Manola Secaira Environment Reporter

Manola Secaira

Environment Reporter

Stories by Manola Secaira

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  Sacramento County juggles dueling concerns in final draft of climate action plan

  March 24, 2022

  With its sights set on carbon neutrality by 2030, the county is attempting to balance concerns over cost with whether its actions are aggressive enough.

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  Getting healthy, nutritious foods to California students isn’t easy. First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom is making it her priority issue.

  March 21, 2022

  The state is working to track progress on efforts to serve students healthier food, and a new “farm-to-school road map for success” report is putting the spotlight on youth food insecurity and literacy.

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  California’s energy future hinges on lithium, from solar panels to batteries. Here’s what we know.

  March 10, 2022

  President Joe Biden and Governor Gavin Newsom recently spoke about harvesting lithium in Southern California, where some of the most abundant sources of the mineral can be found.

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  Interview: Climate change is a ‘threat multiplier.’ This researcher says it’ll take cities to stop its effects

  March 3, 2022

  CapRadio spoke with researcher Eric Chu on his work in the latest U.N. report on climate change and the role of cities in adapting to its effects.

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  California’s climate action plans fall behind on equity, sticking instead to boilerplate solutions, new study says

  February 28, 2022

  Of the 170 plans that University of California researchers reviewed, 66 had no mention of social equity at all.

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  How community science might be key in saving California’s monarch butterfly migration

  February 1, 2022

  Among the possible reasons for a fluctuation in monarch populations, experts look to changes in climate, varying from rising temperatures to the current drought.

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  Climate change whiplash could mean more flooding, water-management challenges in California

  January 28, 2022

  Last year, California saw everything from intense drought to torrential rain. Researchers and water agencies say that the future of the state’s drought depends on adapting to these shifts.

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  What is a healthy forest in California? These scientists are experimenting west of Lake Tahoe.

  January 19, 2022

  In Blodgett Forest, researchers grapple with the state’s forest-management history while investigating what it means to have a healthy one.

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  How a recent proposal to slash solar incentives has its supporters and California utilities butting heads

  January 10, 2022

  While utilities claim the proposed changes would make solar more accessible, solar consumers and executives worry it would kill the market altogether.

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  Rethinking the holidays: Sacramento urban farmers look beyond ‘food as charity’

  November 23, 2021

  In the world of food banks, efforts in the colder months double up to accommodate food drives during the holidays. But those holidays aren’t the main focus for all Sacramentans.