2023 State of the Climate Report: Entering Uncharted Territory
“The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory” BioScience, biad080, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad080 Published: 24 October 2023 William J Ripple, Christopher Wolf, Jillian W Gregg, Johan Rockström, Thomas M Newsome, Beverly E Law, Luiz Marques, Timothy M Lenton, Chi Xu, Saleemul Huq Leon Simons, Sir David…
The #1 Way to Reduce Air Travel Emissions? Reduce Air Travel!
How easy would it be for you to give up flying? Would you be willing to drive or even take a train to go across the country? Since flying is so common as a way to get places across our vast country (and world!), it’s…
Emergency Preparedness Month: Listos California Resource Hub Launched
September is Emergency Preparedness month! Listos California would like to let you know that there’s no better time than now to make sure you are prepared and ready to play a part in helping your community stay safe. Emergency Alert System: Big Picture and Local…
Tips for Making a DIY Air Filter (Consejos: Si opta por utilizar un purificador de aire de bricolaje)
Editor’s Note: Thank you to the Yolo Solano Air Quality Management District and represetative Karin Bloesch for these materials and the research behind them. If you build a DIY air cleaner, use a newer model box fan (2012 or later). The newer models have added…
UC Davis Expert Confirms IPCC Report Dire-Yet-Not-Too-Late Findings
If you needed confirmation that we face an uncertain environmental future because of climate change, the recent Synthesis Report (SR) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides ample evidence that we do. On the other hand, it lays out a clear path to…
Eco-Friendly Options for Air Travel
Aviation has come a long way since 1903. From the first flights of prototype planes to the robust aviation industry of commercial flights we see today, human accomplishment has been able to bring forth possibilities for travel that had never been seen in the centuries…
Save Money and the Planet: Make Your Cell Phone Last
Who knew upgrading your cell phone contributes to the rise of carbon emissions, leading to the destruction of our planet? The manufacturing of phones and mining for the metals that make up the phone are contributors to a warming planet. So why not make the…
Yolo County Hazard Mitigation Plan Community Survey
Is your neighborhood ready for power outages, flood, heat, wildfire and other hazards? Answer the survey!! Yolo County is looking for community input as it drafts its next Hazard Mitigation Plan. The last few years here in Yolo County we have all experienced the new…
Electric Vehicles and Cold Weather
If you’re looking for a new/used car, no matter what kind you’re considering, you should consider local temperature and weather conditions – and future weather extremes — in your decision. Cold weather is hard on all vehicles and electric vehicles are no exception. While EVs…
Sphagnum and Peat Moss Sales to Be Banned in England and Wales, Ireland Since 2018
Editor’s note: This article has been changed from how it appears in the Yolo County Master Gardener newsletter. Local nursery owner Don Shor has corrected the geographical scope of the ban and headings have been changed to reflect that correction. See more reading section at…
Excessive Heat Warning and Places to Cool Down in Davis and Yolo County
City of Davis News posted 9/1/22 https://www.cityofdavis.org/Home/Components/News/News/7986/2985?backlist=%2f Weather Relief Station The next few days will be very hot. The City will open a Weather Relief Center in the Valente Room of the Davis Senior Center (646 A St.) for the following days: • Sat, 9/3,…
Landfill Award to Improve Waste-to-Fuel Processes
The Yolo County Central Landfill (YCCL) has been selected for an award of $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to improve the current science and infrastructure to turn waste streams into clean, renewable fuel. The DOE grant to the YCCL – one…
Pakistan Emits Less Than 1% Global Carbon, Floods Devastate Millions
A message from 350.org and Anam Rathor, a youth climate activist with Climate Action Pakistan: A third of Pakistan is under water and and over 33 million people have been displaced. It’s hard to imagine, but that’s more than the entire population of Texas being…
SCOTUS Ruling Limits Clean Air Regulations
Reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court June 30, 2022 ruling that limits the federal government’s authority to issue regulations to reduce carbon emissions from existing power plants. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA “No challenge poses a greater threat to our future than a changing climate. Every day,…
Divestment Bill Killed by Fossil-Fuel-Funded Assembly Member
The Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill SB1173 introduced in the California Senate by Senator Lena Gonzalez of Long Beach made its way through three committees successfully. If passed, it would have required the two state pension funds, the California State Teachers Retirement Service (CalSTRS) and the…
Per Capita: One step forward, five steps backlash
Remembering isn’t really my strong suit, but I do recall points in the evolution of my thinking about the climate crisis. There was the beginning, when it seemed that if all us individuals changed our light bulbs and rode a bike that would take care…
Drought Hits California – Again or Still? Some Facts to Ponder
A compilation from the City of Davis website and writer Michael Kluk In October 2021, the Davis City Council reinforced the Governor’s call for a voluntary 15% reduction in water usage and adopted sprinkler irrigation watering restrictions as a preventive measure to assist the City…
Like the Hot April Sun: Ken Kirsch Sustainability Story
I remember reading Bill McKibben’s book The End of Nature during my lunch breaks while working as a carpenter in San Francisco. I don’t know why I picked up that book. I wasn’t particularly focused on those kind of issues at the time. But I…
Hope Needs You to Act on Climate! Personal and Policy Responses to the Recent IPCC Report
Cool Davis knows that the state of the climate, the pandemic, racial injustice, and the effects of an exploitive economy are powerful forces that weigh heavily on all of us to varying degrees. We know … because we struggle with these things, too! We’re in…
New “Healthy Planet, Healthy You” Exhibit Part of Explorit Grand Re-Opening
Editor’s Note: Explorit’s Grand Re-Opening is scheduled for this weekend, October 2nd and 3rd. Reserve your entry day and time. Take the Healthy Planet, Healthy You QUIZ. Explorit Science Center is excited to announce our next exhibit, opening in October! “Healthy Planet, Healthy You” will…
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