"Interior: Bill Would Expand Roster Of National Wildlife Refuges"
"A half-million-acre national wildlife refuge would be established in California's Riverside County under a new bill introduced with bipartisan support."
Source: Greenwire, 05/29/2019
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Planned Calif. Wildfire Blackouts Prompt Residents To Adopt Solar Power
"When Karen Cakebread was forced to evacuate her home in Calistoga, Calif., during the Tubbs fire in 2017 — and when she lost power at the winery she owns — she realized the danger frequent wildfires could pose to the electricity that powers her daily life."
Source: Washington Post, 05/28/2019
SEJ in Press Freedom Case, Chem Secrecy Bill Fails and More
SEJ joined with several dozen other journalism groups to support the right to film police activity in a public place, and bills to block information of importance to environmental reporters failed in Louisiana, California and Iowa, but a Colorado paper was blocked from covering a wild horse roundup. All that in this month’s WatchDog Tipsheet.
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PG&E Transmission Lines Caused California's Deadliest Wildfire: State
"Electrical transmission lines owned and operated by utility giant Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) caused last fall's Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history, state fire investigators said Wednesday."
Source: NPR, 05/16/2019
Is Your Local Landfill Leaking Methane?
It’s a good case for the global-local nexus: The potent greenhouse gas methane may be leaking from your local landfill. And this week’s TipSheet explains the latest news developments in this long-standing controversy, as well as policy disputes over capturing the gas. Plus, get story ideas and questions to ask for your local reporting.
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Uber And Lyft Caused Major Traffic Uptick In San Francisco, Study Says
"Do ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft make a city's traffic worse or better? In San Francisco at least, the answer is decidedly worse, according to a newly published study in the journal Science Advances."
Source: NPR, 05/13/2019
"California Central Coast, Bay Area to Open for Drilling"
"A more than five-year moratorium on leasing land in California for oil and gas development will be coming to an end with a May 9 Interior Department plan to open up about 725,000 acres across the state’s Central Coast and the Bay Area for drilling."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/10/2019
4 Years After California’s Largest Dam Removal, How Are The Fish Doing?
"Steelhead trout numbers are growing on the Carmel River, a potential model for other dam removal projects nationwide".
Source: San Jose Mercury News, 05/09/2019
"California To Ban Pesticide It Says Hurts Babies’ Brains"
"The nation’s most productive agricultural state moved Wednesday to ban a controversial pesticide widely used to control a range of insects but blamed for harming brain development in babies."
Source: AP, 05/09/2019
Between the Lines: Forging a Future for a ‘Forgotten River’
Washington, D.C.’s long-neglected Anacostia River bears both tragedy and beauty. And author Krista Schlyer plumbs its depths in her most recent book, “River of Redemption.” In this Between the Lines, she speaks of her connection to the urban waterway, as well as her latest reporting on the environmental impact of the border wall.
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