Yolo County Local News: Environment


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

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10/09/2023
The facts of climate change can lead to feelings of hopelessness and despair. Some California activists are creating communities for people to talk about those feelings.

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10/05/2023
The CPUC is considering a rule that would gut the payments that solar panels on apartment buildings receive, and many housing groups are blazing mad about it.

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09/29/2023
Image for display with article titled Dianne Feinstein Dies at 90. ‘Charted Her Own Path’ in a Career Born in the Political Violence of the ’70s

The longest-serving California senator had a legendary political career spanning seven decades.

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09/28/2023
A long-awaited, controversial report weighs updates to standards that state officials say have failed to protect fish and wildlife. But environmentalists, Native tribes and others already are furious about how long this has taken—and the state is years away from taking action.

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09/22/2023
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Insurance commissioner proposes his own plan after legislature punts on fixing crisis

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09/20/2023
Outbreaks have wreaked havoc on the state’s river ecosystems for years. But this year was different. Faster, colder river waters led to fewer outbreaks of the harmful algae.

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09/17/2023
New employees with the state Division of Mine Reclamation were given a tour by Cache Creek Nature Preserve staff to show the “before” and “after” effects of gravel mining.

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09/15/2023
An international team found that the amount of near-surface permafrost could drop by 93% compared to the preindustrial period of 1850 to 1900. Permafrost may exist only in the eastern Siberian uplands, Canadian High Arctic Archipelago and northernmost Greenland—as it did in the mid-Pliocene Warm Period.

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09/14/2023
Image for display with article titled Legislators Punt on Fixing State's Fire Insurance Crisis — What Now For Homeowners?

As climate change heightens fire risks, insurers leave the state and lawmakers do nothing to keep them here.

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09/13/2023
Hydrogen fueling stations will get 15 percent of funds in a state program — even though Californians own only about 12,000 hydrogen cars. The funds come from fees paid by drivers.

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09/13/2023
The irrigation bill, which aims to force businesses and institutions to remove their lawns, now goes to the governor.

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09/12/2023
About 5,300 companies would file annual emissions reports. The aim is to hold corporations accountable for the role they play in climate change.

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09/12/2023
There’s an official state bird, mineral, tree, fish, insect, lichen, fabric, sport, dance, soil and even dinosaur.

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09/08/2023
Image for display with article titled California to End Most Electric Car Rebates, Refocusing Subsidies to Help Low-Income EV Buyers

Data shows wide disparity in EV ownership between higher-income areas and "disadvantaged communities."

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09/06/2023
Image for display with article titled California Forever: Tech Investors Now Have a Website, but ‘They Don’t Have a Plan’ For New City

A new site has appeared online attempting to explain plans for massive Solano County land development.

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09/04/2023
California wildfires every year emit as much carbon as almost 2 million cars, posing a threat to efforts to battle climate change.

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08/31/2023
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Four hydroelectric dams totaling 100,000 tons of concrete will be destroyed by the end of 2024.

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08/30/2023
Satellite data from across California’s landscapes reveal an increase in nitrogen dioxide levels in remote forest areas, and wildfire and soil emissions are likely the reasons why, according to a paper from UC Davis published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

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08/29/2023
Image for display with article titled Silicon Valley Tech Titans Emerge as Mystery Investors Planning ‘Megacity’ in Solano County

Previously anonymous investment group has gobbled up $1 billion worth of land.

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08/27/2023
The Biden administration is one step away from designating the first national marine sanctuary nominated by a tribe. Tribal members of the Chumash, who have lobbied for the creation of this Central Coast preserve for more than a decade, would be involved in managing it.