Climate Change

“Noah’s Ark for Plants” is Future of Food Production in CA

Seen from the air, the USDA National Clonal Germplasm Repository for Tree Fruit, Nut Crops and Grapes is a tidy, unremarkable, roughly 70-acre patchwork of varying shades of green and brown. From the ground, it’s a lush, hot, endless expanse of tangled vineyards and sun-blasted groves, alive with chirping birds and buzzing. It contains two

By |2014-10-01T14:28:57-07:00October 1st, 2014|Agriculture, Climate Change|

Plug-In Cars: 100,000 Sold in State

Cumulative sales of plug-in electric cars in California have surpassed 100,000, industry experts announced Monday. Californians buy about 40 percent of the nation’s plug-in cars. As of the end of August, Californians had purchased 102,440 plug-in cars, including both all-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids that run on a combination of electricity and gasoline, according to

By |2014-09-16T11:15:21-07:00September 16th, 2014|Air Quality, Climate Change|

“Innovative or Weird?” California’s Leading Liberal Donor

Innovative? Or just plain weird? Liberal billionaire Tom Steyer is trying to sway national climate policy and the midterm elections with an ad campaign that is raising eyebrows among independent fact-checkers, some television stations, his political opponents and even a few allies — using an approach that strikes observers as anywhere from groundbreaking to downright

By |2014-08-27T20:17:54-07:00August 27th, 2014|Climate Change|

California Drought Impacts on Food Production Showing Worldwide

World food production is undergoing a sweeping transformation in California -- the nation’s biggest agricultural state by value -- driven by a three-year drought that climate scientists say is a glimpse of a drier future. The result will affect everything from the price of milk in China to the source of cherries eaten by Americans. It

By |2014-08-20T10:40:39-07:00August 20th, 2014|Agriculture, Climate Change, Water Quality & Conservation|

Legislature Ducks Climate Change Debate: How High Should Gas Price Go?

When the Legislature adjourns this month, it will likely leave Assembly Bill 69 still sitting in the Senate Rules Committee, thereby avoiding an election-year debate on whether California motorists should cough up billions of extra dollars when they buy gas. The measure, introduced by Assemblyman Henry Perea, D-Fresno, and backed by quite a few other Democrats,

By |2014-08-12T16:28:04-07:00August 12th, 2014|Climate Change|

Poll Finds Strong Support for Climate Change Measures… Unless Gas Prices Rise & Jobs Drop

About two-thirds of Californians (68%) support the state law, AB 32, which requires California to reduce its emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. A strong majority of Californians (65%) favors the state making its own policies to address global warming. One explanation for Californians’ consistent support for state action on global warming is that relatively

By |2014-07-31T13:45:42-07:00July 31st, 2014|Air Quality, Climate Change|
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