Climate change is upending agriculture and land use in California’s Central Valley
A Time of Reckoning in the Central Valley
June 23, 2019 •
Policy
A New Chapter in the Fight for Point Molate
June 23, 2019 •
Last March, Richmond officials announced that they’d chosen SunCal to develop a housing and renovation project on Point Molate, a small headland just north of the Richmond Bridge. The project has vocal opponents who, among other concerns, worry over the … Read more
How People Saved the Seabirds of the California Current
June 14, 2019 •
It wasn’t until the federal government took away several of my favorite fisheries, and access to my favorite spots, that I fully comprehended what I had previously taken for granted … The ocean is, or was once, a public trust … Read more
Climate Solutions Already Exist in Nature, a Reminder
May 28, 2019 •
California wants to go carbon negative. But even policymakers tend to overlook the best way to get there.
Op-Ed: The Delta Tunnels are Dead. Now What?
March 25, 2019 •
The executive director of Restore the Delta on what’s next after Gavin Newsom ends the Twin Tunnels project.
Gavin Newsom Has the Opportunity to Make Climate Change Adaptation California’s Priority
January 7, 2019 •
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.
School’s Out(side)
December 28, 2018 •
Can California teach an understanding of the natural world to every K-12 schoolkid in the state?
The Importance of Our Natural Infrastructure
October 15, 2018 •
A first-of-its kind ballot measure in San Jose would fund conservation as a flood solution.
Do Parks Push People Out?
October 1, 2018 •
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 José Ballot Measure Would Rewrite the City’s General Plan for Development, to the Dismay of Open Space Advocates
May 30, 2018 •
San Jose’s Measure B, on the ballot in the June 5 election, could have far-reaching implications for civic governance