After L.A. wildfires and Trump cuts, Prop 4’s $10 billion for climate adaptation will be even more important—and competitive. Here’s what you need to know.
Tag: climate adaptation
Conservation
How Trump’s Attack on Environmental Programs Is Already Affecting Local Conservation Work
Grant funding from BIL and IRA, Biden’s signature climate laws, has been frozen. “We’re in a biodiversity meltdown,” says butterfly scientist Stu Weiss. “We don’t have time for these kinds of delays.”
Wild Billions
What Happens to the ‘Wild Billions’ Under Trump?
David Hayes shaped BIL and IRA, Biden-era funding bills whose big money for nature we’ve been tracking across the greater Bay Area. Here, he takes stock of how they’ve fared—and what might happen to the money that remains.
Climate Change
As the Sea Rises and Climate Changes, a Bay Area City Approves 469 Single Family Homes On a Bayshore Flood Zone
Update Nov. 15, 2019: This story has been revised to reflect the city’s vote on Thursday, Nov. 14 to approve the project. Planners, climate scientists, and environmentalists generally agree that two of the most critical measures California should take to … Read more
