THIS PROGRAM WILL MAKE CUTTING...

Mar 30, 2016 by

THIS PROGRAM WILL MAKE CUTTING CARBON EMISSIONS LUCRATIVE FOR FARMERS

[Translate] Climate by Natasha Geiling CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Mark Isbell   When Mark Isbell, a third-generation rice farmer in...

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Why Southern California’...

Mar 22, 2016 by

Why Southern California’s New Cloud Seeding Project Is Putting Conspiracy Theorists into a Frenzy

[Translate]   Environment Five years into a crippling drought, Los Angeles County is trying to make it rain. Skeptics believe...

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UTILITIES, SOLAR ENERGY AND TH...

Mar 13, 2016 by

UTILITIES, SOLAR ENERGY AND THE FIGHT FOR YOUR ROOF

[Translate] HUFFNGTON POST GREEN Blend Images – Dave and Les Jacobs via Getty Images Seth Blumsack, Pennsylvania State...

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CALIFORNIA MOVES FORWARD WITH ...

Feb 26, 2016 by

CALIFORNIA MOVES FORWARD WITH DRILLING IN PROTECTED AQUIFIERS

[Translate] by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File California has both water and oil underground. Which...

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Exxon is Flooding the World wi...

Feb 22, 2016 by

Exxon is Flooding the World with Fossil Fuels that Could Destroy Life As We Know It

[Translate] Environment Exxon’s never-ending big dig. By Bill McKibben / Tom Dispatch Photo Credit: Kamonrat/Shutterstock.com Here’s...

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Chris Hedges: How One City Is ...

Feb 14, 2016 by

Chris Hedges: How One City Is Revolting Against Corporate Takeover

[Translate] Investigations Chris Hedges investigates the ways in which a radical city councilman and a civil rights attorney...

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OBAMA DESIGNATES THREE NEW NAT...

Feb 14, 2016 by

OBAMA DESIGNATES THREE NEW NATIONAL MONUMENTS IN THE CALIFORNIA DESERT

[Translate] by Jenny Rowland — Guest Contributor CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Patrick Donnelly Mojave Trails  This move will...

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THE SEVEN CHARTS YOU NEED TO F...

Jan 14, 2016 by

THE SEVEN CHARTS YOU NEED TO FATHOM CALIFORNIA’S WATER PROSPECTS

[Translate] Shutterstock By Nathanael Johnson   GRIST It’s finally raining in California — just when we’d begun to think that it...

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Godzilla El Niño drenching Cal...

Jan 10, 2016 by

Godzilla El Niño drenching California exacerbated by potent MJO climatic phenomenon

[Translate] Environment by Julie M. Rodriguez   INHABITAT Meteorologists have been warning the public for months that this year’s El...

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CALIFORNIA’S NEW $1 BILL...

Dec 17, 2015 by

CALIFORNIA’S NEW $1 BILLION DESALINATION PLANT PRODUCES 50 MILLIONS GALLONS OF WATER A DAY

[Translate]   by Cat DiStasio   INHABITAT After 20 years of planning, the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant began...

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OIL GROUPS PAID $10 MILLION, A...

Dec 14, 2015 by

OIL GROUPS PAID $10 MILLION, AND ALL THEY GOT WAS A 20-YEAR PASS TO FRACK THIS COUNTRY

[Translate] by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Tracie Cone In this Dec. 18, 2012 photo, one of the region’s...

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WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO A SINKING ...

Dec 9, 2015 by

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO A SINKING CALIFORNIA? JUST ASK SAN LUIS OBISPO

[Translate]                                                                                        Shutterstock By Nathan Halverson ...

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WALMART THREATENS CITY COUNCIL...

Dec 6, 2015 by

WALMART THREATENS CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE

[Translate] by Bryce Covert THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Gareth Patterson Walmart CEO Doug McMillon   A California city is...

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CALIFORNIA’S FIRST OFF S...

Nov 21, 2015 by

CALIFORNIA’S FIRST OFF SHORE WIND POWER PROJECT FACES ENVIRONMENTAL HEADWINDS

[Translate] TAKE PART DAILY The state wants more renewable energy, but environmental restrictions make getting projects off the...

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MY DARK CALIFORNIA DREAM

Oct 24, 2015 by

MY DARK CALIFORNIA DREAM

[Translate] Credit Illustration by Mark Pernice Our­ parents had wide open spaces all around. We still had nature within reach. Now...

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NET ZERO INHOUSE BOASTS WATER-...

