KQED Radio Staff
Craig Miller
Senior Editor, Climate Watch
A veteran journalist at home on either end of the microphone, Craig Miller brings 25 years of diverse experience to Climate Watch. From producing and directing Emmy Award-winning documentaries on public television to his reporting for outlets such as CNN and National Geographic Channel, Craig's background makes him uniquely suited to head up the Climate Watch editorial team. As a correspondent for California Connected and KQED's The California Report, Craig has reported extensively on environmental and resource issues facing California and the American West.
Stories (90 archives)
Young Scientists Take On Climate Change
This week, as negotiators in South Africa made little progress toward cutting global warming emissions, nearly 300 of the world's top climate scientists met in San Francisco as part of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Among them was a small group of Stanford students, part of the emerging generation of climate scientists. Craig Miller of our Climate Watch project wondered what they make of all the global indecision and what it means for their work.
Santa Ana Winds Batter Southern California
Southern California is littered with uprooted trees, crushed cars and downed traffic signals. Two separate weather systems channeled cold air from the north to the south, rather than the more typical flow from the hot interior of the state. Some climatologists say California could see a lot more Santa Ana windstorms.
State Puts Final Stamp on Cap-and-Trade
After a journey of nearly five years, California regulators today will formally adopt the nation's most comprehensive "cap-and-trade" system for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Long-Awaited Recommendation on Nuclear Waste
President Obama's Commission on America's Nuclear Future has issued a long-awaited report. It's a list of recommendations, not so much for where to put high-level radioactive refuse, but how to move forward with that decision.
Inside a Nuclear Waste Repository: 2,000 Feet Below the Earth
In the third part of our series on nuclear waste, we go to New Mexico to visit the world's only functioning geologic repository.
