After the open discussion on climate change and security at the UN Security Council in July 2011 during the German Council Presidency, and considering further developments, governments and [...] Continue Reading
Climate Change
Fresno Oppression, Cruelty Ignored
“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” —Martin Luther King Jr. Photos splashed across the Internet of smiling [...] Continue Reading
Smoggies Return in January
Fresno’s premier awards ceremony for worst quotes and votes by local polluters and those who serve them—The Smoggies—is returning for a third straight year. Renowned for its sarcasm, lack of trigger [...] Continue Reading
Impact of Climate Change on Food Security
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) warns that the progress made in human development in recent decades could be slowed or even reversed by climate change when new threats emerge to food security and [...] Continue Reading
Ciudades Verdes: Un Asunto de Vida o Muerte
A medida que la humanidad se vuelve cada vez más urbana, el plantar árboles y crear parques—lejos de limitarse a embellecer las ciudades—se convierte cada vez más en una cuestión de vida o [...] Continue Reading
Planada Flood Relief Plan Remains Unfinished
(Editor’s note: The following article is printed with the permission of the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative, a nonprofit newsroom based in Merced.) Planada residents were left feeling [...] Continue Reading
Climate Change and Water
A significant human and environmental crisis of the 21st century is thought to be climate change. Understanding climate change, sometimes known as global warming, is one of the most critical issues [...] Continue Reading
Climate Change, Water Scarcity and Consequences
Fear of the damaging repercussions of climate change has increased worries that environmental deterioration and population pressures could force millions of people to leave their homes and cause [...] Continue Reading
Bitcoining Climate Change
I don’t envy Gov. Gavin Newsom. He has a young daughter counting on him to address climate change and safeguard her future. The burden of such a responsibility, so close to the heart, must weigh as [...] Continue Reading
Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act a First Step
The end of September saw the revival of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act by Rep. Salud Carbajal (D–Santa Barbara). The act is a favorite among climate organizations, such as Citizens’ [...] Continue Reading
Severely Burned Giant Sequoia Groves To Be Replanted
e BY VIC BEDOIAN Kings Canyon National Park is moving forward with a plan to reestablish giant sequoia seedlings in groves that were devastated in the massive wildfires of 2020 and 2021. [...] Continue Reading
The Rite of Fresno: Composing a Rezone
Fans of the composer Igor Stravinsky might find his modernist work The Rite of Spring a suitable soundtrack for the story of Peter Stravinski the developer, particularly its “Sacrificial Dance” [...] Continue Reading