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Enviros Livid as Brown Diverts Cap-and-Trade Funds
"Totally disappointed." That was Kathryn Phillips' reaction when she read the fine print in Gov. Jerry Brown's revised budget. Phillips, state director for the Sierra Club, is one of a chorus of voices from the environmental community howling over Brown's … Continue reading
Air Quality Chief Sees Valero Reversal as Vindication of Climate Law
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This post is updated with a response from Valero, below. California's top air regulator has found a victory of sorts in this week's decision by the nation's largest oil refiner to keep its California refineries. A spokesman for Texas-based Valero … Continue reading
Mistake in First California Carbon Auction Raises Questions About Secrecy
The glitch in California's cap-and-trade program that you probably never heard about.
Why This Bay Area Winter Feels Like 'Real Winter'
You're now free to shed the scarf and mittens. The Bay Area's cold snap is finally abating, with highs in the sixties expected this weekend. How cold was it? Maybe not as cold as it seemed. While San Jose managed … Continue reading
Reporting Tsunami Debris by Smartphone as it Drifts Toward California
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Debris from last year's Japan tsunami is still making its way across the Pacific, drifting toward the California coast, and researchers are looking for "citizen scientists" to help track and catalog it. And yes, there's an app for that. It's … Continue reading
NASA's Hansen: California's Cap & Trade Doomed to Fail
As climatologists go, James Hansen is a legend. In 1988, he was already warning Congress about the dangers of global warming. The scientist normally speaks in measured tones, but he evoked nervous laughter from the crowd at the Commonwealth Club … Continue reading
A Decade of Flood Engineering in Napa Awaits Test From Nature
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When this kind of "atmospheric river" bears down on the North Bay, folks in downtown Napa keep one eye on the sky and the other on the historically mischievous river that loops through the middle of town. With 21 "serious" … Continue reading
First Major N. Calif. Storm Sequence of the Season Looks Like a Gully Washer
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All aboard the Pineapple Express! Forecasters are telling us to prepare for high winds and heavy rainfall over the next several days. A line of Pacific storms is set to sweep through Northern California starting tonight. By the time it … Continue reading
Jerry Brown's Anti-Anti-Climate Science Site
Source: Kqed Governor Brown is pushing back against those who deny the evidence for climate change and this week used a Lake Tahoe environmental conference to say that he's taken his campaign online. Read more at: blogs.kqed.org
Combatants in New Calif. Water War Dig In
Source: Kqed "You've launched a war. We'll fight the battle," was the rallying cry from congressman John Garamendi, within hours of the announcement of Governor Jerry Brown's revised plan for California's already embattled Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Read more at: blogs.kqed.org
