Voting season is here—for bees! Until September 8th, folks can vote for their choice of state bee. Picking a native pollinator to represent the state uplifts the hardworking bees that pollinate crops and are crucial to native landscapes. While California … Read more
Pesticides used in common over-the-counter topical tick and flea treatments have been found in Bay Area wastewater effluent at levels that are toxic to aquatic organisms.
California lawmakers struck a deal to divert $125 million in climate funding to buy the former Golden Gate Fields track and turn it into a park. Gov. Gavin Newsom supports the project.
Locals have dubbed one otter “Birdadette.” How common is this behavior?
A bill to exempt the proposed shipyard from environmental analysis is doing the time warp again.
For most lakes and rivers, the state’s official map of fecal bacterial contamination shows data that’s more than a year old.
This article first appeared on High Country News and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. When I was 9 years old, I was glued to a documentary series on PBS called Eyes on the Prize, … Read more
Catching the view through the telescopes, and a communal vibe, at the monthly stargazing meetup at Rush Ranch in Solano County.
Experts are bracing for big storm surges and king tides, flooding, and a host of impacts on wildlife and ecosystems. But more rainfall isn’t guaranteed, actually.
‘We basically had all of the banned words,’ one environmental equity researcher says. So they got scrappy.
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