Ron Childress

New study shows that enough trash to fill 100,000 kitchen garbage bags flows into the bay every year. San Jose and Oakland contribute the most, as cities work to meet state requirements for a 40 percent reduction by 2014

If you received a one-cup coffee maker -- or a box of coffee for one -- as a Christmas gift, by now you likely have brewed through and tossed out plenty of those little capsules, and perhaps you've started to wonder about the environmental impact and the value of convenience.

Scientists finding an increasing number of California sea otters being killed every year by shark attacks. No one knows why, and it threatens to stall population growth.

Killing mountain lions is illegal in California, but the president of the Fish and Game Commission flew to Idaho to do it, drawing calls for his ouster from some animal welfare leaders and Democratic officials

Thousands of people visit Año Nuevo State Reserve at this time of the year to see the elephant seals breed, but most barely notice an island just offshore, a wildlife reserve that's been closed to the public for more than half a century.

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Federal money will keep the program afloat, but with little damage, some leaders are calling for the pest to be downgraded and spending shut off

The Obama administration announced Thursday it has finalized the paperwork needed to allow a California law to take effect that bans sewage dumping by cruise ships in state waters out to three miles from the coast.

SANTA CRUZ - The county board on Tuesday voted to scale back its upcoming countywide plastic bag ban, handing restaurants an exemption under the law.

The new building is on the cutting edge of green construction, and sits in the Hilton Bialek Habitat, a 10-acre expanse of plains, woods, gardens and greenhouses owned by the Carmel Unified School District.

Root rot, canker disease infestation is affecting tan oaks, and some madrones, causing officials to fear that falling trees to hurt or kill campers

Bay Area residents have been asked not to burn wood today by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

Air Resources Board rules will require 15 percent of new vehicles sold statewide by 2025 to be electric, plug-in-hybrid or hydrogen-fuel-cell and are expected to dramatically cut tailpipe pollution from gasoline engines

By 2025, one in seven cars in California showrooms would have to be battery electric, plug-in hybrid or hydrogen fuel-cell under California Air Resources Board proposal.

With 17.5 million gallons spilled last year, Baykeeper has its work cut out for it, but one lawsuit at a time, is forcing cities to make tens of millions of dollars in repairs to crumbling pipes

Political analysts, environmental groups say 'the Washington Monument syndrome' -- politicians taking away beloved government services to win support for taxes -- is afoot as the July 1 closure deadline nears