California

Cumulative Ocean Impacts Mapped Off U.S. and Mexican Shores [1]

Researchers from California and Hawaii have analyzed 25 factors and developed a map that reflects the relative cumulative magnitude of their effects on the waters extending for about 250-350 miles off the shores of Washington, Oregon, California, and the Baja Peninsula.

SEJ Publication Types:

TipSheet [2]

Topics on the Beat:

Climate Change [3]

Fish & Fisheries [4]

Pollution [5]

Water & Oceans [6]

Region:

International [7]

National (U.S.) [8]

Northwest (OR WA) [9]

California [10]

Mexico [11]

Visibility:

Public [12]

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July 20, 2009 to July 24, 2009

3rd National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration [13]

Highlighted large scale ecosystem restorations will include the Chesapeake Bay, Coastal Louisiana, Everglades, Great Lakes, Lower Colorado, Columbia, Snake, Mississippi and Missouri River Basins, Puget Sound, and San Francisco Bay and Delta.

Professional Meetings [14]

Visibility:

Public [12]

Topics on the Beat:

Natural Resources [15]

Biodiversity [16]

Region:

National (U.S.) [8]

California [10]

"Rising Calls to Regulate California Groundwater" [17]

Some California farmers are depleting the groundwater beneath their land faster than nature can recharge it -- and climate change is likely to make things worse. While farmers resist regulating groundwater use, critics argue that not doing it "could prove catastrophic to the state’s real estate sector and its $36 billion agricultural economy."

Water & Oceans [6]

Public [12]

California [10]

Source: NYTimes [18], 05/14/2009

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Weather Gives CA Firefighters the Edge [19]

"Thousands of Santa Barbara residents are being allowed to return home as low winds and dramatically cooler temperatures have given firefighters the upper hand in their assault on the 6-day-old Jesusita fire, which stretches for five miles."

Disasters [20]

Public [12]

California [10]

Source: LA Times [21], 05/10/2009

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Farmers v. Enviros Over CA Wilderness [22]

"SAN FRANCISCO -- A Bay Area oyster cannery in an estuary slated to become a federal wilderness area is at the heart of a battle pitting proponents of fishing and local food production against environmental advocates."

Natural Resources [15]

Public [12]

California [10]

Source: Greenwire/NYTimes [23], 05/08/2009

Read more about Farmers v. Enviros Over CA Wilderness [22]

July 13, 2009 to July 17, 2009

ESRI International User Conference [24]

A conference on GIS, widely used in environmental applications.

Professional Meetings [14]

Visibility:

Public [12]

Topics on the Beat:

Technology [25]

Region:

California [10]

Public Comment Open for Renewable Energy Zones [26]

The Western Governors' Association and the US DOE begin Phase 1 of a 4-phase process, with initial designation of suitable zones for renewable power generation in the western US, Canada, and Mexico.

SEJ Publication Types:

TipSheet [2]

Topics on the Beat:

Planning & Growth [27]

Energy & Fuel [28]

Region:

International [7]

National (U.S.) [8]

Northwest (OR WA) [9]

Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [29]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]

California [10]

Mexico [11]

Visibility:

Public [12]

Read more about Public Comment Open for Renewable Energy Zones [26]

CA to Change Zero-Emission Vehicle Requirements [31]

A likely upcoming shift in California's strategy to reduce smog from cars could affect new vehicles rolling onto roads nationwide over the next few years.

SEJ Publication Types:

TipSheet [2]

Topics on the Beat:

Air [32]

Pollution [5]

Region:

California [10]

Visibility:

Public [12]

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CA PESTICIDE SPRAYING PITS TRADE SECRETS AGAINST RIGHT TO KNOW [33]

California is trying to eradicate the brown apple moth along the state's central coast by aerial spraying of a pheromone-based pesticide intended to interfere with the insect's natural reproductive cycle. Some residents want to know what's being sprayed on them.

SEJ Publication Types:

WatchDog TipSheet [34]

Topics on the Beat:

Chemicals [35]

Region:

California [10]

Visibility:

Public [12]

Read more about CA PESTICIDE SPRAYING PITS TRADE SECRETS AGAINST RIGHT TO KNOW [33]

Los Angeles, CA 1999 [36]

SEJ's 9th Annual Conference: Urban sprawl; Hollywood, the press and the environment, with panelists Ted Danson, Ed Begley Jr., and Keely Shaye Smith; keynote address by David Brower; and a Sunday morning talk by Barry Lopez, author of Arctic Dreams.

Initiatives:

SEJ Annual Conferences [37]

Visibility:

Public [12]

Region:

California [10]