Climate change

SF targets coffee cups in latest anti-waste campaign

San Franciscans love their daily coffee. Yet, with all the disposable cups also comes an abundance of waste.

6 years ago

Mayors call for climate action at SF summit

Civic leaders from across the nation joined San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Tuesday to reveal results of survey to…

6 years ago

SF bumps targets for eliminating greenhouse gases

San Francisco Mayor London Breed is setting new environmental goals in a effort to reduce The City’s greenhouse gas emissions.

6 years ago

Global Climate Action Summit heats up next week

Environmental leaders and activists from around the world will gather next week at San Francisco's Moscone Center to discuss ways…

6 years ago

UC commits to clean energy by 2025

The University of California is committing to using only clean and renewable energy at all of its 10 campuses and…

6 years ago

Hetch Hetchy repairs underway after storm damage

Repairs on the Moccasin Dam and Reservoir in Tuolumne County, operated by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, have begun…

6 years ago

Deal wipes away waterfront height limit stalemate

San Francisco reached a settlement with a California state commission to settle a yearslong dispute over how development projects on…

6 years ago

Canadian PM Trudeau meets with Gov. Brown

Celebrity politicians were the order of the day as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met separately with California Gov. Jerry…

6 years ago

Climate change imperils Bay Area highways

Caltrans released an assessment detailing the vulnerability of the Bay Area's highway and transportation infrastructure to the hazards of climate…

6 years ago

Judges hear arguments in kids’ climate change lawsuit

A panel of federal appeals court judges in San Francisco seemed inclined Monday to allow a wide-ranging climate-change lawsuit to…

6 years ago

Feinstein to run for sixth senate term

Longtime California Sen. Dianne Feinstein has made it official: She'll run for a sixth term in 2018.

7 years ago

SF publishes deleted climate change research on city’s website

Public research on climate change that was deleted by President Trump's administration was saved and is available on the City…

7 years ago

California and Germany swear to slash greenhouse gas emissions

Governor Jerry Brown met with Germany's federal minister for the environment in San Francisco Friday, and the two vowed to…

7 years ago

Bay Area ranks in Top 10 for air pollution

The San Francisco Bay Area ranks among the top 10 most polluted regions in the country, according to a report…

7 years ago

Shift toward dry weather prompts fresh water limits

Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order Monday mandating long-term water conservation across California.

8 years ago

Berkeley launches Bay Area’s first ‘resilience strategy’

Berkeley officials released an ambitious plan aimed at tackling issues like natural disasters and climate change.

8 years ago

San Francisco laying plans for rising sea levels

San Francisco city agencies are developing a plan to deal with rising sea levels, which are expected to pose a…

8 years ago

Teens chip in to fight climate change

As many as 200 Marin County teenagers will get to work on a climate change project after the county secured…

9 years ago

Shifting jet stream heralds harsher winters

A warmer Arctic and shifting polar jet stream could result in longer, colder winters.

10 years ago

Obama floats climate relief for California farmers

President Barack Obama proposed a $1 billion fund to mitigate climate change in the U.S.

10 years ago

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