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Author Archives: Julie Cart

Julie Cart joined CalMatters as a projects and environment reporter in 2016 after a long career at the Los Angeles Times, where she held many positions: sportswriter, national correspondent and environment reporter. In 2009 she and colleague Bettina Boxall won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for their series on wildfires in the West.

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A brown pelican — a species that recovered from near-extinction after being protected by the Endangered Species Act — flies above Malibu Lagoon on Jan. 12, 21. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters
Posted inExplainers

What Biden’s presidency means for California’s environment

AvatarAvatar by Julie Cart and Rachel Becker January 25, 2021

Erasing dozens of Trump’s climate rollbacks is Biden’s priority, and he issued directives on his first day in office. California’s air quality, wildlife, water, forests, farms — and even its light bulbs and washing machines — could be affected by new executive orders, policies and rules. But how likely are they, and when?

The Anderson’s address spray painted on the end of a log in a timber deck of Douglas Firs cut down by PG&E following the CZU Lightening Complex Fires in August of this year. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCalifornia Wildfires

Whack and stack: PG&E’s toppling of trees creates new hazards

Avatar by Julie Cart December 18, 2020
La dirección de Kristi y Brian Anderson está pintada con aerosol en un tronco en una terraza de abetos Douglas talados por PG&E después de que su casa en el condado de Santa Cruz fuera destruida en un incendio forestal. Foto de Anne Wernikoff para CalMatters
Posted inCalMatters en Español

Golpe y pila: la tala de árboles de PG&E crea nuevos peligros

Avatar by Julie Cart December 18, 2020
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, 2020
Trucks on the beach at Oceano Dunes National Vehicle Recreation Area on April 3, 2012. Oceano Dunes, three miles south of Pismo, is the only California State Park where vehicles may be driven on the beach. Photo by Felix Adamo / The Bakersfield Californian/ZUMAPRESS via Alamy
Posted inBattle at the Beach

‘Bizarro Beach’ or state park? What it’s like living next to California’s off-roading mecca

Avatar by Julie Cart November 24, 2020
A Western Snowy Plover walks near tire tracks at Oceano Dunes on Dec. 21, 2017. The speed limit near the plover habitat is marked at 15 MPH, intended to give the birds time to evade vehicles. Photo by David Middlecamp, San Luis Obispo Tribune
Posted inBattle at the Beach

A 40-year conflict over a state park: Has it finally reached a breaking point?

Avatar by Julie Cart November 23, 2020
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, 2020
A tree stump smolders in front of a burned cabin in the Camp Silver Fir area on the north side of Huntington Lake in the Sierra National Forest on Sept. 13, 2020. Fire officials said a fire tornado blew through the area at some point last week burning cabins and knocking down many trees. Photo by Craig Kohlruss/The Fresno Bee
Posted inCalifornia Wildfires

Sierra Nevada reels as flames and smoke drive visitors away

Avatar by Julie Cart September 16, 2020
Firefighters battle the CZU August Lightning Complex Fire in the backyard of a home Aug. 21, 2020, in Boulder Creek. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo
Posted inEnvironment

Wildfire funding bill dies in California Legislature

Avatar by Julie Cart August 30, 2020
Three fire fighters asses the damage and implement protective measures in order to protect surroundings homes near Boulder Creek on Aug. 21, 2020. Photo by David Rodriguez, The Salinas Californian
Posted inCalifornia Wildfires

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

Avatar by Julie Cart August 28, 2020

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