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Category: Climate Change

A man walks along a pathway closed due to levee construction in Foster City on Dec. 2, 2020. In 2018, Foster City passed a bond measure to fund levee repair in order to maintain FEMA accreditation and protect from future flooding and sea level rise. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inEnvironment

Rising seas: California’s affordable housing faces worse floods

Avatar by Julie Cart December 3, 2020December 3, 2020

For low-income Americans, the number of homes at risk of flooding could triple by 2050, researchers say. Three Bay Area cities are among the top at-risk communities.

Will Christianson and Jason Vincent clear away fallen brush from around the base of the Mother of the Forest redwood as hot spots from the CZU Complex fire continue burning in Big Basin Redwoods State Park on Aug., 28, 2020. Photo by Karl Mondon, Bay Area News Group
Posted inEnvironment

California’s ancient ‘asbestos’ forests no longer seem immune

Avatar by Julie Cart September 28, 2020September 28, 2020
California Gov. Gavin Newsom stands in front of four electric cars to announce an executive order requiring all new passenger vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission by 2035, a move the governor says would achieve a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, on Sept. 23, 2020, at Cal Expo in Sacramento. Photo by Daniel Kim, The Sacramento Bee via AP/Pool
Posted inEnvironment

Newsom orders ban of new gas-powered cars by 2035

Avatar by Rachel Becker September 23, 2020September 25, 2020
An all-electric Proterra bus operated by San Joaquin Regional Transit District, shown beside its "Fast Charging" station. Image via Creative Commons. California’s clean-air programs take a hit in new funding cuts.
Posted inEnvironment

Exclusive: California’s clean-air programs take a hit in new funding squeeze

Avatar by Rachel Becker July 30, 2020July 30, 2020
Electric trucks are displayed outside of the California EPA. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inEnvironment

California mandates zero-exhaust big rigs, delivery trucks

Avatar by Rachel Becker June 25, 2020July 6, 2020
Posted inEnvironment

California re-evaluating its landmark climate strategy

Avatar by Rachel Becker June 24, 2020June 25, 2020
An oil well pumps next to a newly constructed neighborhood near Signal Hill in Long Beach, California on Friday, April 24, 2020. Photo by Jim Ruymen, UPI/Alamy Live News
Posted inEnvironment

Oil and babies don’t mix: Wells linked to low birthweight

Avatar by Rachel Becker June 3, 2020September 16, 2020
Oil money is flowing to many California Democrats this election season. Pumpjacks photo by John Ciccarelli, Bureau of Land Management.
Posted inEnvironment

New state park? Climate catalyst fund? On hold in Newsom’s coronavirus-afflicted budget

AvatarAvatarRebecca Sohn by Julie Cart, Rachel Becker and Rebecca Sohn May 14, 2020May 14, 2020
The aftermath of an ocean surge in Imperial Beach, California, January 2019. Rising seas boost tides and imperil the city's coastline. Photo via Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Posted inEnvironment

Back off the beach and the rising sea? No way, California cities say

Avatar by Julie Cart April 28, 2020April 28, 2020
Evening traffic in Oakland on February 18, 2020. The Trump administration has announced new rollbacks to emissions standards. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
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California poised to sue Trump again to stop another clean car rollback

Avatar by Rachel Becker March 31, 2020March 31, 2020

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