August 12, 2022
Here’s a list of resources to track the latest information on the wildfires burning throughout Northern California.
August 11, 2022 | Manola Secaira
Groups converged on California’s Capitol on Thursday to lobby for proposed laws to create more water equity.
August 6, 2022
The state can expedite approval of renewable energy projects but rural counties say they already do their part with solar and wind farms. “We’re in the crosshairs, but we don’t think we are the right target here,” one rural advocate says.
August 5, 2022 | Manola Secaira
From pyrocumulous clouds to fire tornadoes, Californians have witnessed the intense impacts of massive blazes. Scientists hope understanding these phenomena will help prepare firefighters.
August 2, 2022
State funding is insufficient so lower-income residents have trouble getting their subsidies. The problems jeopardize California’s climate and air pollution goals as electric car prices keep rising.
July 29, 2022 | Manola Secaira
The Washburn and Oak fires forced thousands to evacuate and destroyed more than 100 homes. Both blazes sparked in a matter of weeks. It has residents and business owners concerned about the future of the Yosemite community.
July 29, 2022 | Mike Hagerty
CapRadio spoke with Public Policy Institute of California president Mark Baldessare about the survey’s findings.
July 27, 2022
The tunnel project, which would cost billions and take decades, aims to help shore up water supplies in much of California. The new environmental impact report outlines the impacts.
July 25, 2022 | Mike Hagerty
The Reno-Sparks-Carson City area reported unhealthy air quality Monday, but the Sacramento area residents may be able to breathe relatively easy for now.
July 25, 2022 | Rich Ibarra
Renting a car would cost $4 an hour or $35 for the day. The program is paid for by a California Air Resources Board grant and could start later this year.
Environment NEWS
August 12, 2022
The average low temperature for the lower 48 states in July was 63.6 F. It's not only the hottest nightly average for July, but for any month in 128 years of record keeping, a NOAA climatologist said.
August 12, 2022
There's a long history of massive inland flooding in California. New research finds that climate change has already doubled the odds it happens again.
August 12, 2022
An unprecedented drought is afflicting nearly half of the European continent, damaging farm economies, forcing water restrictions and causing wildfires and threatening aquatic species.
August 11, 2022
Some of the Act's $369 billion in energy and climate spending aims to make it easier and cheaper for Americans to live more sustainably.
August 10, 2022
A study builds on research that shows landfills are the third-largest source of methane emissions globally, after oil and gas systems and agriculture.
