Environment

Sacramento trash-to-energy plan raises red flags

By Terri Hardy and Chris Bowman - Monday, November 17 2008 - 12:00 am

Presented with a controversial and highly technical proposal to vaporize garbage into energy, Sacramento City Council members earlier this month wondered what other cities had found – and whether those lessons were being considered in Sacramento.

Radio implants to track salmon through Delta

By Matt Weiser - Saturday, November 15 2008 - 12:00 am

A swarm of 6,000 bionic salmon has become the latest tool in an ongoing struggle to protect declining fish species in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Human cost of valley's dirty air: $6.3 billion

By Mark Grossi - Thursday, November 13 2008 - 12:00 am

FRESNO – There's a new annual price tag for breathing dirty air in the San Joaquin Valley: $6.3 billion, mostly because more than 800 people die years earlier than they should.

Chemical firm to pay Sacramento County $2.4 million fine

By Loretta Kalb and Chris Bowman - Tuesday, November 11 2008 - 12:00 am

A large chemical manufacturer has agreed to pay Sacramento County $2.4 million after keeping the public in the dark about its handling of hazardous chemical wastes in Elk Grove, officials announced Monday.

As world demand falls, prices for recyclables go in dumper

By Chris Bowman - Monday, November 10 2008 - 12:00 am

A sudden collapse in worldwide demand for re- cyclables, particularly from China, has scrap dealers from Sacramento to San Diego stockpiling curbside collections as never before and charging walk-in customers for their throwaways.

Sacramento suburb's an environmental power player with e-car lanes

By Ramon Coronado - Sunday, November 9 2008 - 12:00 am

Kids at Lincoln's Foskett Ranch Elementary know Will Honeywell as the third-grader whose parents drive a funny-looking car.

Forest Service unveils plan to fight climate change

By Tom Knudson - Saturday, November 8 2008 - 12:00 am

RENO – U.S. Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell unveiled on Friday a new agencywide effort to tackle the problem of climate change, saying it poses the greatest danger yet to the nation's woodlands.

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Expected onslaught of television sales raises environmental questions, hopes for progress

By SANDY BAUERS - Monday, November 17 2008 - 5:10 am

The nation is headed for a TV-buying triple whammy.

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Forest Service unveils plan to fight climate change

By Tom Knudson - Saturday, November 8 2008 - 12:00 am

RENO – U.S. Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell unveiled on Friday a new agencywide effort to tackle the problem of climate change, saying it poses the greatest danger yet to the nation's woodlands.