November 23, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
Millions of commercially raised turkeys will be consumed this week, while their wilder cousins roam free. But wild turkeys may have to trot a little faster to keep up with the projected shifts in both summer and winter climate spaces.
November 23, 2020
The auto company, aligned with President Trump, now aligns with president-election Joe Biden in climate change plans.
November 19, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
NASA researchers in California are teaming up to take these measurements from space. The goal is to track one of the clearest signs of global warming for the next decade.
November 13, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
A UCLA researcher is sounding the alarm to not wait on addressing impending floods from warming temperatures. Waiting to address flooding issues, like the state’s done with wildfire, could mean breaching of levees and flooding across the state.
November 12, 2020 | Nina Sparling
Some 1 million Californians lack access to safe drinking water. A new state report found there has been progress towards changing that, but a 2019 state program could benefit from funding and legislative oversight.
November 12, 2020
When the state consolidates inmate fire camps next month, remote Modoc County is left with few resources to prevent and battle its lightning-sparked fires
November 6, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
What’s up with fracking? It was mentioned in the presidential debates, youth climate activists want the practice stopped, Gov. Newsom said he wants to end it, but then his administration issues new permits. Why is fracking getting so much play?
November 6, 2020
The state extends temporary protection from insurance cancellations to 2.1 million Californians living in wildfire-prone regions, but long-term solutions to stabilize the market remain elusive.
November 4, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
The U.S. formally pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement this week. But what does that mean for states like California with ambitious climate goals?
November 2, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
Every California voter was sent a ballot. With the election upon us and ballots already being counted there is a lot of paper that’ll be leftover when the cycle is finished. But what happens to all those envelopes and ballots?
Environment NEWS
November 23, 2020
Environmental groups praise Kerry for his decades of climate work, including negotiating the Paris Agreement. He will face challenges after four years of a diminished U.S. role in climate diplomacy.
November 23, 2020
In 2017, a study reported one in three people in one rural Alabama county had been exposed to hookworm. Catherine Coleman Flowers says the study reveals big gaps in sanitation in rural America.
November 22, 2020
A symbol of Lebanon's resilience through its long, turbulent history, the country's towering cedars now face increasing threats from wildfire and parasites, both fueled by global warming.
November 21, 2020
Portland, Oregon, will fund clean energy in communities that are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. That's an idea that's part of President-elect Joe Biden's sweeping climate plan.
November 20, 2020
Several big farm groups, traditionally hostile to environmental regulations, are now working with environmental advocates in support of farmer-friendly actions to reduce carbon emissions.
