The eventual removal of the environmentally hazardous wharf and pilings at Terminal 4 in Richmond is one of the first Measure AA projects to be handled by the Bay Restoration Regulatory Integration Team. Photo courtesy California State Coastal Conserva …
CARB’s Innovative Clean Transit regulation requires that public transit agencies transition to zero-emission bus fleets. Photo courtesy Gillig. The steady deep throb of a diesel engine is not as menacing as a villain’s laugh, but it is a threat neverth …
Using the old League standby of the button pin and the new League standby of Zoom, incoming LWVBA President Sherry Smith offers an important election reminder. Screenshot by Alec MacDonald. Given the unprecedented turmoil that 2020 has wrought thus far …
Opening a window is a simple yet vital way to improve indoor air quality and keep buildings healthy. Photo by Alec MacDonald. When air outdoors is unhealthy because of toxic gas, smoke, or tiny particles of diesel soot, people are advised to protect th …
Usage of Uber software by Marin Transit’s on-demand shuttle van service Connect is one of many public-private partnerships studied in a recent national report on transit and mobility. Photo courtesy Marin Transit. Bay Area cities and transit agencies a …
Eroded scarps along the bayward edge of Corte Madera Marsh illustrate how waves, limited sediment supplies, and rising sea levels can drive shoreline retreat. Photo by Alec MacDonald. When Brenda Goeden first started working on mud, silt, and sand in t …
A key component of staples like bread, wheat is a great grain to grow in the Golden State. Photo courtesy of Frog Hollow Farm. During the COVID-19 pandemic, baking has become a popular and passionate pastime for countless people sheltering in place. Th …
Back in April, in the previous edition of the Monitor, I gave the alert that this current June/July 2020 edition could be our very last, due to years of declining funding coupled with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. Approaching a new bud …
These satellite images show concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (a noxious gas emitted by motor vehicles, power plants, and industrial facilities) in China from January 1 to 20 (on the left) and February 10 to 25 (on the right). Evidence suggests the re …
Doug Gordon asked Twitter users which of these two images they preferred. Photos by Doug Gordon. In early May, Doug Gordon, co-host of The War on Cars podcast, tweeted two street curb pictures and asked his followers, “Who wore it better?” One frame sh …