Oct 11, 2015 by

[Translate] Architecture by Lucy Wang  INHABITAT Stories of drought-stricken California have become sadly common, with many citizens...

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THE MOST PROFOUNDLY EVIL CRIME...

Sep 27, 2015 by

THE MOST PROFOUNDLY EVIL CRIME COMMITED BY EXXONMOBIL TO DATE

[Translate]   JACQUELINE MARCUS FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT (Photo: JW Randolph)From the time I was a teenager, I’ve wrestled with...

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THE ROLLING STONE ARTICLE EVER...

Sep 20, 2015 by

[Translate] by DarkScholar DAILY KOS Over the past few days, everyone has been discussing the interview in Rolling Stone where Donald...

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California passes one weakened...

Sep 20, 2015 by

California passes one weakened climate bill, wholly fails to pass a second

[Translate] Matt Black By Clayton Aldern   GRIST Late Friday night, the California state legislature passed a new climate bill,...

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BIG OIL TANKS CALIFORNIA MEASU...

Sep 17, 2015 by

BIG OIL TANKS CALIFORNIA MEASURE TO CUT PETROLEUM USE IN HALF

[Translate] “Oil has won the skirmish. But they’ve lost the bigger battle,” pledges Gov. Jerry Brown. Kate Sheppard...

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RECEDING SNOWPACK HIGHLIGHTS I...

Sep 16, 2015 by

RECEDING SNOWPACK HIGHLIGHTS IMPACT OF CALIFORNIA DROUGHT

[Translate]   By Tim Radford, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     A sparse covering of snow on the Sierra Nevada in...

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GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL: PUNISHING...

Sep 11, 2015 by

GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL: PUNISHING THE HOMELESS FOR BEING HOMELESS

[Translate]   By Bill Boyarsky   TRUTHDIG Bill Boyarsky This is the second installment in a three-part series that Truthdig...

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‘THIS IS THE END’:...

Sep 10, 2015 by

‘THIS IS THE END’: LEFTWING PACIFICA RADIO AFFILIATES ENTER PROTRACTED DEATH SPIRAL

[Translate] ‘ Veteran broadcasters accuse the board of promoting bizarre conspiracy theories as network puts pressure on staff...

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NO SHOT. NO DAYCARE. NO SCHOOL...

Aug 29, 2015 by

NO SHOT. NO DAYCARE. NO SCHOOL. EVERY CHILD. EVERY VACCINE.

[Translate] SB 277 signed into Law and is EFFECTIVE July 1, 2016 Governor Brown signed SB 277 the most stringent vaccine mandate in...

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VACCINES: WHO IS RIGHT AND WHO...

Aug 29, 2015 by

VACCINES: WHO IS RIGHT AND WHOSE RIGHT IS IT?

[Translate]   By Foster Gamble When it comes to vaccines, either you agree to have your child (and/or yourself) injected with...

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WHEN FIREFIGHTERS SPEAK OUT ON...

Aug 24, 2015 by

WHEN FIREFIGHTERS SPEAK OUT ON CLIMATE CHANGE, WE OUGHT TO LISTEN UP

[Translate] Char Miller  THE GUARDIAN Freak wild fires are becoming the new normal as global weather patterns have changed...

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10 YEARS AFTER KATRINA, WILL S...

Aug 24, 2015 by

10 YEARS AFTER KATRINA, WILL SACRAMENTO BE THE NEXT NEW ORLEANS?

[Translate] by Josh Israel CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock/Dylan Petrohilos   A 2011 New York Times Magazine story sounded the...

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HOW MUCH OF CALIFORNIA’S...

Aug 20, 2015 by

HOW MUCH OF CALIFORNIA’S DROUGHT WAS CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE? SCIENTISTS NOW HAVE THE ANSWER

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File In this May 18, 2015, file photo, irrigation...

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CALIFORNIA LOST $5 BILLION IN ...

Aug 19, 2015 by

CALIFORNIA LOST $5 BILLION IN PUBLIC PENSION FUNDS DUE TO FOSSIL FUEL INVESTMENTS LAST YEAR

[Translate] by Samantha Page THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Charlie Riede New legislation calls for California’s pension funds...

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SANTA MONICA: THE CITY THAT WA...

Aug 18, 2015 by

SANTA MONICA: THE CITY THAT WANTS TO DESIGN ITSELF HAPPIER

[Translate] THE GUARDIAN With sun and sea, prosperity and progressive politics, residents of this enclave west of Los Angeles appear...

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