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energy

California’s residential solar rules overhauled after highly charged debate

By Julie Cart | CalMatters | December 15, 2022
Homeowners to get smaller payments from utilities, but new state incentives will be available.
climate change

California commission overhauls rooftop solar proposal

By Rachel Becker | CalMatters | November 10, 2022
CPUC’s scaled-back plan eliminates consumer fees, following criticism.
energy

Wrangling over renewables: Counties push back on Newsom administration usurping local control

By Julie Cart | CalMatters | August 4, 2022
The state can expedite approval of renewable energy projects but rural counties say they already do their part with solar and wind farms.
health

Overworked California firefighters struggle with PTSD, suicide, fatigue, intensifying wildfires

By Julie Cart | June 13, 2022
Thousands of overworked California firefighters carry a heavy load of trauma, pain and grief. They leave a fire but the fire never leaves them.
California

Rewilding California: New $65 million preserve straddles north and south

By Julie Cart | CalMatters | January 20, 2022
The 112-square-mile Randall Preserve provides a haven for wildlife and a living laboratory for scientists.
Bay Area

Winged warning: Migrating birds hit hard by California’s drought

By Julie Cart | CalMatters | November 12, 2021
As the drought dries up California’s wetlands, traveling birds are struggling to survive and breed.
Bay Area

Lightning could spark more California fires as world warms

By Julie Cart | CalMatters | September 24, 2021
Lightning strikes often ignite deadly, unpredictable and remote wildfires in Northern California.
California

Can science transform California crops to cope with drought?

By Julie Cart | CalMatters | September 13, 2021
The search is on to help California farmers find less-thirsty tree crops. But will the experiments come through in time as droughts intensify?
Bay Area

California’s 2020 fire siege: wildfires by the numbers

By Julie Cart | CalMatters | July 29, 2021
In a year of superlatives, some statistics stand out for California’s 2020 fire year, including a sobering 31 lives lost.
cannabis

Thieves are stealing California’s scarce water. Where’s it going? Illegal marijuana farms

By Julie Cart | CalMatters | July 20, 2021
As drought grips most of California, water thefts have increased to record levels. Thieves tap into hydrants, pump water from rivers and break into remote water stations and tanks.
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