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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tributary Waters, the company Saffo works for, offers trips down a safer section of the Truckee River closer to Reno. This year Saffo warns his clients to hold on tight because if they fall in they could spend a long time in the icy waters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those rapids come alive,” said Saffo. “The water is so high and swift you might swim for two miles.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact it could be lethal. The Associated Press is \u003ca href=\"http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RAGING_RIVERS_WEST_CAOL-?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-06-12-16-17-36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reporting\u003c/a> that western rivers have claimed at least 14 lives so far this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>From the Mountain to the Sea\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fresh water from the Sierra is rushing all the way across the Central Valley and pouring into the San Francisco Bay. The runoff is so powerful, it’s pushing back the salty ocean water all the way to the Golden Gate Bridge, which is much different than what happened during California’s recent drought when runoff barely trickled into the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though the snowpack on April first was \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/03/30/see-how-one-years-snowpack-buried-the-california-drought/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">164 percent of normal\u003c/a> and the winter was one of the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/13/northern-sierra-8-station-index-sets-new-record/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wettest on record\u003c/a>, it wasn’t as cold as previous generations. Jeffrey Mount, a water expert for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/water/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/a>, says that’s a sign of climate change. \u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we forget is this year is still part of our long term trend that started back in the early 1980’s — warmer than average winters,” said Mount. “So as we continue to warm, there’s a lot of consequences.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warmer temperatures mean melting snow evaporates quicker, trees bloom earlier and soils dry up faster. Though Mount says that doesn’t add up to another drought — at least not in the near term. He cautiously predicts California is likely to have another snowy winter because wet years tend to cluster together. Though he says he wouldn’t put money on it.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. It’s Probably Not the One You’re Thinking Of\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nope, not Shasta Lake. That’s California’s largest \u003cem>surface\u003c/em> reservoir, which is \u003ca href=\"http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/resapp/getResGraphsMain.action\">currently bulging\u003c/a> with more than 4 million acre-feet of water (Californians use about 40 million acre-feet in a year).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’re not likely to find the biggest “reservoir” on a map—but you might be standing on it. It’s underground, in the vast aquifers that lie beneath sections of the state, the Central Valley in particular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think anybody’s tried to calculate the complete volume,” says Claudia Faunt, a hydrologist with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usgs.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Geological Survey\u003c/a> in San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But we know it’s big.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘It’s huge. But that doesn’t mean that we can extract everything that’s down there.’\u003ccite>Thomas Harter, UC Davis\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>People sometimes refer to the Sierra snowpack as the state’s largest reservoir. Even though it supplies about a third of the water that Californians use annually, it’s a “drop in the bucket” compared to the state’s mother lode of groundwater. If you imagine a single bucket of water representing all the water contained in Sierra snowpack in a typical year (granted, this year is hardly typical), you would need 60-to-70 buckets to visualize all the water beneath our feet, contained in various groundwater basins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharedaddy show-for-medium-up\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_DesktopB.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1715565 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_DesktopB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"1260\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_DesktopB.jpg 1260w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_DesktopB-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_DesktopB-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_DesktopB-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_DesktopB-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_DesktopB-1180x1180.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_DesktopB-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_DesktopB-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_DesktopB-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_DesktopB-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_DesktopB-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_DesktopB-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_DesktopB-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_DesktopB-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_DesktopB-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_DesktopB-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"show-for-small-only\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1715564\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_MobileB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_MobileB.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_MobileB-160x285.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_MobileB-240x427.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_MobileB-375x668.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/GW_MobileB-520x926.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. It’s Big, But There’s a Catch\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s huge,” says Thomas Harter, a hydrologist and groundwater specialist at UC Davis. “But that doesn’t mean that we can extract everything that’s down there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nor would that be an especially fruitful exercise, since much of the water that’s down there is not fit for drinking or even irrigation of crops in some cases. And the deeper the aquifer, the more expensive it is to pump it—hundreds or even thousands of feet—to the surface.