Lake Tahoe communities under immediate, mandatory evacuation order as Caldor Fire grows
“Before, it was, ‘No worries … it’s not going to crest. It’s not gonna come down the hill. There’s 3,500 firefighters, all those…
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Traffic nightmare as Caldor Fire forced evacuation of South Lake Tahoe
Traffic was gridlocked throughout most of South Lake Tahoe Monday afternoon as the city rushes to evacuate ahead of the raging Caldor Fire. By 4…
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Grassroots movement in Tahoe wins court fight over ‘Vegas-style excess’ development at Squaw Valley
On Tuesday, California’s Third District Court of Appeal sided with a grassroots movement in Lake Tahoe at a pivotal point in a decade-long…
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Sierra Nevada snow pack on track to shrink 79 percent
Every year, like a giant frozen reservoir, snow that falls across the Sierra Nevada mountain range slowly melts in spring and summer months,…
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Rising Temperatures, Rising Risks
Homer Microgrid News & Insight: “One of the more sobering conclusions of the IPCC report is that we are likely to reach a…
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Increase in Wildfires
New York Times: “The town of Paradise was essentially wiped off the map, with more than 13,000 homes gone, more than 80 people…
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Litigation Settlement for Tahoe Basin Plan
Judge Charles Wachob of the Placer County Superior Court has approved the settlement negotiated by CCEC with Placer County over the Tahoe Basin Area Plan,…
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California Drought Severity Expected to Increase
Los Angeles Times: “California could be hit with significantly more dangerous and more frequent droughts in the near future as changes in weather patterns…
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California Burning in December
UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability: “Even more fires could be in store for the future as human activity continues to drive climate…
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Yosemite–2.4 Million Dead Trees
SFGate: “There are 2.4 million dead trees within about 131,000 acres of the national park, according the latest fall count, says park spokesperson…
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Tree Mortaility at Lake Tahoe
Sacramento Bee: “Lake Tahoe’s famously clear waters continue to warm, and the surrounding forests face dire threats due to drought, disease and insects,…
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Dead Tree Disposal can be Carbon Negative
LA Times: “When the Forest Service announced its calculation last November that the Sierra Nevada contained 102 million dead trees, it conveyed…
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Tahoe Basin Area Plan Litigation
CCEC has initiated litigation against Placer County for its failure to evaluate mitigation for the climate change impacts of its Tahoe Basin Area Plan….
Read MorePlacer County Enforcement Action
CCEC has initiated environmental enforcement action against Placer County for actions connected with approval of a sprawling second-home development on 662 acres of…
Read MoreWildfire Area Increased by 16,000 Square Miles Due to Climate Change
New York Times: “In a new study published Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists from the University of Idaho…
Read MoreTOP 375 Scientists Issue Stark Warning
The Guardian: “Yesterday, 375 of the world’s top scientists, including 30 Nobel Prize winners, published an open letter regarding climate change. In the…
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