by Dan Aiello Moderate Democrats and Republicans from both of California's legislative halls received millions from out-of-state oil interests in campaign contributions while enjoying perks like a lav ...

by Carolyn Jones It took four years and five moves, but Igor Akimenko, a UC Berkeley senior, finally found a decent place to live. He shares a converted living room with three other people, in an 11-b ...

Before a packed and lively audience of Glenn and Butte county residents, Representative John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), President Bill Clinton's former Deputy Interior Secretary, explained yesterday ...

Back in May, Davis' Monsanto facilities were once again targeted by environmental, Occupy and social justice activists with a blockade and shutdown as part of worldwide protests against the chemical g ...

By Congressman John Garamendi Editor's note: Rep. John Garamendi (CA-03), a member of the Safe Climate Caucus, spoke on the House floor this week regarding the importance of clean energy production, w ...

It was grim milestone when carbon dioxide, a key component in global warming, passed what scientists called "a long-feared milestone," reaching a concentration not seen on this planet for millions of ...

One of our big concerns with the current city proposal to subsidize low income water bills is that the current policy only covers homeowners, while the vast majority of individuals who are low income ...

Politics runs in interesting cycles.  Just under 20 years ago, right after the Republicans in 1994 took over Congress and Newt Gingrich came forth with his revolutionary idea of shifting government ba ...

by John Garamendi We need to think in a comprehensive way about water in California. The controversial Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP)1 is an outdated and destructive plumbing system. It does not c ...

By Dan Aiello Environmentalists in California worry the public is not fully aware of the potential harm Governor Edmund G. 'Jerry' Brown, Jr.'s proposed hydraulic fracturing, or 'Fracking' oil extract ...

The draft version of the National Climate Assessment was released on Friday, and the key finding is that "climate change is already affecting the American people." "Climate change presents a major cha ...

by Dan Aiello Reuters reports that the draft regulations announced by the Brown administration, set forth ostensibly to improve monitoring of the oil industry's hydraulic fracturing, or "Fracking," me ...

By Dan Aiello The Brown administration Tuesday proposed new draft regulations that would require the oil industry to disclose where its California oil extraction operations are using hydraulic fractur ...

The temperatures for the next three days in Davis are expected to push up to and then exceed 90 degrees, here in mid-October, before cooling down to more normal readings in the 70s with even a chance ...

By UC Davis News Service The State's third major assessment on climate change explores local and statewide vulnerabilities to climate change, highlighting opportunities for taking concrete actions to ...