As Extreme Fires Multiply, California Scientists Zero In on How Smoke Affects Pregnancy and Children Climate change portends ever more frequent fires, and the smoky haze is “not easy to run from anymore,” notes one of the study’s leaders. By Emma Foehringer Merchant
Environmental Justice Advocates Urge California to Stop Issuing New Drilling Permits in Neighborhoods By Liza Gross
California Denies Bid from Home Solar Company to Sell Power as a ‘Micro-Utility’ By Emma Foehringer Merchant
History of Racism Leaves Black Californians Most at Risk from Oil and Gas Drilling, New Research Shows By Liza Gross
Promising to Prevent Floods at Treasure Island, Builders Downplay Risk of Sea Rise By Kristi Coale, San Francisco Public Press
Mono Lake Tribe Seeks to Assert Its Water Rights in Call For Emergency Halt of Water Diversions to Los Angeles By Bob Berwyn
Q&A: California Drilling Setback Law Suspended by Oil Industry Ballot Maneuver. The Law’s Author Won’t Back Down By Liza Gross
California Activists Redouble Efforts to Hold the Oil Industry Accountable on Neighborhood Drilling By Liza Gross
When the State Cut Their Water, These California Users Created a Collaborative Solution By Emma Foehringer Merchant
Petition Circulators Are Telling California Voters that a Ballot Measure Would Ban New Oil and Gas Wells Near Homes. In Fact, It Would Do the Opposite By Liza Gross
Mobile Homes, the Last Affordable Housing Option for Many California Residents, Are Going Up in Smoke By Anne Marshall-Chalmers
California Regulators Banned Fracking Wastewater for Irrigation, but Allow Wastewater From Oil Drilling. Scientists Say There’s Little Difference By Liza Gross