Five Themes that Defined 2022
In 2022 on the CAPS blog, we chronicled a larger number of stories that ranged the gamut. We took a look at... Read More
Recent Storms Relieve Pain, But CA Drought Set to Continue
California is in the midst of a historic, multi-year long drought. As we’ve chronicled here at CAPS, our state is currently in... Read More
CA Pushes New Climate Plan
A new climate plan from the California Air Resources Board outlines goals for the state going into the next few decades. The... Read More
Report Reveals Increasing Effects of Climate Change in CA
Climate change doesn’t slow down for anything, and it seems that is especially true in California. A recent article published in the... Read More
California to Begin Ranking Heat Waves
California will become the first state in the nation to start ranking heat waves. According to a report in USA Today, California... Read More
CA Barely Avoids Rolling Blackouts During Record Breaking Heatwave
California has avoided rolling blackouts as a scorching heat wave passes through the state, but it’s been a very close call. As... Read More
California Wildfires: People Overage, Water Shortage
Massive Wildfires Engulf Santa Barbara, Ventura Typically, the Southern California wildfire season is in the early fall when temperatures are highest and... Read More
Enforcement Gives Jeopardized Habitat a Helping Hand
A trash-filled wash located below Arizona’s scenic Diablito Mountain, 21 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border at Nogales. Among the many positives... Read More
Our Plastic Future is Now
“I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.” "Plastics" scene from The Graduate. “Yes sir?” “Are... Read More
Not Hell OR High Water, But Hell AND High Water: Acknowledging and Adapting to the Anthropocene
Oroville Dam in Northern California during last winter’s flooding; its main spillway had been damaged and water was pouring across and eroding... Read More