Lake Tahoe: A tarnished jewel
Billions of state and federal dollars are spent on Lake Tahoe. But is all this attention actually protecting this unique treasure? Pollutants pour…
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New Study Warns: Tahoe Evacuations Could Take Up to 14 Hours in a Wildfire
A recent study commissioned by the Tahoe Sierra Clean Air Coalition reveals that evacuating Tahoe’s northwest communities in the event of a major…
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TRPA employs :fire, aim, ready, approach to managing Tahoe, say critics
The article discusses the controversy surrounding the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and its plan to reduce automobile traffic around Lake Tahoe. Despite…
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Tahoe Prosperity Center’s False Narrative
Hats off to Brett Tibbits. His August Moonshine Ink article below articulates a lot of the things many of us have wanted to…
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Those eager for Greater Tahoe development need a wildfire reality check
———————————————————— This opinion column was submitted by Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos, a Tahoe resident who volunteers with grassroots Tahoe Basin groups. More buildings and…
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This is what happens when Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold
The buoys at Regan Beach in South Lake Tahoe are still moored to cement blocks. They still have tags marking their registration. But…
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Climate change is disrupting Lake Tahoe
EXTREMES | Dry conditions leave residents worried the 2022 tourism season at risk, too. BY SCOTT SONNER The Associated Press Drought fueled by…
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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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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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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…
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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