Bay Area Keeping California’s lights on will require a major electricity market, partnerships across the West By Michael Wara | CalMatters | April 22, 2025 To get the affordable and reliable clean energy required to run a state like California, we have to build, says climate and energy policy scholar Michael Wara.
berkeley Earth Day by the Bay: Environmental justice themes resonate through scheduled events By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | April 22, 2025 Today is Earth Day, and it is happening on a year the Earth could use a day off.
climate change California sets aside $170 million to thin vegetation, forests to help prevent wildfires By Alejandro Lazo | CalMatters | April 14, 2025 The money comes from a $10 billion bond measure for environmental projects approved by California voters last year.
climate change Trump targets California climate laws in new executive order By Alejandro Lazo | CalMatters | April 9, 2025 Legal experts say his claims about the laws being unconstitutional are an overreach.
environment Searching for snow: Vast disparity between north and south amid lackluster rain season By Dan McMenamin | Bay City News | March 31, 2025 The Department of Water Resources is concerned that much of the rainfall has been concentrated in Northern California.
environment California snowpack below average — what does this mean for water supplies? By Alastair Bland | CalMatters | March 28, 2025 Despite some heavy rainstorms and squalls of snow in recent months, the Sierra Nevada snowpack today stands at 90% of average.
California The high cost of fixing Lake Tahoe: Famed alpine lake still murky after decades of efforts By Julie Cart and Natasha Uzcátegui-Liggett | CalMatters | March 19, 2025 Billions of state and federal dollars are spent on Lake Tahoe, but pollutants still pour in, while development continues.
California The Salton Sea is California’s most imperiled lake. Can a new conservancy save it? By Deborah Brennan | CalMatters | March 12, 2025 Will nearly half a billion dollars in projects be enough?
rainfall Heavy rain, strong winds could soak parts of Bay Area Wednesday through Thursday By Janis Mara | Bay City News | March 11, 2025 Rain, rain won't go away.
Bay Area Changing the climate on science: Nationwide movement pushes back on cuts for research By Ruth Dusseaul | Bay City News | March 9, 2025 On Friday at University of California Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza, a spot famous for student activism, it was the professors’ turn to protest.