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As local climate-smart farming research advances, USDA cuts a critical funding stream.
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As local climate-smart farming research advances, USDA cuts a critical funding stream.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • May 15, 2025

Researchers at CSU Monterey Bay were well underway in putting a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture into motion – already…

Upgrades at ReGen Monterey’s landfill take a step toward combating climate change.
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Upgrades at ReGen Monterey’s landfill take a step toward combating climate change.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Apr 12, 2025

Celia Jiménez here, thinking about the upgrades ReGen Monterey recently made at its landfill to capture methane as a way to combat climate cha…

Will the SURF! busway help reduce congestion? Only time will tell, if it gets built.
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Will the SURF! busway help reduce congestion? Only time will tell, if it gets built.

  • David Schmalz
  • Nov 24, 2024

David Schmalz here. For this week’s cover story, I wrote about Monterey-Salinas Transit’s SURF! project, a complicated topic I felt merited fu…

A recently enacted state law aiming to keep food waste out of landfills presents great challenges, but also a vital opportunity.
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A recently enacted state law aiming to keep food waste out of landfills presents great challenges, but also a vital opportunity.

  • David Schmalz
  • May 4, 2023

IMAGINE BEING IN A CAFE SOMEWHERE IN MONTEREY COUNTY, ordering a coffee and croissant. After receiving both, you sit down at a table to read a…

Monterey County should reduce greenhouse gas emissions by requiring new homes to be all-electric.
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Monterey County should reduce greenhouse gas emissions by requiring new homes to be all-electric.

  • Michael DeLapa and Ben Gould
  • Jan 19, 2023

Monterey County’s draft greenhouse gas inventory, updated in August 2022, contained a surprising statistic: Nearly one-fourth of all greenhous…

Power down your gas vehicles -- electric cars are the future.
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Power down your gas vehicles -- electric cars are the future.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Aug 18, 2022

“There has been great progress but we have a lot more ground to cover. I’m happy for where we are now but I’m also like, why weren’t we here six years ago?”…

CSUMB’s master plan drops greenhouse gas emissions further ahead of California State University Board of Trustees vote.
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CSUMB’s master plan drops greenhouse gas emissions further ahead of California State University Board of Trustees vote.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 19, 2022

The CSU Monterey Bay community has been working on two documents that will chart the university’s path into the future­ – one regulatory, the …

The county discusses its plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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The county discusses its plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

  • David Schmalz
  • May 5, 2022

Starting May 5, the county’s Alternative Energy and Environment Committee will be holding four public meetings over the next six weeks to disc…

With a new plan, the Army sets its sights on fighting climate change.
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With a new plan, the Army sets its sights on fighting climate change.

  • Pam Marino
  • Mar 3, 2022

The U.S. Army released its first-ever Climate Strategy on Feb. 8, a comprehensive plan that sets ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse gas e…

Public power purchaser 3CE is in negotiation for local solar and energy storage projects.
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Public power purchaser 3CE is in negotiation for local solar and energy storage projects.

  • Christopher Neely
  • Apr 22, 2021

In an effort to continue reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Central Coast Community Energy, or 3CE, has shortlisted seven clean energy project…

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