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  • Photo from State Parks Dept. website

    Lawmakers Tout Measure to Keep State Parks Open

    Monday, May 21, 2012

    An effort to keep state park gates open is shaping up in the California legislature. A bipartisan proposal announced Monday would create a variety of new ways to fund parks.

  • Cleaning Up the Toxic Legacy of the Gold Rush

    Monday, May 21, 2012

    More than a century after the Gold Rush, California is still dealing with the toxic remnants of the some 47,000 abandoned mines. Some of the more heavily polluted sites are located in the Sierra. Now one small community is taking action.

  • Student Regatta Powered By Creativity and Sunshine

    Friday, May 18, 2012

    Thirteen different student teams competed Friday in the first SMUD-sponsored solar-powered boat race. The competition challenges each team to build their own boat powered solely by 4 solar panels loaned by SMUD.

  • Group Launches New Yosemite Webcam

    Monday, May 14, 2012

    If you want to take a look at Yosemite Falls…the fifth highest waterfall in the world…all of you’ve got to do is go on the internet.

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    CA Veterans Train To Fight Fires Hoping To Find Jobs

    Wednesday, May 09, 2012

    The California Conservation Corps and the US Forest Service are training more than 50 young veterans to fight fires. The goal is to help them transition from military to civilian life and give them a shot at a job with the Forest Service.

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    Pesticides Contribute to Bee Colony Collapse, Report Finds

    Tuesday, May 08, 2012

    An environmental advocacy group released a report Tuesday finding a common pesticide is contributing to the collapse of honeybee colonies. Bee losses have averaged 30 percent annually for the last four years, double what's normal.

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    Environment Groups Rev Up for Climate Change Awareness

    Friday, May 04, 2012

    Across California and around the world, environmental groups are staging demonstrations on Climate Impacts Day Saturday. Davis and Sacramento area groups will head to the vulnerable levees to send a message about climate change.

  • Initiative Requiring Labeling GMO Foods Moves Forward

    Wednesday, May 02, 2012

    Backers of a proposed initiative that would require the labeling of genetically-modified foods in California say they've turned in more than enough voter signatures to qualify for the November ballot.

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Mongolia is now tapping huge natural resources. But they're in the Gobi region, where traditional nomadic herding is under assault and desertification is a major problem. Herders are worried the mines will siphon off already dwindling water supplies, while trucks and roads destroy pastureland.


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From rooftop apiaries in Paris to a vegetable-and-chicken farm in Philadelphia, agriculture has come to the city. Urban farmer Mary Seton Corboy and food writer Jennifer Cockrall-King talk about the future of food in the city. Plus, Tama Matsuoka Wong gives tasty tips for eating garden weeds.


Trash Can May Be Greenest Option For Unused Drugs

Drug take-back programs are gaining popularity as a safe way to dispose of extra prescriptions. But a study from the University of Michigan suggests that chucking them in your household trash may be just as safe and more environmentally-friendly, thanks to reduced overall pollution.


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    Thursday, July 14, 2011

    Could the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant near San Luis Obispo withstand a Fukushima-type earthquake? In a joint investigation with PBS's Need To Know and the Center for Investigative Reporting, Capital Public Radio's Joe Rubin tackles the question.

  • Toxic Town: A 3-Part Investigative Series

    Wednesday, January 5, 2011

    The tiny, central California community of Kettleman City is located next to one of the country's largest toxic landfills. Many residents blame landfill toxins for the town's undrinkable water, health risks and birth defects. John Sepulvado reports.

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Chris Bowman

Chris Bowman
Environmental writer, Davis

Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board


Jim Baxter
Co-Director and Founder of the California Environmental Legacy Project and Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Sacramento State University


Nicole Woolsey Biggart
Professor of Management, UC Davis Graduate School of Management


Alan Ehrgott
Executive Director and Founder of the American River Conservancy, Coloma


Laurel Firestone
Co-Executive Director, Community Water Center, Visalia


Richard M. Frank
Professor and Director of the California Environmental Law & Policy Center at the UC Davis School of Law



Steven Frisch
President of the Sierra Business Council, Truckee


Jeffrey Mount
Geology Professor and Founding Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis


Deb Niemeier
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Davis


Michael Osborne
Graduate student, Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University


Christina Ragsdale
Communications Manager, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District


Rick Ridgeway
Patagonia’s Vice President of Environmental Initiatives and Special Media Projects


Barton H. “Buzz” Thompson, Jr.
Professor in Natural Resources Law and Director of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University


Paul S. Towers
State Director of Pesticide Watch and Pesticide Watch Education Fund in Sacramento