Letters to Aguiar-Curry and Dodd on Moving to a Green Economy and Fracking
Dear Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry and Senator Dodd: The Davis community has been engaged in a series of gatherings…
A Triple Threat to Science
By Tia Will I believe the new administration in Washington embodies a rejection of science that is…
Forget Trump – There’s an Internal Climate Change Battle Brewing
By Leanna Sweha Democrats in Sacramento are in lockstep against President Trump on climate change. At the…
DAPL Confrontation Likely Back On as New President Shifts Policies
Back in December, then-President Barack Obama handed a major victory for thousands of protesters and Indigenous People,…
Will Stricter Climate Change Rules in 2017 Propel or Choke the California Economy?
by Leanna Sweha At a recent meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Governor Brown called on climate…
Hexter Urges Climate Action by Trump and Congress
(From Press Release) – Interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter and the leaders of the other nine UC…
What’s Happening in the Arctic, Is Not Staying in the Arctic
Tipping Points to Collapse By Debra Chase “The metaphor is so obvious. Easter Island isolated in the…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Climate Change Policies in Doubt?
Back in September, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that introduces truly radical levels of climate change policy. …
Latest Climate Change Spending Plan is a Hard Sell for Some Democrats
Effectiveness and Fairness of Programs Questioned By Leanna Sweha Governor Brown signed a bill last week to…
Monday Morning Thoughts: What Does Progressive Mean in Davis These Days?
For years Davis prided itself on being on the forefront of progressivism – a mixture of land…
My View: California Passes Climate Change Policy with Teeth
This week Governor Brown signed legislation that introduces truly radical levels of climate change policy. The legislation…
The Shrinking Life of Krill
By Debra Chase Krill is said to be the largest biomass on the planet, outweighing the human…
Troubling Headlines Show Climate Change Is Moving Faster than Predicted
By Debra Chase Some of the worst impacts of climate change that were thought to be events…
World Heritage Sites in Danger
By Debra Chase “The supreme reality of our time is…the vulnerability of our planet.” When President John…
Assembly Resources Committee Approves Wolk Climate Change Bill With Bipartisan Vote
Bill supports role of farms, parks, other open spaces in state’s climate change goals On a bipartisan,…
The Heat is On: Historic Climate Agreement Signing on World Earth Day
By Debra Chase Inextricably connected – every little inch of earth and sky– every life form –…
Senator Wolk Introduces Climate Change Measures
Bills support investment in key strategy in Governor’s climate change plan (From press release) Senator Lois Wolk…
Historic Global Climate Change Agreement Adopted in France
by Debra Chase For over twenty years the myth of Sisyphus has been the ruling analogy of…
North Of Falcon In Decade Zero: Decisions And Life On Earth
By Debra Chase “Florence: Who knows anything about fish? I mean fish don’t tell you anything much…
Sweeping Climate Change Bill SB 32 Stalls in Assembly
A bill that would have extended California’s pollution reduction goals out to 2050 has stalled in the…
