May 15, 2020 | Kris Vera-Phillips
Residents from Salt Lake City to the Central Valley in California say they felt a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that hit western Nevada early Friday morning.
May 14, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
The proposed budget update has cuts and reductions across environmental sectors including climate resilience programs to state parks. The largest proposed environmental investment is allotted to Cal Fire.
May 7, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
Californians are breathing cleaner air now due to pandemic travel restrictions, but it could go away as fast as it cleared up. Although some scientists say it doesn’t have to if we double our climate goals and keep cars off roads.
May 1, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
The California solar industry has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing hundreds of businesses to shed or furlough an estimated 15,000 clean energy jobs.
April 30, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
California’s bold Green New Deal could be severely scaled down or sidelined until next year due to the pandemic. But some lawmakers and advocates say there’s an important COVID-19 connection to the legislation.
April 30, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
A new proposal could mean 300,000 zero-emission trucks on California’s roads by 2035. It’s being applauded by environmentalists, but some in the trucking industry want state leaders to relax climate standards due to the pandemic.
April 29, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
A small brown bear was reportedly roaming around a neighborhood pond in West Davis as of 7 a.m., reports the Davis Police Department. While wildlife is returning to places like Yosemite, some urban areas haven't seen similar increases.
April 27, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
Popular culture has somewhat demonized bats. Now bats have a link to the pandemic, but scientists say humans don’t need to fear bats, they should fear people.
April 23, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
A number of California regions are unofficially competing this weekend to gather the most data about the wildlife in their cities. You can join them while taking a walk in your neighborhood or even from inside your home.
April 22, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
The mayors released a draft plan on Wednesday that sets the goal of becoming carbon zero by 2045. Achieving this would mean that no human caused carbon emissions are being produced. But some climate groups say that goal isn’t fast enough.
Environment NEWS
May 22, 2020
For some youth, being part of the solution means focusing their entire lives on the climate crisis. For Xiye Bastida, a 17-year-old climate justice activist, there is no hope without action.
May 22, 2020
If you had to explain to a newborn what it means to live on Earth, at this time of crisis — what would you say? Writer, illustrator, and artist Oliver Jeffers gives his answer in a letter to his son.
May 22, 2020
In 2015, Christiana Figueres helped pave the path to the historic Paris Agreement. She says more than ever we need stubborn optimism — a gritty, determined choice to make change because we have to.
May 22, 2020
It's easy to feel powerless against looming challenges we cannot control — like climate change. So what should we do? Political strategist Tom Rivett-Carnac says the power is in our mindset.
May 21, 2020
Federal forecasters expect 3 to 6 major hurricanes during the 2020 hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 1. Rising seas and a warmer climate make storms of all sizes more damaging.
