August 3, 2020
Projects that tackle vehicles, pollution in low-income communities, prescribed burns and even cows have lost 14% of their original budgets because of cap and trade shortfall.
July 31, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
Each year, scientists release data about how Lake Tahoe is changing — and in the past year the lake lost eight feet of clarity. But tiny shrimp are making it difficult to sustain that clarity. That’s why researchers want to turn them into dog treats.
July 29, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
California has a new plan for equipping the state to cope with water related challenges like climate change. What it outlines could help areas like Sacramento. But others say it relies on old thinking and harmful water storage projects.
July 23, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
A state bill that sets a goal to protect 30% of land and oceans by 2030 is one of very few environmental bills to survive the pandemic. Supporters say the proposal will benefit communities of color that haven’t had as much access to open spaces.
July 17, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
Construction crews are a few months into reshaping the largest remaining wetland in the Tahoe Basin. Once the Upper Truckee Marsh is restored it could help keep Lake Tahoe blue by improving its ability to withstand the impacts of climate change.
July 10, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
If an electric car is used for ride-hailing services it could have three times the climate benefits of a personally owned electric car. That’s because these cars are really efficient, among other reasons UC Davis researchers recently found.
July 3, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
Sacramento doesn’t have a scarcity of environmental groups. But what is lacking is an advocacy group that adequately listens to Black people when it comes to environmental laws and policies that impact their lives. A new group aims to change that.
June 24, 2020 | Bert Johnson
Nevada’s Governor wants to follow California’s lead on stronger fuel efficiency standards and require automakers to offer more electric vehicles for sale in Nevada.
June 18, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
California may need to take a lesson from what’s happening with wildfires in Arizona where more than 220,000 acres have burned. California’s peak dry season is usually late in the summer and fall, but fires have already begun at lower elevations.
May 28, 2020
Insight checks in on reforestation efforts in California as the state forays deeper into fire season amid the coronavirus pandemic.
