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Environment

Join us at Acterra’s ‘Promise to the Planet 2025’ celebration

The 55-year-old environmental action nonprofit's May 17 event will be truly special. Save $100 in early bird tickets!

A tsunami of chaos and destruction, but there may be hope

There's a car salesman in the White House and an evil billionaire in your Social Security file, yet cracks are starting to show.

The death of a beloved wild burrowing owl may augur the next pandemic

Avian flu is claiming the lives of iconic San Francisco Bay wildfowl—and the Trump administration can hardly be trusted to contain it.

Trump’s attacks on trans people and public health escalate into a war on reality itself

Administration moves to purge scientific facts, stifle essential research, and erase entire populations.

Los Angeles fire relief: grassroots ways to help from afar

Donating funds and supplies, adopting animals, and more community-led ways to provide assistance

The beautiful, transit-friendly Great Highway park: I should live so long

There's no money for improvements or maintenance. What Prop. K got us is a closed road and maybe a few chairs.

Supreme Court hints at sweeping ruling that could gut the Clean Water Act

San Francisco may have just handed the right-wing judges the ability to undermine decades of environmental law.

No PFAS: Matthew Modine champions environment in two new docs

'Ripple Effect' and 'SLUDGE: A PFAS UPRISING' at UN Film Fest show the busy 'Birdy' star's eco-activist side.

Supes pass resolution seeking to avoid a sweeping attack on the Clean Water Act

Dorsey tries to say move is an attack on the City Attorney's Office, but that's not the issue—and by 8-2, members agree that the city should settle with the EPA over sewage

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Generations came together in the Bayview to save the planet

Innovative Igniting Youth Action for Climate and Environmental Justice Conference demonstrated the power of community knowledge.

Supes denounce city attorney for turning sewage into partisan politics

Melgar, Peskin say Chiu has stepped into electoral fray, supporting a narrative used to attack candidates for environmental stands.

Environmental groups plead with supes to block SF’s dangerous lawsuit against the EPA

Packed hearing puts pressure on board to act—but what can the supes do, and what comes next?

Tosha Stimage’s ‘SUPERBLOOM’ invites Presidio visitors into Bay’s rich floral heritage

Florist's Chilean strawberries and California poppies budded from research into the land.

PG&E delays have cost SF $35 million since 2018; public power has saved $50 million

Capital planning agency to hear update on long-overdue plan to take over distribution system, with dramatic new evidence.

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Burning Man is getting dirtier and dirtier

New data show carbon pollution way up in Black Rock City — until the rainstorm hit last year

A time-jumping tale of environmental degradation in ‘Garuda’s Wing’

Gripping tale and great ensemble work from Magic Theatre drive home heavy subject without bumper sticker platitudes.

SF not ready for major neighborhood flooding that’s starting to happen

Report says Breed Administration isn't dealing with the full reality of sea-level rise

48 Hills is finalist for 4 California Journalism Awards

Nominations in Environment, Food, and Music Reporting highlight our excellent local coverage from local writers.

Citizens advisory committee presses Navy for answers on Hunters Point Shipyard

Military’s five-year review of clean-up and reuse plan reveals continued challenges for the toxic site.

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