October 23, 2019
(AP) — The Trump administration is suing California over the state's agreement with the Canadian province Quebec to limit climate-damaging fossil fuel emissions.
October 14, 2019 | Chris Nichols
Most residential solar systems are designed only to work when the customer is connected to the grid. Solar battery storage changes that.
TahoeLandEpisode 7
October 3, 2019
When it comes to politics, Tahoe is a blue island in a sea of red. But this episode isn’t only about political alliances. It’s also about seeing the lake differently: What if we view the lake as part of our identity, not just place we visit?
September 27, 2019
The bill would have made it easier for state regulators to counter the Trump administration's efforts to change enforcement of the federal Endangered Species Act and other environmental pillars — at least in California.
September 25, 2019
States say the changes would make it tougher to protect wildlife even in the midst of a global extinction crisis. The lawsuit follows a similar challenge filed last month by several environmental groups.
TahoeLandEpisode 6
September 19, 2019
Fire plays no favorites. And even though a lot is being done to make Tahoe fire-ready, the region remains vulnerable. Huge swaths of forest and hundreds of homes require cleaning up — because just one blaze could destroy the Tahoe we know today.
September 18, 2019
(AP) — A wilderness protection group has filed a suit to try to block the construction of a gondola that would pass through a national forest to connect two ski resorts in the Tahoe area.
September 17, 2019
(AP) — The Trump administration is revoking California's authority to set auto mileage standards stricter than those issued by federal regulators, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday.
TahoeLandEpisode 5
September 12, 2019
Climate change is impacting everyday life for Tahoe’s locals, who are having to rethink their jobs, businesses and the tourism industry in order to make it. For some, it's heart wrenching. But others are seeing a new vision for Tahoe’s future.
September 12, 2019 | Emily Zentner
Climate change is creating uncertainty for many of the most vulnerable employees in Tahoe’s tourism economy.
Environment NEWS
November 10, 2019
Scientists have frozen their ship to an ice floe to study the causes and consequences of diminishing Arctic ice, in the hopes of improving how the Arctic is represented in climate models.
November 9, 2019
Several fires across New South Wales continue to burn as conditions in the area — two years or more of drought, hot and dry winds, little to no rainfall — have spurred the blazes.
November 9, 2019
As Cambodia kicks off a three-day water festival, fishermen are struggling to make a living in the face of climate change and hydropower dams.
November 8, 2019
Officials say persistent drought caused a massive outbreak of fires in New South Wales, which is the country's most populous state. Dangerous conditions are expected to continue in the coming months.
November 8, 2019
North Carolina is the U.S.'s biggest producer of tobacco. The Trump administration's trade war with China is beginning to wallop the state's industry which was already struggling.
