Santa Cruz County Local News: Sustainability


All Local Sustainability News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

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02/22/2024
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UCSC professor Karen Holl has spent years monitoring ecosystems around the world, and she dug into that well of knowledge during a presentation titled, “Can We Save the World by Planting Trees?” in the Felton Branch Library’s community room.

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02/22/2024
The state’s environmental tool skews which communities are designated as disadvantaged, researchers say. Some immigrant neighborhoods could be left out, while other groups are overrepresented.

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02/19/2024
A pair of structures near the tip of Capitola’s embattled wharf must be torn down and city officials are seeking the public’s assistance in charting a vision for the locations moving forward.

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02/15/2024
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The new bicycle and pedestrian overcrossing of Highway 1 at Chanticleer Avenue in Santa Cruz is part of the Highway 1 Corridor Project. Plans call for north and southbound auxiliary lanes and bus-on-shoulder improvements the 41st Avenue and Soquel Drive interchanges.

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02/14/2024
Foragers at the beaches in Half Moon Bay might be damaging the area’s reef.

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02/14/2024
California electric vehicle sales dropped significantly in the last half of 2023, raising questions about the state’s ability to phase out gas-powered cars.

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02/13/2024
The next phase of an electric bicycle program is preparing for launch next month and community members may see supporting infrastructure begin to pop up in the coming weeks.

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02/12/2024
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More than 250 people celebrated World Wetlands Day on Feb. 3, part of the restoration of Struve Slough. Watsonville Wetlands Watch co-hosted the event with a widespread planting project.

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02/12/2024
Within the last century, the recovery of southern sea otters has contributed to the health of California’s underwater forests, according to a new research paper from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

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02/12/2024
In September, Santa Cruz Metro made a big bet on the future of green public transit when it approved the purchase of 57 buses fueled by hydrogen—the largest order of hydrogen-fueled buses made so far in the U.S.

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02/08/2024
The funds would help California ports expand to handle giant wind turbines and other equipment. California’s first offshore wind farms are on a fast track off Humboldt County and Morro Bay.

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02/08/2024
State Senators Ben Allen and Catherine Blakespear announced a new measure to ban plastic bags statewide—particularly the thicker ones billed as “reusable.”

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02/06/2024
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Permaculture design. Herbalism. Medicine making. Regenerative beekeeping. Healthy produce. Santa Cruz Permaculture seeks to outfit anyone interested in all of the above.

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02/05/2024
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New Zealander Pete Bethune has been run over by Japanese whalers, shot at by illegal gold miners, and knifed in the chest while following the illegal pet trade.

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02/02/2024
When wildfire smoke and extreme heat combine, they create “a synergistic effect” or an “additional burden” on people’s health, researchers say.

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02/01/2024
Some automakers are reducing production of electric cars and Tesla sales have dropped. Can California sustain its record pace and meet the state mandate?

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01/31/2024
As Californians increasingly feel the health effects of climate change, state leaders are adopting sweeping policies they hope will fend off the worst impacts.

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01/30/2024
The number of western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30% last year, likely due to how wet it was.

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01/30/2024
Chinook and other salmon runs are collapsing. Conservation groups call it too little, too late. Plan includes dam removals and restoring river flows.

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01/29/2024
As an underground fire burns deep within Chiquita Canyon Landfill, air regulators are raising alarms over the possible spread of toxic vapors.
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