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Environment Report: Vandals Wreck Endangered Bird Nesting Site in Mission Bay
San Diego Audubon Society officials wonder whether the vandalism is in retribution after calling for daily SeaWorld fireworks to be cancelled during nesting season.
Keep readingEnvironment Report: Did San Diego County Just Re-Open the Floodgates to More Urban Sprawl?
San Diego County announced that any project that follows its 2011 general plan won’t be subject to more stringent, climate-conscious rules aimed at limiting long commutes.
Keep readingEnvironment Report: San Diego Provoked a Budget Battle at MWD That Helped Take Down Its GM
The Metropolitan Water District’s chief financial officer wrote a blistering letter about management at the giant agency. It turns out, a disagreement with San Diego reps could have been the last straw.
Keep readingEnvironment Report: What Equitable Undergrounding Means for the Rest of San Diego
Everything you thought you knew about when and where the city of San Diego will bury power lines might be changing. The city’s 2022 deal with its power grid builder, San Diego Gas & Electric, says areas with high fire risk and poverty should get power lines buried first. That’s…
Keep readingEnvironment Report: SD City Council’s First Real Climate Vote
San Diego vies to restore coastal marshland lost to development in Mission Bay.
Keep readingEnvironment Report: Mayor Gloria Wants to Empty Public Power Piggy Bank
A fund set up to collect SDG&E shareholder money and put it toward studying a public takeover of the grid is out under the mayor’s proposed budget.
Keep readingEnvironment Report: Mayor’s Budget Pulls Money from Communities on Front Lines of Climate Change
Mayor Todd Gloria’s FY25 budget diverts $8.5 million meant for climate equity programs to city’s general pot of unrestricted cash.
Keep readingEnvironment Report: US Steps up Watchdog Role Over Tijuana Sewage System
The IBWC will begin monthly inspections of a key wastewater pump that keeps sewage from spilling into the Tijuana River, among other collaborations.
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