California

Webinar: Beyond Polarization: Learning from the Unlikely Story of California’s Marine Protected Areas

At a time when the United States is divided and positive collective action feels out of reach, the creation of California’s network of marine protected areas provides a story of hope and hard work. After a contentious ten-year collaborative public process, the establishment of a network of 124 protected areas was considered nothing short of miraculous, having navigated political and interest-based polarization, bureaucratic delays, evolving science, and historic financial difficulties. What lessons can be drawn from the experience?

Webinar: Saving Local Transit in the Bay Area and Beyond

Transportation is one of the biggest challenges facing the Bay Area today. To build good transit, the discussion needs to focus on what matters—quality of service, a range of transit riders, the role of buildings, streets and sidewalks, and, above all, getting transit in the right places.

EPA's War on California

By David F. Coursen / On October 24th, 2019
EPA’s regulatory powers should be used to promote environmental protection, not carry out vendettas against states taking climate action

Want to Win on Climate? Put Justice at the Center

By Laurie Mazur / On February 23rd, 2017
Communities of color are strong leaders in the fight against climate change, but only if policies and the process genuinely reflect their voice and vision.

Frontline Communities to Steer Climate Justice Under Trump

By Amy Vanderwarker / On January 25th, 2017
Low-income communities and communities of color are likely to be hit first and worst by environmental rollbacks under the Trump administration — but they will also be at the forefront of the fight for climate justice.

On the need for better water data

By John Fleck / On April 14th, 2016
A student in one of our University of New Mexico Water Resources Program classes asked last week what the magic trick was to finding water data. We’d asked the students to do some really challenging modeling of the flow of water through New Mexico’s Middle Rio Grande watersheds, and one of the biggest difficulties was finding usable data to plug into their models.

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