Slideshow: Program helps low-income residents go solar
All photos by Lena Nozizwe. Hear/read her accompanying radio report. Click on any thumbnail image to launch slideshow.
Tagged: California
Massive gas leak continues to spew methane into Southern California skies
There’s no end in sight for what some environmental activists call the country’s biggest environmental catastrophe since the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. A massive leak of methane gas from an underground...
California law aims to identify and reduce racial profiling in police encounters
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a slew of progressive bills into a law this month, from climate change to pay equity to assisted suicide. One of the most contentious bills strengthened the state’s...
Native American tribes say California not doing enough to protect fisheries
A federal agency’s management of a Northern California river is under criticism for failing to shield fish from the effects of low water flows. Native American tribes have led the opposition to the bureau’s...
Street Beat: Chevron shareholder meeting draws critics from frontline communities
About 100 people including members of environmental and human rights’ groups and representatives from frontline communities in Ecuador, Nigeria, and the San Francisco Bay Area demonstrated Wednesday in front of Chevron’s annual shareholders meeting...
FSRN Weekly Edition – April 10, 2015
Video evidence of police shooting in South Carolina revives debate over body cameras Somali refugees in Kenya brace for backlash after Garissa attack Afghan refugees repatriated from Pakistan after deadly Peshawar school attack Thailand’s...
Seal and sea lion pups wash up on California beaches in record numbers
More than two thousand sick and starving baby seals and sea lions have washed up on California shores without their mothers since the start of the year. The precise cause is unclear. Rescue centers...
Reporter’s Notebook: Witnessing a baby seal beaching in San Diego
Editor’s note: Just after reporter Karin Argoud completed this story on baby seal and sea lion beachings along the California coast, she herself witnessed a seal beaching while visiting family in San Diego. She...
Dietary choices and drought in California
For more than 20 years, March 22nd has marked World Water Day – a day to celebrate water and focus attention on efforts to manage the essential resource. This year, World Water Day comes...
Slideshow: Demonstrators call for a fracking ban in California
All photos by Andrew Klein. Hear/read the accompanying report.
