The San Francisco Bay shoreline is rife with old wood pilings that contain creosote, which is toxic to marine life. Photo by Alec MacDonald. Pick just about any spot on the edge of the San Francisco Bay and you’ll probably see wood pilings poking out o …
Care for Landscapes and Lungs: Addressing Equipment Emissions Small off-road engines in landscaping equipment produce significant air pollution. Photo by Alec MacDonald. Aaahhh, the refreshing smell of newly-mown grass! Whether it’s from the neighborin …
Tom Killion’s print “Mt. Tamalpais from above Green Gulch” (2002) was used for fundraising by Slide Ranch, a Marin County nonprofit that connects children to nature. Art copyright Tom Killion. Artist Tom Killion grew up above the Old Mill School in Mil …
TPL collaborated with a range of organizations and stakeholders to revitalize Boeddeker Park in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. Photo by Jamie Hooper. Bay Area residents with the time, money, and means to travel have access to a vast playgroun …
Can We Quench Both the Thirst for Housing and Housing’s Thirst? The City of Brisbane is asking the developer of the proposed Baylands community (represented in this rendering) to come up with a water supply for the project. Image courtesy of Wallace Ro …
Neighborhoods in West Oakland are exposed to elevated levels of air pollution from nearby sources. Diagram by Urban Biofilter with data from the California Air Resources Board. Regional agencies, housing advocates, and local decision makers recognize t …
Leslye Corsiglia and Fred Blackwell will co-chair CASA, a new task force charged with tackling Bay Area housing issues. Photos courtesy of SV@Home and the San Francisco Foundation. This summer, officials are expected to adopt Plan Bay Area 2040, the re …
Nature on the Edge The Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center is part of a vast network of open space assets vulnerable to sea level rise along the shore of the San Francisco Bay. Photo by Alec MacDonald. Sitting atop stilts at the edge of the San Franc …
Cows represent a significant source of methane emissions, one of three short-lived climate pollutants being targeted by air quality regulators. Photo by Alec MacDonald. Carbon dioxide may be a major climate change culprit, but it’s far from the only on …
This newly built light-rail vehicle, procured by SFMTA using cap-and-trade revenue, will go into service in 2017. Photo courtesy of SFMTA. Since launching in 2012, California’s cap-and-trade-program has helped Bay Area transit operators by contributing …