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
Environment
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
Good News from the Pesticide Front
The fight to protect California residents, especially those who live near agricultural fields, from the negative effects of pesticides is far from over, but it is important to pause and take stock of [...] 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
Sierra Club Sponsored Page
November 2023 You can read the print version of the Sierra Club page below. This is a .pdf of the September 2023 Sierra Club Sponsored Page. There are features that allow viewers to increase the [...] 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
Death and Injustice in Fresno
There is an unequal justice system in Fresno. One for the police and the rich. Another for the poor and working class. For the unhoused of Fresno, there is often no justice. Some recent examples of [...] 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
Sierra Club Sponsored Page
October 2023 You can read the print version of the Sierra Club page below. This is a .pdf of the September 2023 Sierra Club Sponsored Page. There are features that allow viewers to increase the [...] Continue Reading
Tulare Lake Lingers over Industrial Landscape
The emergence of a reborn Tulare Lake, from winter floodwaters that submerged farmland in the San Joaquin Valley, is posing new problems. The lake still covers an extensive landscape, but it is now [...] Continue Reading
BLM Shuts Down Oil Drilling in the Carrizo Plain National Monument
President Bill Clinton created the Carrizo Plain National Monument in 2001. It is California’s largest remaining natural grassland and home to numerous sensitive and rare species of plants and [...] Continue Reading