BAY AREA — There is a growing crowd of Bay Area youth climate activists. Youth leaders were some of the critical organizers of the local September climate week, where 40,000 people were out in the streets of San Francisco, a portion of the estimated 7.6 million who struck globally in support of more governmental action to prevent climate change.
BAY AREA — As climate change becomes ever more dire, many local governments are declaring a climate emergency to signal their commitment to environmental action. The resolutions vary, however, in how much action they actually promise.
Bay Area leaders declaring emergencies in new tactic to fight climate change Read More »
When President Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, backpedaling on a commitment to join 195 other nations in taking on climate change, Santa Clara County launched a campaign to rebuild that commitment — one local government at a time.
Santa Clara County builds coalition to tackle climate change Read More »
BAY AREA — Proposition 68 in the coming Tuesday’s primary elections in California is seeking to bolster projects that tackle water and natural resource conservation, improve park access and increase resilience to climate change. If passed, $4 billion in bonds will be allocated statewide for improvement of parks, projects on environmental protection and restoration, water infrastructure and flood protection.
Prop 68 to decide funding for water, parks and climate change in California Read More »
SUNNYVALE – The City of Sunnyvale is vying for up to $5 million through the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 2017 Mayors Challenge to fund programs to reduce carbon emissions.
Sunnyvale targets reducing emissions to achieve state goals for 2030, 2050 Read More »
Sea Star Wasting Disease decimated sea star populations along the West Coast. Researchers are still solving the mystery of what went wrong.
The wasting of the stars: A look into the largest ocean epidemic in recorded history Read More »
Forest fires burn twice as much land in the U.S. because of global warming, new research finds.
Parched forests fuel the flames of wildfires in Northern California Read More »
Columbia scientist warns against all-or-nothing extreme weather rhetoric.
Living in the gray zone: Climate change and the California drought Read More »
Pacifica’s battle against coastal erosion is part of a broader discussion about what to do amid rising sea levels.
Facing sea level rise, Pacifica shores up coastline Read More »
University campuses across the United States — including at Stanford — heard the cry of student activists to take action on climate change.
More than 2,000 attend climate change rally at Stanford Read More »
Students for a Sustainable Stanford (SSS) and Know Tomorrow organized the Rally for Climate Action on the Stanford University campus on Oct. 2.
Former Vice President Al Gore takes part in climate change rally Read More »
Due to California’s infamous drought and the effects of climate change, Tahoe is experiencing record low snowpack which has drastically affected the ski experience.
Decreasing snowpack continues to disappoint skiers in Tahoe City Read More »
