Statewide Region Local Sustainability News Articles

Transportation Sustainability

03/21/2023
Communities with high concentrations of electric cars are affluent, college-educated and at least 75% white and Asian—revealing a barrier to electrifying the state’s entire fleet.

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Water Sustainability

Save Mono Lake Again

03/14/2023
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A sizeable coalition has called for California's water regulator to take emergency measures to protect Mono Lake and suspend diversions to Los Angeles.

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Water Animals Sustainability State of California

Too Much, Too Early

03/11/2023
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Excess heads to the ocean, which is good for fish but bad for water supplies

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Environment Water Sustainability State of California

Why Is Sites Reservoir Still on the Drawing Board?

02/26/2023
A $4.4 billion project on the Sacramento River to add dams and store more water that will be sent south, the Sites Reservoir is still years away from completion. The final environmental report is expected this year.

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Environment Sustainability

Study Reveals Climate-Related Crisis for Conifer Forests

02/22/2023
A new Stanford-led study shows that about a fifth of all Sierra Nevada conifer forests are a “mismatch” for their regions’ warming weather. These “zombie forests” are likely to be replaced other tree species after one of California’s increasingly frequent catastrophic wildfires.

From Monterey Herald...

Water Agriculture & Gardening Sustainability

California Offers Proposal on Colorado River Crisis

02/01/2023
California has given the federal government its own counterproposal for apportioning reductions of Colorado River water, saying a plan offered by six other states would disproportionately burden farms and cities in Southern California.

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Sustainability

Small Steps in the Right Direction

01/29/2023
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Focus on the things you can control in your daily routine.

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Sustainability State of California

State Bill Aims to Dim Artificial Light From California’s Night Skies

01/02/2023
In efforts to kickstart mindful artificial light usage in California, dark sky advocates reintroduced legislation that would dim the artificial light glowing from state buildings.

From Santa Cruz Sentinel...

Economy & Jobs Sustainability

California’s Residential Solar Rules Overhauled After Highly Charged Debate

12/15/2022
After a unanimous vote by the CPUC, homeowners get smaller payments from utilitiess. But new state incentives will be available.

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Sustainability

California Approves Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality

12/15/2022
The California Air Resources Board has voted to approve an ambitious plan to achieve carbon neutrality in the state by 2045. Its targets for capturing carbon from the atmosphere has left critics concerned that big emitters will have a pathway to keep polluting.

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Water Agriculture & Gardening Sustainability

Can We Hack DNA to Grow Food in a Hotter Planet?

12/11/2022
Stanford scientists have genetically re-programmed plants to grow roots that change how they gather nutrients or water.

From Monterey Herald...

Animals Sustainability

As a Sacred Minnow Nears Extinction, Native Americans Call for Bold Plan

12/05/2022
Spring runs of a large minnow numbering in the millions have nourished Pomo Indians since they first made their home alongside Clear Lake more than 400 generations ago.

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Ecology Action’s Plan for a Greener Future

09/13/2022
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Curbside recycling, biking to work, building greener—it’s all part of EA’s fight against the climate crisis.

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Animals Environment Resilience Sustainability

The Bridge to Coexistence

06/09/2022
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The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing will help pumas and other critters in the Santa Monica Mountains cross 10 lanes of Highway 101.

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Nuclear Power in California: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

05/20/2022
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California could soon shut down its last nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon.

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Environment Agriculture & Gardening Sustainability

Compost Belongs in the Garden

05/25/2021
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Californians Against Waste was one of the main advocates behind SB 1383, which requires California to divert 75 percent of its organic waste from landfills. California Local talked to CAW’s Nick Lapis to learn more about what it does and why.

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Back to the Land, Not the Landfill

05/24/2021
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In 2022, California trash haulers will begin turning millions of tons of methane-emitting organic waste into a new cash crop: compost.

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