"Can We Save the Redwoods by Helping Them Move?"
"The largest trees on the planet can’t easily ‘migrate’ — but in a warming world, some humans are helping them try to find new homes."
Source: NYTimes, 10/26/2023
California
"Gavin Newsom Wants to Export California’s Climate Laws to the World"
"The Democratic governor is supercharging climate policy and eyeing a future White House run. But critics say some of his constituents could be left behind."
"Gavin Newsom, the California governor, packed his bags and his ambition Monday and flew to Chinese provinces on a weeklong mission to negotiate climate agreements.
Last month, he was the only American invited to address the United Nations about climate change, where he excoriated the fossil fuel industry for what he called its decades of “deceit and denial.”
Source: NYTimes, 10/24/2023
Prying Open the Statehouse Doors
Reporting on environmental stories often leads to the state legislature, where key material can be frustratingly hard to access. Whether that’s because the state is deliberately hiding information, has poor systems for sharing it or isn’t even tracking it, there are ways to get what you need. Four seasoned environment reporters offer tips, tricks and commiseration.
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"Newsom Signs First-In-The-Nation Corporate Climate Disclosure Bills"
"Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills Saturday that would require large corporations operating in the state to disclose both their carbon footprints and their climate-related financial risks starting in 2026."
Source: Politico, 10/09/2023
Home Insurance Likely To Be a 2024 Climate Story Near You
In the first of a two-parter for our 2024 Journalists’ Guide to Environment & Energy, TipSheet looks at what climate-driven disasters mean for the home insurance market. Storms, floods and fire rip through communities, yet a federal insurance program falls short, lawmakers shy away from real reform and insurers grow hesitant to cover the risks, while homeowners often attempt to rebuild in the same problematic locales. Plus, see part two on extreme weather and insurance.
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Things To Know About Klamath River Dam Removal, Largest In US History
"The largest dam removal project in United States history is underway along the California-Oregon border. The project will remove four dams on the Klamath River. Work has already begun on removing the smallest of the four dams."
Source: AP, 10/02/2023
Unique Podcast Team Gives Voice to Troubled Communities Near Declining Salton Sea
In the Coachella Valley east of Los Angeles, the massive Salton Sea is rapidly drying up, threatening vulnerable immigrant communities in a growing toxic environment. The Living Downstream podcast reported extensively on these hazards, winning third place in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ Awards for Reporting on the Environment’s explanatory reporting, small, category, in 2022. Inside Story spoke with one of the prizewinners.
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"Baby Sea Otters Are Adorable. But They Aren’t Wanted Everywhere."
"The two-and-a-half-week-old sea otter cried for help. Stranded in a tide pool after heavy winds and strong surf near the edge of the bay, it was ashore and alone."
Source: Washington Post, 09/20/2023
"A Northern California Tribe Works To Protect Traditions In A Warming World"
"The Oak Fire, which burned roughly 20,000 acres west of Yosemite National Park last summer, was devastating to the area's Indigenous tribes — including the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation."
Source: NPR, 09/20/2023
Gov. Newsom Says He’ll Sign Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure Bill
"Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday announced that he will sign the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, Sen. Scott Wiener’s greenhouse gas emissions disclosure requirement bill."
Source: Sacramento Bee, 09/18/2023
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