November 30, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
Two-thirds of California is in at least some degree of drought at the moment. With little rain in the forecast and a predicted dry winter climate, scientists say drought could get a lot worse. But is it the beginning of another multi-year drought?
November 30, 2020
Enjoying nature while preserving it is an age-old conflict in California, but nowhere is it more fraught than at Oceano Dunes. Can off-roading and endangered species coexist?
November 27, 2020 | Ezra David Romero
A state audit released the day before Thanksgiving shows that California oil regulators didn’t follow their own rules and in 2019 issued hundreds of inappropriate permits for new wells.
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?
