Insight With Vicki GonzalezEarth BioGenome Project Mapping The World, One Species At A TimeAugust 30, 2018UC Davis Professor Harris Lewin joins Insight to talk about the Earth BioGenome Project, an effort to map the DNA of every living thing on Earth in the hopes of saving biodiversity. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentLegislative Panel Advances California Utility Wildfire Liability BillAugust 29, 2018(AP) — California utilities regulators would have the option of letting companies charge customers for some of the costs of lawsuits stemming from disastrous 2017 wildfires under legislation that will go before the Assembly and Senate this week.
State GovernmentCalifornia Assembly Approves 100 Percent Renewable Energy GoalAugust 28, 2018 | Ben BradfordIt would be the fourth major augmentation to California’s climate change policies in four years.
EnvironmentToxic Pesticides Found At Most Illegal California Pot FarmsAugust 28, 2018Nine of every 10 illegal marijuana farms raided in California this year contained traces of powerful and potentially lethal pesticides that are poisoning wildlife and could endanger water supplies, researchers found. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentSacramento Could Be As Hot As Phoenix In Half A CenturyAugust 27, 2018 | Ezra David RomeroThe entire area between Shasta and the Delta could look and feel more like Phoenix by the end of the century, with maximum daily temperatures expected to increase by 10 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a state Climate Change Assessment. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentCalifornia Seeks To Be First State To Limit Plastic StrawsAugust 23, 2018Lawmakers on Thursday sent Gov. Jerry Brown a measure that supporters say would make California the first state to bar full-service restaurants from giving out single-use plastic straws unless customers request them.
EnvironmentIf This Small Organism Continues To Disappear In California’s Forests Due To Wildfires, It Will Alter The Food ChainAugust 20, 2018 | Ezra David RomeroLichen, an often overlooked organism, is having a hard time establishing itself in California burn areas after hot wildfires scorch the Sierra Nevada. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentFarmers Protest California Water Plan Aimed To Save SalmonAugust 20, 2018Hundreds of California farmers rallied at the Capitol on Monday to protest state water officials' proposal to increase water flows through the lower San Joaquin River and three of its tributaries from February to June.
EnvironmentCourt Orders Ban On Harmful Pesticide, Says EPA Violated LawAugust 9, 2018A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration endangered public health by keeping a widely used pesticide on the market despite extensive scientific evidence that even tiny levels of exposure can harm babies' brains.
Unearthing The Facts On Yosemite’s Visitors, Bears And WildfiresAugust 9, 2018 | Chris Nichols | Sami SotoIn the spirit of Capital Public Radio's new podcast, YosemiteLand, PolitiFact California dug up some eye-opening facts about Yosemite National Park, its history, its wilfires, visitors and the animals that call it home.
