Ocean conditions likely to reduce Colorado River flows this winter — ‘A recipe for a perfect drought’

By Meg Sullivan October 01, 2010 The convergence in the coming year of three cyclical conditions affecting ocean temperatures and weather is likely to create unprecedented challenges for states that depend on water from the Colorado River, a new UCLA study suggests. “If I were concocting a recipe for a perfect drought, this would be […]

Photo gallery: Coal power stations

By David DeFranzaSeptember 30, 2010 “A good photograph,” Ansel Adams said, “is knowing where to stand.” For photographer Michael Kenna, that has meant standing in front of icons of industrial society: The power stations that supply electricity to factories and homes, offices and shopping centers. Though his eerie photos capture a sense of nostalgia, his […]

Bush/Enron Chronology

In years past, when Desdemona was still in the grip of delusional hope, there was the possibility that the internet might spark a revolution in human consciousness, and that we might overthrow the sociopaths who dominate the various power elites. Desdemona had been scrutinizing the Bush family very closely, after watching, with increasing horror, the […]

Mapping traffic’s toll on wildlife

By MALIA WOLLANSeptember 12, 2010 DAVIS, Calif. — To Ron Ringen, a retired veterinarian, roadkill is a calling. Nearly every week for the last seven months, Mr. Ringen, 69, has driven the roads north of this college town near Sacramento, scanning the pavement for telltale bits of fur and feathers. Pulling over, Mr. Ringen gets […]

Dead zones increased dramatically in US waters over the past 50 years

By Mike Lee, UNION-TRIBUNEFriday, September 3, 2010 at 10:03 a.m. Dead zones increased dramatically in U.S. waters over the past 50 years, threatening ecosystems and fisheries nationwide, according to a sweeping report Friday by the federal Office of Science and Technology Policy. The multiagency assessment said that incidents of hypoxia — a condition in which […]

Foreclosures of million-dollar-plus homes on the rise in California

The number of homes in the $1-million-and-up slice of the market that have become bank owned has tripled during the last three years in Los Angeles County, and the trend has shown little sign of slowing.   By Lauren Beale, Los Angeles TimesAugust 29, 2010 Foreclosure is blind. After the mortgage meltdown and the plunge […]

Los Angeles launches campaign to roll back ocean regulation for power plants

A bill in the Legislature would delay new regulations that require the DWP to overhaul three coastal power plants to reduce the amount of seawater used for cooling. By Patrick McGreevy and David Zahniser, Los Angeles TimesAugust 25, 2010 The city of Los Angeles has launched an aggressive lobbying campaign to roll back tough new […]

Graph of the Day: US West Coast Butterfly Range Shifts Northward

As climate warms, many species in the United States are shifting their ranges northward and to higher elevations. The map shows the response of Edith’s checkerspot butterfly populations to a warming climate over the past 136 years in the American West. Over 70 percent of the southernmost populations (shown in yellow) have gone extinct. The […]

California irrigators lose court battle against wild steelhead protection

SAN FRANCISCO, California, August 20, 2010 (ENS) – An attempt by irrigation districts to strip federal protected status from wild steelhead trout in California’s Central Valley was rejected in a ruling today from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. This Endangered Species Act case is a challenge to the decision of the National Marine Fisheries […]

Sea otter numbers take a turn for the worse

By Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff WriterMonday, August 16, 2010 (08-16) 12:22 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — The California sea otter – which fought back from near extinction after a century or so of wholesale slaughter – appears to again be hitting the skids, and nobody can figure out the reason. It is the second consecutive year […]

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