A biweekly deluge of environmental drama. Every other Monday
Environment Report: How to Keep Your House From Burning Down
Charles Koeleman probably helped save his canyon-top Alvarado Estates neighborhood from burning down during the Fairmount fire on Halloween last year. The entire north-facing canyonside he can see from his back porch across Montezuma Road is completely torched. The day of the fire, Koeleman spotted flames licking up his side…
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Environment Report: Compostable Bags Still Not Compostable
Why you still can’t throw compostable plastic bags in your green bin. And what San Diego’s new Council President Joe LaCava has been up to.
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Environment Report: How to Eat From Your Local Ocean
A new cookbook dreamed up by local historians, chefs and fishermen guide me and other know-nothings on how to navigate the diverse ocean fare the San Diego coast has to offer.
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Environment Report: San Diegans Are Pissed They Have Nowhere to Pee
Bathrooms have almost always been an amenity or purchasable commodity for the privileged class. Never a human right.
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Environment Report: Vargas Protecting Her TJ River Parks Project from Superfund Label
A Superfund designation is reserved for the dirtiest, abandoned industrial waste lands in the country.
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Environment Report: A Climate Vote for San Diegans Affected by Floods
San Diegans will vote for their mayor, City Council District 9 and Measure E – all which play a big hand in helping to protect flood-impacted neighborhoods from suffering another disastrous winter.
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Environment Report: They Can’t Vote Yet, But San Diego Youth Are Trying to Save the Planet
Environment reporter MacKenzie Elmer spoke to students about their climate anxiety and what ballot measures they support.
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Environment Report: Supervisor, Mayor Want Superfund Site in South Bay
The Imperial Beach mayor and Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer hope the feds agree the sewage-contaminated Tijuana River Valley qualifies as an abandoned hazardous waste site.
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