Newsletter www.kpbs.org Ocean acidification affecting California mussels A UC San Diego researcher says an increasingly acidic ocean is having an impact on shellfish that live in the nearshore environment.
Solutions www.kpbs.org San Diego coastal marshes may become important tools to battle climate change The plants in the salt marsh grow fast, sucking a lot of carbon dioxide out of the air and some of that carbon gets trapped as plants die and new ones grow over them. It makes the wetlands a carbon sink, as some researchers call it.
Politics www.kpbs.org Fossil fuel setbacks rejected by California senate committee Clean air advocates fall short in their bid to protect communities of color from fossil fuel extraction in urban areas.
Impacts www.kpbs.org Researchers warn a warming ocean threatens giant kelp forests Giant Kelp have survived off the Southern California coast for hundreds of years, but the iconic plant may be in trouble as the ocean warms.
www.kpbs.org Plastic may soon be part of California roads (and that's a good thing) California is moving toward a future where plastics may help build the roads people drive on.
As Biden prepares to block the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, pollution concerns persist in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania fracking company with more than 2,000 environmental violations selected for federal environmental justice funding
