气候变化

加州野火

The West is burning, so California struggles to find help fighting its wildfires

California’s early outbreak of major fires means its neighbors can’t send much aid because they’re ablaze, too.

经过 朱莉·卡特 • 8 月 28, 2020

教育

Wildfires set school plans ablaze for more than 70,000 students

Already reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, schools in rural areas like Bonny Doon must now contend with wildfires and related problems like blackouts, poor air quality and damaged internet infrastructure.

经过 Ricardo Cano • 8 月 26, 2020

重要的事情

History-making California blazes — worst likely yet to come

Two of the three largest fires in California history are raging across the state alongside about 600 others, burning more than 1.3 million acres — an area about the size of Delaware — and forcing more than 100,000 people to evacuate. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Dry lightning storms and gusty winds […]

经过 Emily Hoeven • 8 月 24, 2020

评论

Reclaimed homelands of Northern California tribes fulfill a prophecy of renewal

Sacred peaks overlooking the Pacific, salmon streams and lush alpine meadows are returning to the Native people; it's about time.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 8 月 14, 2020

Reader Reactions

Missing the point on cities’ efforts to go all-electric to fight climate change

Cities have begun to adopt policies to address the problems with burning fossil fuels in our homes that would protect our children’s health now.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 8 月 13, 2020

评论

You can put a price tag on environmental and economic returns from protecting rangeland

From parks to rangeland, California’s open spaces provide a variety of benefits that it’s next to impossible to put a price tag on – until now.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 8 月 6, 2020

国会大厦

Approve Assembly Bill 1720: Two energy storage projects would create jobs

Assembly Bill 1720 will help the state move forward building clean energy storage and create jobs through infrastructure projects.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 8 月 3, 2020

加州野火

California’s looming wildfire threat requires a cleaner, more resilient electrical grid

California’s electrical grid is getting cleaner, but it is still not well positioned to deal with a changing climate with its web of decades-old poles and wires.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 7 月 19, 2020

环境

As wildfire season looms, California adds 900 firefighters to its crews

Fewer inmates are available for hand crews so the state is filling the gap. So far, slightly more acreage has burned this year than last year.

经过 雷切尔贝克尔 • 7 月 9, 2020

环境

California mandates zero-exhaust big rigs, delivery trucks

The requirements begin in 2024. By 2035, 55% of delivery vans and large pickups, 75% of commercial trucks such as garbage trucks and 40% of the big rigs sold in California must be emissions-free.

经过 雷切尔贝克尔 • 6 月 25, 2020