Tag: environment
Trees, not asphalt: The $1 billion effort to build ‘cooler’ California...
As summer approaches and temperatures soar, one of the most dangerous places for Bay Area students might actually be the playground.On a hot, sunny...
That mouth-watering aroma of fresh food cooking? It may be degrading...
Grace Toohey | (TNS) Los Angeles TimesIt’s been known for years that cooking indoors can taint the air in a home and cause health problems, especially...
First commercial hydrogen fueling station in the nation for big rigs...
OAKLAND — The first commercial truck hydrogen fueling station in the nation, set to open this summer in West Oakland, has the potential over...
A strange fungus could transform emerging cicadas into ‘saltshakers of death,’...
By Kate Golembiewski | CNN
This spring, billions of cicadas will emerge after more than a decade underground, ready to climb into the trees and...
In Defense of Parasitic Worms
CAPTION: Chelsea Wood kneels to search for shore crabs at a beach in Tacoma, Washington. She will later dissect the crabs to search for...
Photos: Tour of the 1,732-foot-long tunnel at the Anderson Dam project
Workers are about 80% finished digging a new 1,736-foot-long outlet tunnel at Anderson Dam near Morgan Hill. The work is part of a $2.3...
The Earth Is About to Feast on Dead Cicadas
Much like how an unexpected free dinner will distract you from the leftovers sitting in your fridge, this summer’s cicada emergence will turn predators...
City Trees Save Lives
“We are able to quantify how outcomes would have been different in real events,” says de Guzman. “I know that projections are for a...
Letters: CalPERS’ responsibility | Anti-BDS law | Strengthen rules | Normal...
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.CalPERS’ responsibilityis also to taxpayersRe: “Pension investments in fossil fuels...
The One Thing Holding Back Heat Pumps
So the demand is there, as is growing support from the federal and state governments. What’s lagging is the workforce—at least temporarily. And the...
