Environment

Ocean dumping – or a climate solution? A growing industry bets on the ocean to capture carbon
Efforts to capture carbon dioxide have exploded in recent years.

New South Bay facility helps animals get back to the wild life
The Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA is operating a new facility in Saratoga to care...

Major rockslide closes key road into Yosemite National Park indefinitely
Tons of boulders crash down onto Highway 140 along the Merced River

Testing continues at site of Moss Landing battery plant fire, headway made in delinking process
County officials reaffirmed there is currently no risk to public health in the air, water...

Philp: Musk endangers California water with DOGE cuts on federal projects
The agency that controls the state's water supply and manages iconic dams is now tasked...

Donald Trump backs higher pay for wildland firefighters while DOGE cuts wildfire support staff
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Wednesday credited Trump with securing the pay increase in a...

California GOP’s plan to cut gas prices is squashed, backers say
The bill and others aim to reverse changes to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

Why is Alameda County returning $1.5 million it collected in park fees?
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted last week to return more than $1.5...

How to spend $453 million available after collapse of East Bay reservoir expansion project?
Other water storage projects hope to receive funding from Proposition 1, a state water bond

The high cost of fixing Lake Tahoe: Famed alpine lake still murky after decades of efforts
Billions of state and federal dollars are spent on Lake Tahoe. But is all this...