Nations addressing climate change took on gasoline and diesel vehicles in pledges that mirror California’s mandates and plans — and in some cases, go even further.
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Winged warning: Migrating birds hit hard by California’s drought
As the drought dries up California’s wetlands, traveling birds such as ducks, geese and eagles are struggling to survive and breed. “This drought is bad. The odds are against us,” a state expert said.
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Nature needs time to heal: how long for Redwoods to recover from fire?
The August 2020 CZU wildfire scorched over 85,000 acres of Big Basin Redwoods State Park. California State Parks redwood ecologist Zane Moore and environmental scientist Joanne Kerbavaz, share their insights into the recovery we can expect.
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As UN tackles twin climate threats, California struggles with them, too
UN nations have pledged to reduce climate-changing methane and forest destruction within 10 years. California has been trying to handle both problems, with limited success.
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The Mill Creek Dam Comes Down
A historic moment for the San Vicente watershed. After a decade of restoration efforts along Mill Creek and San Vicente Creek in San Vicente Redwoods, a defunct, century-old dam is removed, releasing high-quality sediment critical for spawning habitat at the southern edge of the Coho salmon range. Learn more: sempervirens.org/mill-creek-dam
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How Researchers are Using DNA to Save Salmon
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Young climate activists warn their elders: Stop destroying the planet
Young activists are coming of age when the effects of the climate crisis are already being felt — foreshadowing a perilous future. They want the United Nations COP26 summit to reduce global warming.
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Restoring Watersheds to Protect Forests: A Stream of Potential
Mill Creek had been blocked since early in the last century by a 12-foot-tall, 25-foot-wide dam a quarter mile upstream from its confluence with San Vicente Creek. In September 2021, that dam was removed, but not because of the territory above the dam—the real goal is to restore waters below it.
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PG&E must reduce outage impacts on customers, says California Public Utilities Commission
Following a series of Pacific Gas & Electric outages meant to reduce fire risk in parts of Santa Cruz County over the summer, the California Public Utilities Commission is requiring the company to mitigate the effects on residents who were left without power, sometimes for days. The commission responded to a letter sent by Santa Cruz County Chair of the Board of Supervisors Bruce McPherson in September.
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Climate change is now the main driver of increasing wildfire weather, study finds
New study says climate change is essentially two-thirds to 88% responsible for the conditions driving wildfire woes in the western United States.
