Around East County: Former fire district chief Brentwood Citizen of Year
People often contribute to their community behind the scenes and never get a chance to...
Dry lightning has sparked California’s most destructive fires. Scientists say it could happen more often
By Rachel Ramirez | CNN Dry lightning has ignited some of the most destructive and...
The ‘progress recession’ has been here for decades
One of the sillier arguments you'll read about in the coming weeks and months is over whether the US has…
Searching for more oil as the world heats up
We've written before about the most inconvenient truth of Joe Biden's presidency -- that his short-term political fortunes rely on…
Anzar Fire: San Benito County wildfire forces evacuations
AROMAS — A wildfire burning east of the San Benito County town of Aromas had...
Bloom Energy officially launches clean energy Fremont factory
SAN JOSE — Bloom Energy formally launched its new green energy factory in Fremont on...
Biden rolls out executive actions on climate change, but doesn’t declare national emergency
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced new executive actions he will take to combat climate change, though he came short…
Biden is running out of time to lead on climate
The Northern Hemisphere is sweltering in a miserable vision of future life seared by climate change, just at the moment…
East Contra Costa: The latest plan to stop the Marsh Fire? Drown it with 10 million to 20 million gallons of water
Firefighters and air quality experts are cautiously optimistic that a plan to flood the stubborn...
Yosemite fire: Why giant sequoia trees are surviving now when others died in recent fires
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Last year and the year before, in an unprecedented environmental disaster,...