Ag and Trade
November 19, 2013
"This country has forgotten rural America for far too long," said U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Although the U.S. has had the best...
Listen & Watch
Power Year in Review
December 2, 2013
“Fear of fracking is rampant,” said KQED science editor Craig Miller when asked about California’s energy headlines of 2013. But more...
Parched California
November 15, 2013
"The Bay Delta debate sucks all the oxygen out of the water discussion," according to Lester Snow, executive director of the California Water...
Fracked State
November 5, 2013
"We have been fracking in California for 60 years and we have done it safely," according to Paul Deiro, an energy lobbyist with KP Public Affairs....
Deep Blue
October 29, 2013
"Every second breath comes from the ocean," said Mary Hagedorn, a research scientist with the Smithsonian Institution and the Hawaii Institute of...
Mountain Meltdown
October 22, 2013
“We want skiers to literally help save the world,” said Porter Fox, editor at Powder Magazine. Climate change has already impacted the length...
Paul Hawken & Andy Revkin: Carbon Gift
October 18, 2013
“Humans are problem-solving animals – you would never know it reading the press,” said environmentalist Paul Hawken. He and NY Times writer...
OPEC Oil Embargo +40
October 18, 2013
“You would much rather breathe the air in any American city than breathe it in Beijing – thank you, EPA,” said former Secretary of State...
Bay Delta: A Grand Bargain?
October 16, 2013
"The Delta is not just a canteen to supply water...it’s a place that a lot of people live and work and call home," said Kip Lipper, Chief...
Grazing, Grass and Gas
October 4, 2013
“We have the potential to use grazing lands and use cattle and livestock to help slow climate change,” according to UC Berkeley professor...
Metro Revolution
September 20, 2013
"I will attest to the fact that the federal government actually has left the building," said Kofi Bonner, president of Lennar’s Bay Area Urban...
Corn, Cars and Cows
August 22, 2013
While ethanol burns cleaner than gasoline, some researchers argue its production makes it less than environmentally friendly. University of...
Overheated
June 28, 2013
“Climate change will be the biggest health issue of my grandchild’s lifetime and my great-grandchildren’s lifetime…we will be looking at...
Nature's Price Tag
July 26, 2013
An emerging area of economics aims to put a price on nature as a way of justifying preserving it in societies dominated by the wisdom of markets....
Fracking News
July 19, 2013
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is “the most profound [energy] revolution that we’ve had in decades,” said San Francisco Chronicle...
Environmental Debt
July 9, 2013
There is a pattern between the way we do business and the changes in our climate. “The companies that are the biggest polluters make the biggest...
Governors Ritter and Whitman: Risk and Resilience
June 19, 2013
Hurricane Sandy and the devastating Colorado fires of 2012 underscore the idea that climate disruption is amplifying natural disasters, if not...
Power Choice
June 17, 2013
Rising interest in clean power is presenting electric monopolies with competition for the first time. Community choice aggregation (CCA) gives...
Sea Surge
June 18, 2013
Humans have been using their ingenuity to deal with sea level rise, floods, and fluctuating coasts for the past 15,000 years, and recent extreme...
Pandora's Promise (6/15/13)
June 15, 2013
In the wake of the Fukushima disaster, the U.S. is struggling to define its nuclear energy future. The film “Pandora’s Promise” asks whether...