A biweekly deluge of environmental drama. Every other Monday
Environment Report: Finally, a Fix in the Works for Tijuana Sewage Pump
A key wastewater pump at the U.S.-Mexico border, which keeps breaking, should be rehabbed in 18 months.
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Environment Report: Tijuana River’s Toxic Gas Gets Legislated
State Sen. Steve Padilla is running a bill to strengthen regulations for toxic hydrogen sulfide gas.
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Why We’re to Blame for San Diego’s Orphaned Bear Cubs
Monrovia residents seem to let wild black bears get too cozy around humans. That’s partly why these cubs lost their mother to euthanization.
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Environment Report: ‘Balcony’ Solar Could Save San Diegans Money
A bill proposed by State Sen. Scott Wiener would allow Californians to use plug-in solar panels.
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Environment Report: A Conversation with San Diego’s ‘Bird Wizard’
San Diego Natural History Museum’s newly-retired curator of birds and mammals on a lifetime of telling local stories through winged creatures, AI and dwindling human connection to nature.
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Environment Report: Why San Diego Community Power Is Stockpiling Cash
The region’s government-run electricity buyer has over half a billion in its rainy-day fund but hasn’t used any of it to lower rates. Here’s why.
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Environment Report: Flood Scares Won’t Quit in Shelltown
At 2 a.m. Monday morning, the De la Mora’s were outside in the rain cleaning a city storm drain with a rake.
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Environment Report: How Much Toxic Gas Is Too Much? Nobody Seems to Agree.
I’m on a quest to find out how the federal government plans to interpret hydrogen sulfide gas data from the polluted Tijuana River Valley. The way they do could impact health guidance for the public.
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