The Cliff House in San Francisco is making use of its windy perch on the edge of the continent to generate energy. The restaurant has installed a 3-kw “vertical axis wind turbine” to power the building, and better yet it requires a “zero bird injury rate,” so if it starts whacking birds, it will come down. Photo: David Cruz.

Capeweed, a fish kill and taxes

by Alison Hawkes

February 13, 2013

Your Wednesday Bay Area nature news:

Customs officials intercept invasive capeweed at Port of Oakland on flowers shipped from Australia. [Oakland Tribune]
Fish die, including rare steelhead trout, after pipe burst into San Mateo Creek, sending disinfected water downstream. [San Mateo Daily Journal]
Marin supervisor complains about mounting legal costs in lawsuit over salmon protections. [Marin Independent Journal]
Should California put a tax on extracting oil? (Even Texas has one). [Calitics]

About the Author

Alison Hawkes was a Bay Nature editor from 2011-2017. Before Bay Nature she worked in journalism for more than a decade as a former newspaper reporter turned radio producer turned web editor with each rendition bringing her closer to her dream of covering environmental issues. She co-founded Way Out West, a site dedicated to covering Bay Area environmental news.