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Dec 2

Update: Solar, Martinez Refinery, and Beavers!

Solar: The California Public Utilities Commission rules make it extremely disadvantageous for schools and other multimeter entities to...

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Nov 8

iNaturalist - Your nature identification buddy, and so much more!

You may already be using iNaturalist as an app on your phone to identify plants and animals. If you aren't yet, you will want to get...

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Oct 17

Resilient, Equitable Urban Streams

So far in our creeks series, we have been looking at attempts to restore them to as close to natural as possible. But what if we look at...

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Sep 26

Friends of San Ramon Creek: Enemies of Arundo Donax, and more!

The Friends of San Ramon Creek are amazing! In this episode, we hear about their invasive plant clearing, water quality monitoring,...

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Sep 5

Friends of Alhambra Creek and the Alhambra Native Plant Trail

We're back and we've got a great lineup for the fall, starting with a new series: Friends of the Creeks! Every friends group is...

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Jul 18

Should public funds invest in fossil fuel stock?

Fossil fuels are doing serious damage to the planet, yet public pension finds continue to invest in them. A lot of people and...

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Jun 28

Summer Water Savers Challenge from Sustainable Contra Costa

It's time for an update from Sustainable Contra Costa. Their theme this summer is developing good water efficiency habits - and joining...

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Jun 21

Beaver Festival is back! (Podcast is not.)

Sorry listeners! I came back from the UK with the cruds, but the Beaver Festival is happening! It's Saturday, June 29, 2024, at Susana...

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May 30

Port of San Francisco confronts sea level rise

The Port of San Francisco is planning for sea level rise along its 7½ miles of shoreline. Adam Varat from the Port introduces us to the...

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May 9

Concord Reuse Project - the Naval Weapons Station transformed

The Concord Naval Weapons Station closed 19 years ago. After some false starts, it looks like its redevelopment is finally underway. We...

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Apr 19

Three Creeks Restoration Project - inching toward nature-based flood control

Marsh Creek in Brentwood was engineered to be a drainage ditch back when Brentwood was farm country. but the Contra Costa County Flood...

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Mar 21

Rooftop Solar slated to take another hit

Rooftop solar seems like the front line answer to climate change, but there's a problem: how to share the cost of maintaining the grid...

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Feb 29

Martinez Refinery Update

The refinery's lawsuit against the Bay Area Air Quality Management District is settled; what's next? We check in with Heidi Taylor of...

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Feb 14

... And now we party! MLK Day part 2

After the work comes the party! A stroll up the Richmond Greenway takes us to Unity Park and the after-party. We talk to exhibitors,...

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Feb 5

Getting to work: MLK Day of Service on the Richmond Greenway

Urban Tilth work day in Richmond: Planting, weeding, mulching, and meeting the staff and volunteers who make it happen. We met the...

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Jan 18

Electrification of . . . everything

Electrification is coming! And there is much to learn. Rebates! Tax credits! Cheaper power! And where to get help. Brenna Shafizadeh of...

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Dec 26, 2023

Plant Based Eating from Everyday Climate Champions

We have a special gift for you from our friends over at the Bay Area Chapter of the Climate Reality Project and their podcast, "Everyday...

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Dec 16, 2023

What's new at the Martinez refinery? Nothing good - yet.

What's new at the Martinez refinery? They have added flares and stinky gas releases to their repertoire. Meanwhile, there is a December...

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Dec 8, 2023

Giving Natives (plants, that is) a Chance

We're back and planting! Learn about native plants, and efforts to bring them back in the Bay Area. We get to work at an annual event...

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Nov 12, 2023

Taking a short break - but we'll be back!

Jeanne was on vacation in Spain, and came back with an unwanted souvenir - not covid, thank goodness. We are taking a break but we will...

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