Faith Kearns writes that new Governor Gavin Newsom should focus on adapting to the climate changes we are already seeing – as well as those scientists predict are coming – without giving up outgoing governor Jerry Brown’s mission to stem further changes by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Can California teach an understanding of the natural world to every K-12 schoolkid in the state?
A first-of-its kind ballot measure in San Jose would fund conservation as a flood solution.
Parks improve health and fight climate change. But not all parks affect a community in the same way -- and the question is: "Who's it for?"
San Jose's Measure B, on the ballot in the June 5 election, could have far-reaching implications for civic governance
How the greater sage grouse, a chicken-like resident of the sagebrush prairie, became what some call the most important conservation story in a generation.
Three Bay Area counties —Santa Clara, Sonoma and Santa Cruz — have found a way to put these values of nature onto a balance sheet.
Filmmaker Steve Dunsky usually spends his time behind the camera not in front of it. Now and then, however, he steps into public view. As one of the main creative forces behind the 50th anniversary celebration of the Wilderness Act … Read more
The tide may be finally turning against the use of drift gillnets off California waters. WARNING: Disturbing images.
California's new fracking law is the first of its kind in the nation to regulate this method of tight oil extraction.
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