompson urge Medicare bureaucracy to speed up back payments

Posted by - January 27, 2016
A new grassroots Friends of Sonoma West Medical Center launched its first public campaign today to urge the elected Palm Drive Health Care District Board to take immediate action to…
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