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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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The deadly 2018 Camp Fire burns around PG&E transmission towers east of Pulga, near the source of the first report of the fire.

California’s new wildfire plan: 5 things to know

Avatar by Julie Cart July 12, 2019July 16, 2019

Is this a utilities bailout? Will it help prevent future fires? How will all this work? Here’s a breakdown of the new plan California lawmakers are putting in place.

Power poles and equipment. California utilities are undertaking extensive upgrades to their equipment in an effort to prevent sparking wildfires. Photo via Pixabayare undergoing extensive upgrades as California utilities seek to prevent wildfires.

Scant details: Are California utilities doing enough to fireproof their equipment?

Avatar by Julie Cart June 27, 2019July 8, 2019
Photo by Naveen Nkadalaveni, Wikimedia Commons

Newsom’s new proposals on wildfire costs walk a political tightrope

Avatar by Julie Cart June 21, 2019June 23, 2020
Photo by narvikk, istockphoto.com

‘Clean’ freight traffic is elusive as California rolls toward zero emissions

Avatar by Julie Cart June 9, 2019November 20, 2020
Electric cars are key to California's green future. Photo by davidf, istockphoto.com

Despite sharp growth in electric cars, vehicle emissions keep rising

Avatar by Julie Cart May 16, 2019July 23, 2019
Electric cars are key to California's green future. Photo by davidf, istockphoto.com

Despite sharp growth in electric cars, vehicle emissions keep rising

Avatar by Julie Cart May 16, 2019June 23, 2020
Fracking site: Scientists don’t fully understand all the chemicals used in the practice or how they interact with one another, a state report says. Photo by grandriver/istockphotos

Activists want California to ban fracking. What does Gov. Newsom want?

Avatar by Julie Cart April 11, 2019June 23, 2020
Jared Blumenfeld at a recycling event. Photo via U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Meet California’s new environment czar, who walked the state to ‘reset’

Avatar by Julie Cart March 6, 2019June 23, 2020
Signs of regrowth in Malibu Creek State Park, February 2019. Photo by Julie Cart/CALmatters

California blooms again after last year’s fires—but it’s not all good

Avatar by Julie Cart February 28, 2019June 23, 2020
Lightbulb with a glowing wire in the shape of California (series)

California’s ‘smart’ energy future glows on the horizon—but how to get there?

Avatar by Julie Cart February 14, 2019July 17, 2019

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