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Los Angeles Times
Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental staff reporter at the Los Angeles Times, specializing in public lands and endangered species
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Julie Cart
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FROM Julie Cart
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Cleanup Efforts are Underway in the Santa Barbara Oil Spill More than 100 thousand gallons of oil may have spilled in this week’s pipeline rupture in Santa Barbara. Even though the pipeline runs on land, more than 20 thousand gallons of oil flowed into the ocean.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Grey Wolves Endangered California has voted to give endangered species protection to the grey wolf, despite the fact that no grey wolves currently live in the state. So what’s the future look like for the grey wolf in California? And how does this action fit in to the ongoing debate between environmentalists and landowners?
Which Way, L.A.?
Solar Power: Out in the Desert or Up on Your Roof? Five years ago, President Obama envisioned a boom in the building or large-scale solar generating projects all over the Southwest. Today, out of 365 applications, only 20 are on track for construction and just three are operating — two in California, one in Nevada.
To the Point
Western States in Drought, New Mexico Is Worst Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming- all are experiencing drought, but New Mexico has been hit the hardest. The last three years have been the driest and warmest on record. New Mexico's water storage in reservoirs is just 17 percent of normal levels, and some people have to live on trucked-in water.
To the Point
Wolves, Bears, Chimpanzees and the Endangered Species Act Hunters who kill endangered wolves say they thought they were shooting coyotes or wild dogs. Endangered whooping cranes look like Sandhill cranes, which aren't even threatened. Under what's called the McKittrick policy, ignorance of the law can be an excuse after all.
Which Way, L.A.?
Will the Mexican Wolf Survive the Obama Administration? Mexican gray wolves are the most endangered mammal in the United States. In 1998, the Clinton Administration began a recovery program on 4 million acres of mostly public land in New Mexico and Arizona. The goal was to have 100 animals living in the wild by 2006. Today, there are only about 50.
To the Point
Will the Mexican Wolf Survive the Obama Administration? President Obama is focused on climate change and what it could mean for the future of Planet Earth. What about trade-offs that have to be made right now? A case in point is the Mexican gray wolf. In 1998, the Clinton Administration began a recovery program on 4 million acres of mostly public land in New Mexico and Arizona.
To the Point
Fighting Mega-Fires More than 100 years after the federal government declared war on wildfire, wildfire is winning. The US Forest Service reports there are 40 large fires currently burning, from Florida to California, with 564 contained so far this year. They are "bigger, fiercer and costlier to put out [than they've ever been]… and there is no end in sight."
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A vote to end sheriff elections Californians are either really bad at choosing county sheriffs, or the system isn’t working. Maybe it’s both.
To the Point
National Security: An Adult in the Room America’s mainstream media are obsessed with President Trump’s off-hand policymaking in military and foreign affairs. But his mistakes don’t justify the unquestioned authority given the Pentagon, the CIA and the FBI.
Left, Right & Center
Left, Right & Center presents: Two Years, Diaries of a Divided Nation Listen to America change… one person at a time. For these six people, the politics of the Trump era have changed everyday life. Follow them in real time through the tumultuous two years since he became president.