December 31, 2018 | Ezra David Romero
California will be the first state to prohibit sit-down restaurants from serving drinks with plastic straws, though diners will still be able to request them.
December 20, 2018 | Ezra David Romero
Scientists are partnering with kids to help catch snowflakes. Their goal? Working with students to study what crystals can tell us about snow, the weather and how climate change impacts our water supply.
December 14, 2018 | Ezra David Romero
Experts have ideas for to clean up the state’s dense forests and make them safer. But what does it cost to do this? We visit the Tahoe National Forest to find out.
December 14, 2018
(AP) — California moved Friday to eliminate fossil fuels from its fleet of 12,000 transit buses, enacting a first-in-the-nation mandate that will vastly increase the number of electric buses on the road.
December 13, 2018
(AP) — A state board on Wednesday approved a contentious proposal to boost water flows through a Central California river, a move that would increase habitat for salmon but deliver less water to farmers and cities such as San Francisco.
December 11, 2018
The Trump administration wants to substantially limit which waterways are protected under the Clean Water Act. Farmers and developers have long lobbied against the current rule as too expansive.
December 10, 2018 | Ezra David Romero
The Camp Fire killed 86 people. But at least one family didn’t evacuate and they survived.
December 6, 2018
CapRadio’s environment reporter Ezra David Romero joins us to discuss his latest feature on using Christmas tree permit programs to thin forests and manage wildfires.
December 6, 2018
Single and small multi-family homes must include solar panels starting in 2020. Recent extreme weather events such as wildfires and drought make the need clear, a state official says.
December 5, 2018 | Ezra David Romero
Every holiday season, the Forest Service allows the public to cut down a number of trees for a small fee. Some experts say this practice could be ramped up to help thin the state’s dense forests.
