Bi-Coastal Experiment with Oysters & Infrastructure

Bi-Coastal Experiment with Oysters & Infrastructure

by | Sep 29, 2021 | ,

While the weather is top of mind for many, others are riveted to congressional antics over the long-awaited massive spending bill designed to fix the nation’s roads, bridges, and broadband as September evaporates. We’ve rarely heard the word “infrastructure” bandied about so much. But for those devoted to designing all things climate-ready and habitat-friendly, infrastructure brings to mind oysters, marshes and willow-topped levees, not potholes.

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Cleaner Air, Fewer Health Hazards from Bay Area Refineries

Cleaner Air, Fewer Health Hazards from Bay Area Refineries

by | Sep 28, 2021 | , ,

In July, the Board of Directors of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District voted 19-3 to amend its Regulation 6, Rule 5, requiring fossil fuel refineries under its jurisdiction to reduce particulate matter emissions from their fluidized catalytic cracking units (“cat crackers” in refinery parlance), a major point source of pollution. The move gave the Bay Area the nation’s most health-protective and stringent regulation on particulate emissions, a recognized health hazard.

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Silicon Valley Reboots on Adaptation Work

Silicon Valley Reboots on Adaptation Work

by | Sep 25, 2021 | ,

With the aid of a $150,000 grant from the National Fish Wildlife Foundation, Santa Clara County embarked on a substantial new resilience planning effort this summer. In June the county’s Office of Sustainability convened the first meeting of the County Climate Collaborative, bringing together cities, CBOs and other key partners to identify adaptation and resilience priorities.

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Can Wyoming Windmills Mainline Clean Power to California?

Can Wyoming Windmills Mainline Clean Power to California?

by | Sep 25, 2021 |

The last holdout between California and a new infusion of clean energy–enough to power two million homes–is an unlikely alliance between a Colorado ranch and a flightless bird. Phil Anschutz, former oil prospector and current billionaire, has been hard at work over the last decade-plus planning a project that would build 1,000 wind turbines in Wyoming and route the power to California via a 730-mile transmission line that crosses Colorado, Utah, and Nevada.

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