SF News Climate Activists Chain Themselves to Wells Fargo Wagon in Downtown SF to Protest Fossil Fuel Investment Holding signs saying things like "Tell Wells Fargo: Stop Funding Climate Change," a group of climate activists has revived the era of downtown climate protests in San Francisco Monday morning.
SF News Report: Wildfire Smoke Could Double or Triple in Coming Decades, Causing More Wildfires The dirty air from wildfire smoke could occur two to three times more frequently a generation or two down the line, thanks to a vicious cycle that makes the smoky air itself cause more wildfires.
Arts & Entertainment New Video Game Imagines San Francisco In 3022, After 200 Feet of Sea Level Rise A new PlayStation game by Sony-owned Guerrilla Games depicts San Francisco and some other parts of the state as they might appear without so many humans, in a distant future well populated by threatening robotic dinosaurs.
Arts & Entertainment The Fight Over 'Managed Retreat' From Sea-Level Rise In CA Coastal Towns Makes It to 'This American Life' If you don't live in a low-lying beach town in California or know anyone who does, you'd be forgiven for never having heard the term "managed retreat." 'This American Life' tackles the term in a new episode about "apocalypse creep."
SF News The Current Western U.S. Drought is the Worst in 1,200 Years, Says New Study Analysis of tree-ring data says that we haven’t seen a drought like this since the year 800 A.D., or maybe longer, but the data doesn’t go back any further than that.
SF News SF City Hall Unveils 2021 Climate Action Plan With Bizarre TEDx Talk Infomercial The San Francisco Climate Action Plan is a legitimate and thoughtful document, but it was launched with a curiously branded TEDx Talk that felt more like a low-budget awards show than a policy discussion.
SF News Photos: King Tides Offer Window Into a Bay Area Marked by the Climate Crisis King tides — which average two feet higher than normal tides — flooded parts of San Francisco this weekend. And by doing so, they gave us a glimpse into how the city might look in the future with rising sea levels.
SF News Study: Sierra Snowpack Could All But Disappear In 25 Years Winters with little or no snow could become commonplace in the Sierra Nevada as soon as 25 years from now, according to an alarming new study.
SF Politics What 'Family' Issue Kept Gavin Newsom From Attending Climate Conference? Governor Gavin Newsom and his wife abruptly canceled a planned trip to the U.N. climate conference, COP26, and he's been out of the public eye for about 10 days now with little explanation
SF News Report: Embarcadero Needs to Be Raised 'Two to Seven Feet' to Prepare for Climate Change Flooding A new report from the SF Port Commission sounds the alarm that without a couple billion dollars in seawall upgrades, downtown SF will find itself underwater when sea levels rise.
SF News Berkeley Scientist Sounds Alarm That the Bay Area May Be Losing Its Fog A UC Berkeley biologist says the Bay Area has lost 33% of its fog over the last 50-some years, or “basically three hours per day of fog,” in his words.
SF News Strongest Storm In a Quarter Century, Bomb Cyclone Surpasses Bay Area Predictions, Causes Havoc All Over While meteorologists on Sunday morning were still predicting large, but not record-breaking rain totals, a storm system rolled in off the Pacific and pummeled the Bay Area with way more rain than most of us were expecting.
SF Politics Around 100 Youth Climate Activists Marched From Paradise to Nancy Pelosi's Front Door, Demanding Action In a symbolic march from a community devastated by a wildfire three years ago to the doorsteps of politicians in power, a group of around 100 youth climate activists led by the Sunrise Movement demonstrated outside the homes of Pelosi and Sen. Dianne Feinstein Monday.
SF Politics California to Ban Sale of Gas-Only Cars By 2035... If We All Make It That Long On Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new initiative to end the sale of gas-powered automobiles in the state by 2035 — a 15-year timeline that will make this state of 40 million people the first in the nation to phase out gas-only vehicles completely.
SF Politics Trump Lands In Sacramento For Wildfire Briefing, Gets Greeted By Protesters Trump was doing his best to seem presidential and look like he cared as he met with state leaders in Sacramento about the wildfire response, and Governor Gavin Newsom did his best not to spit in his face.
SF Politics Facebook Loophole Allows Climate Change Deniers to Have a Misinformation Field Day By labeling blatant lies as “opinion,” fossil fuel industry pundits have found “a loophole that you can drive a Mack truck through.”
SF Politics SF and Oakland Win Appeal in Global Warming Lawsuit Against Big Oil The multi-billion dollar climate damage lawsuit against BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Shell is back on, as SF, Oakland, and other cities won in a ruling in the 9th Circuit that likely bounces the case back to state court.
SF News New Study Finds Direct Link Between Melting Arctic Ice and Extreme Weather In California For the first time, climate scientists have illustrated a direct cause-and-effect relationship between melting sea ice in the Arctic and the uptick in extreme weather events and "atmospheric rivers" on the Pacific Coast of the U.S.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Select SF Restaurants Tack On 'Optional' Surcharge to Fight Climate Change Diners in SF are likely sick of surprise surcharges at this point, but a new 1% charge is appearing on bills in a handful of local restaurants aimed at improving soils and fighting climate change.
SF News Lawn Mowers and Leaf Blowers May Go Bye-Bye If Berkeley-Style Ban Goes Statewide Gas-powered mowers, leaf blowers, and weed whackers could get whacked as pollution opponents target gasoline-fueled lawn equipment.
SF News A Half-Mile of the Great Highway To Be Eliminated for an Ultramodern Sewage Plant Remodel The sewage facility we once tried to name after George W. Bush is getting a big (and overbudget) upgrade, but will remove a small chunk of the Great Highway.
Arts & Entertainment Teen Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Gets Huge Mural In Downtown SF The face of 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is going up on the side of a building near Union Square, and the artist painting is hoping a band will donate their services for an unveiling ceremony.
SF News Report: California May Be In For A Dry Winter A new federal climate report shows that California could be in for a dry few months and even some drought-like conditions in some regions.
SF News Amazon, PG&E, and Others Singled-Out During Student-Led Climate Rally Friday morning, Market Street was inundated by thousands of students marching as part of the globally-organized Climate Strikes, chanting for a cleaner, more environmentally sound future. And among the companies targeted to hear the message were Amazon, PG&E, Bank of America, and others.
SF News Climate Strike March Shuts Down Market Street, Buses Re-Routed A planned "climate strike" protest by students drew tens of thousands downtown today and shut down bus, streetcar, and vehicle traffic on Market Street Friday morning. Buses are being re-routed onto Mission.
