A new and alarming study out of U.C. Davis projects that snowfall in Tahoe will decrease by a third in the next forty years, and by two thirds by the end of the century, assuming humankind continues to ignore climate change trends. Researchers from Davis and U.S. Geological Survey completed the study recently, which is one of the most detailed and comprehensive projections of its kind to be done on the localized level. more ›

Talk about global weirding: How about that heat yesterday, huh? Tuesday was the hottest August day ever in San Francisco, according to the National Weather Service, tying the all-time high for the month of 98 degrees set on August 1, 2003. Private meteorologist Mike Pechner says, "It was a really weird day," and notes that several unofficial readings around town were as high as 106 degrees, 3 degrees above the official all-time S.F. high set on July 17, 1988. more ›

CBS reports: "President Barack Obama said the United States, China and several other countries reached a 'unprecedented breakthrough' Friday to curb greenhouse gas emissions -- including a mechanism to verify compliance -- after a frenzied day of diplomacy at the U.N. climate talks." The agreement also includes "developing nations" India, South Africa, and Brazil. more ›

The Mobilization for Climate Justice -- described by Indybay.org as a "a broad and diverse coalition of organizations working for social, environmental, economic and racial justice" -- held protests across the world today to combat the "global climate crisis, based on equitable, democratic and science-based solutions." more ›

This is all Ed Jew's fault. We were so distracted by updating you on the latest in his woes that we the news that we just got from a favorite reader that previous SFist obsession District 6 Supe Chris Daly threw one of his famous fits at the Board of Supes meeting today! NO! How did we miss this? more ›

"Low carb diet" had a lot of buzz in the past few years. Perhaps "low carbon diet" is next. A while ago we wrote about the possibility of saving the world through cuisine. We were being a little hyperbolic, of course. But a new diet, written by two Bay Area residents, quite literally aims to save the environment via your food consumption. more ›

claims to be the web's first carbon-neutral film, a designation that means Al Gore catered it or something. The film itself is about four minutes' worth of the best part of a horror film -- when the monsters attack and the sexy young humans die horribly. In this case, the monsters are thawed possums, and the sexy young humans gamely shriek and burst and run away, pursued by a predictably question-marky The End. It's all the sort of splattery fun you'd expect from the title; nothing more, nothing less. Actually, a little bit less: the film STRICTLY FORBIDS scrubbing, so no fast-forward or rewind. Dragging a playhead must cause global warming somehow. more ›

As noted in this week's SF Weekly and SFist Rita's "We Read the Weeklies" column, the Bay Area's (and beyond) beloved Kitchen Sink—the magazine for people who think too much—is calling it quits this spring. Kitchen Sink is the latest of several independent publications to shut down due to the Independent Press Association's failure to fulfill its commitments before going under. Before Kitchen Sink's proverbial well runs dry, they will be producing one last issue. But they need your help to do it! Stop on by Edinburgh Castle this Saturday night for their fundraiser, which will feature lots of bands and a raffle with prizes from Amoeba, the Believer and local artisans. more ›

So San Francisco's Department of the Environment-- you know we had one didn't you?-- has come out with their plans to make this city go green. Or more like cutting down on those nasty, nasty greenhouse gases so we can cut emissions to pre-1990 levels. The report was called for by Gavin as part of his Climate Action Plan, which he introduced in 2004. more ›

One good thing about being the area known as having the most-liberal, terrorist loving court system is that we get all the fun lawsuits happening here. Which would describe a lawsuit filed a couple of days ago against the Federal Government at the US District in San Francisco for slacking on a global warming report. more ›

Munich Re is a leading reinsurance company which basically means that they insure the insurance companies (but who insurances them? The rereinsurers?) and wind up doling out a lot money to insurance companies after natural disasters hit. To help the company prepare for the future, the company does research on possible catastrophic trends which is how they came up with the “natural hazard risk index.” It’s leading researcher, Gerd Berz, has spent the past thirty years monitoring things such as climate change, population trends, and infrastructure. Long story short, more population at greater density increases chances of “mega-disaster” at huge cost and toll. Besides helping Munich Re plan for the future, Berz’s job is to be the guy in all the disaster movie who spends all their time telling everyone something bad is going to happen, only to have nobody listen to them. While that job sounds slightly on the frustrating side, those guys always survive the movie. more ›