Monday Morning Thoughts: Fire Danger Adds Urgency to Climate Change
We have learned, once again this month, that the risk of fire presents a multi-fold danger to…
Commentary: Schools Made a Tough Call, Is This Really the Future We Face?
UC Davis tried to open earlier this week and the students protested the decision. The administration after…
Commentary: The New Normal?
It wasn’t an incredibly hot fall. In fact, I don’t know that we had a single real…
It’s the End of the World As We Know It, Trump Feels Fine
President Ignores the Catastrophic Report, Focuses on His Victories This week the UN’s scientific panel on climate…
My View: Trump Admin Knows Climate Change Is Happening, Devastating, but Won’t Do Anything about It
The Washington Post yesterday had a startling story. They found buried deep in a 500-page environmental impact…
Commentary: Adapting Land Use Policies during a Time of Climate Change
2017 turned out to be a bad year in the fight against climate change. 2018 has so…
My View: Fires, Heat, the New Normal under Climate Change Sinks In
Last week I was visiting my folks in San Luis Obispo. After finishing the Vanguard, I prepared…
Monday Morning Thoughts: What Happens When It Comes Here?
Yesterday I had a terrifying reminder of just how vulnerable we actually are. As I drove over…
California’s Got a New Plan to Hit Its 2030 Emissions Target – but, Are We Aiming at the Right Target?
By Leanna Sweha The Air Resources Board just adopted its 2030 Scoping Plan. The 2030 goal –…
Sunday Commentary: We Ignore the Link Between Local Land Use Policies and Climate Change at Our Own Peril
Today is the end of 2017 and, in many ways, 2017 was not a good year on…
Agriculture (Finally) Scores Some Serious State Climate Funding
By Leanna Sweha Governor Brown last week signed two bills sending almost $1.5 billion in cap-and-trade auction…
To Tackle Climate Change and Grow the State Economy, Let’s Improve the Business Climate
By Leanna Sweha On Thursday, the legislature held a hearing on how to promote a “just transition”…
Major Climate Study Leaked Among Concerns of Trump Admin Suppression
“The last few years have also seen record-breaking, climate-related, weather extremes, as well as 30 of the…
Cap-and-Trade Extension: Saving Face and Maybe the State’s Economy Too
By Leanna Sweha Yesterday, Governor Brown signed AB 398, the bill that extends Cap-and-Trade to 2030. Earlier…
Aguiar-Curry Supports Passage of Cap-and-Trade Extension to Fight Climate Change
(From Press Release) – – Today, Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) voted in strong support of landmark legislation to…
Davis, Sacramento Temps to Rise over 8 Degrees by 2100
by Jerika L.H. New research by Climate Central has given a bleak projection for the future of…
California Responds to Trump Pulling out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement
President Trump made the announcement that most were expecting, that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris…
Climate Catastrophe and the Legacy of UC Students
(Editor’s note: the writer is a UC Davis student who has requested to submit this anonymously) –…
Forests Get the Short End of the State Climate Funding Stick
By Leanna Sweha One of the state’s critical climate goals is to maintain forests as net carbon…
Cap-and-Trade May Not Have Had a Chance to Work Yet
By Leanna Sweha The senate holds an oversight hearing on Cap-and-Trade this week. On the agenda are…