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Ezra David Romero

Former Environment Reporter

Climate change is becoming the great equalizer of our time. It’s altering everything: our lives, cities and the wilderness that surrounds us. I’ve realized that climate change isn’t holding back and has left us all in a tension.

As CapRadio’s environment reporter, I reported on disadvantaged communities vulnerable to climate change, and how they are affected by state and federal decisions and policy that focus on the environment and our relationship to it.

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Stories by Ezra David Romero

Is California Heading For A Multi-Year Drought? The Odds Aren’t In Our Favor, Experts Say.
November 30, 2020
Two-thirds of California is in at least some degree of drought at the moment. With little rain in the forecast and a predicted dry winter climate, scientists say drought could get a lot worse. But is it the beginning of another multi-year drought?
California Regulators Didn't Follow Rules In Approving Hundreds Of New Oil Well Permits, Audit Finds
November 27, 2020
A state audit released the day before Thanksgiving shows that California oil regulators didn’t follow their own rules and in 2019 issued hundreds of inappropriate permits for new wells.
California Turkeys Will Likely Trot North As Climate Warms, But May Not Leave The Suburbs
November 23, 2020
Millions of commercially raised turkeys will be consumed this week, while their wilder cousins roam free. But wild turkeys may have to trot a little faster to keep up with the projected shifts in both summer and winter climate spaces.
New NASA Mission To Map Sea Level Rise May Help California Adapt To Changing Coastline
November 19, 2020
NASA researchers in California are teaming up to take these measurements from space. The goal is to track one of the clearest signs of global warming for the next decade.
We May Have A Colder Winter, But Experts Say The Climate Is Still Warming
November 16, 2020
Winter is about a month away and because of an emerging La Niña the state could experience a cooler, dry winter. But climate scientists say the lower temperatures are still warm when looking at the historical record.
Ignoring Mega-Flood Risk — Like California Did With Wildfire Prevention — May Spell Disaster, Experts Say
November 13, 2020
A UCLA researcher is sounding the alarm to not wait on addressing impending floods from warming temperatures. Waiting to address flooding issues, like the state’s done with wildfire, could mean breaching of levees and flooding across the state.
How California Is An Example For Biden’s Climate Change Fight
November 10, 2020
Policy experts are calling the climate plan from the incoming Biden administration the most ambitious ever from a president or president-elect. And those same scientists say the Biden team should learn from how California is curbing climate change.
Why Is Fracking In The News So Much? The Short Answer: Climate Change And People’s Health
November 6, 2020
What’s up with fracking? It was mentioned in the presidential debates, youth climate activists want the practice stopped, Gov. Newsom said he wants to end it, but then his administration issues new permits. Why is fracking getting so much play?
The US Left The Paris Climate Agreement This Week. Where Does That Leave California?
November 4, 2020
The U.S. formally pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement this week. But what does that mean for states like California with ambitious climate goals?
Sacramento-Area Voters On Why They Voted In-Person In 2020
November 3, 2020
Voters across the greater Sacramento region headed to the polls to cast their ballot in-person this week for a variety of reasons. Here’s what they had to say.

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Ezra David Romero

Former Environment Reporter

Stories by Ezra David Romero