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Part of it is so deep that it just gets more and more expensive to extract the water,” says Faunt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>California’s Stressed Aquifers \u003c/strong>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\nZoom in and click on individual wells to see how far the water table has receded in that area between Fall 2011 to Fall 2016.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"520\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://kqednews.carto.com/builder/0f18beb9-c1c3-4008-9af2-f00101f0a047/embed\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>SOURCE: CA Dept. of Water Resources\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. It’s in Trouble\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A team of researchers at UCLA \u003ca href=\"http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/groundwater-loss-in-central-valley\">recently estimated \u003c/a>that during the recent five-year drought, groundwater was pumped out of the Central Valley at twice the rate of the previous drought (2007-09), eventually taking out enough to fill Lake Mead, the nation’s largest man-made reservoir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”lOkDoHOujmmm1YDvj3RAh3PRMADuecpc”]But even in “normal” years, scientists say many farmers and water agencies around the state have been pumping groundwater at an unsustainable rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically we’re taxing the system beyond what it can take,” warns Faunt. “We’ve been using water at a rate much higher than water’s being recharged to these areas, so you’ve got a loss of storage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the course of the drought, at least 3,500 wells went dry and Harter reckons that most of those remain dry, despite the record-setting precipitation over the winter. According to state regulators, there are still communities receiving emergency supplies of bottled water after local wells dried up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. It’s Not a Lost Cause\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists and water planners think the state’s aquifers can be made sustainable, but it will take time and commitment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">N\u003c/span>ew strategies are taking hold\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>to recharge groundwater basins. Since we reported on \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2013/03/29/how-flooding-fields-could-alleviate-water-supply-stress/\">one of the earliest pilot projects\u003c/a> in 2013, farm recharge programs have \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2017/01/13/as-rains-soak-california-farmers-test-how-to-store-water-underground/\">gained substantial momentum\u003c/a>, flooding fields with some of the high river flows in years like this, and using those fields as recharge basins, allowing the water to sink in and replenish aquifers below. In Orange County, water managers recycle urban water to recharge local aquifers.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, state legislators passed the landmark \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2014/09/17/what-to-know-about-californias-new-groundwater-law/\">Sustainable Groundwater Management Act\u003c/a>, which will, for the first time, require users of groundwater to track and report how much they’re using, and devise plans to do so in a way that doesn’t further deplete supplies. 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"content": "\u003cp>President Trump \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/01/530748899/trump-poised-to-announce-decision-on-paris-climate-agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced Thursday\u003c/a> that the U.S. will leave the Paris climate deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">A Washington Post poll in January found just 31 percent of those surveyed supported withdrawing from the Paris deal, while 56 percent were opposed. \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Here are five things that could be affected by the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. The coal industry \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-coal-idUSKBN1762YY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Even coal companies had lobbied\u003c/a> the Trump administration to stay in the agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They said they needed a seat at the table during international climate discussions to advocate for coal’s place in the global energy mix. The industry also wants financial support for technology to capture and store carbon emissions, something that could keep coal plants operating longer even as cities, states and other countries work to address climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While President Trump had promised to “cancel” the Paris deal to boost coal, the decision is not likely to create more jobs. The industry is in a long-term decline as it faces competition from cheaper natural gas and — increasingly — wind and solar. Some utilities are also responding to customer demand for renewable power, and the policies of any one administration have little impact on those decisions. “As a utility, we’re trying to plan many years out into the future,” says Ron Roberts of Puget Sound Energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. The climate\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main goal of the Paris deal was to limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius (or, aspirationally, even 1.5 degrees). Beyond that point, scientists worry that catastrophic impacts of warming become irreversible. The various Paris pledges by each nation were not actually enough to achieve that target. And even with the environmental regulations passed under President Barack Obama, the U.S. was unlikely to meet its original commitment — to reduce carbon emissions by 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels. Now, the U.S. may fall further from that goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, U.S. carbon emissions will still probably continue to decline, at least for a few years. Market forces are pushing utilities to switch from coal to natural gas or renewable power. “We are on a path to reduce emissions below 2005 levels by about 15 to 17 percent in 2020,” \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/05/27/530337304/market-forces-may-impact-emissions-more-than-climate-agreements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says Kate Larsen of the Rhodium Group\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Trump administration is rolling back a host of other climate regulations, and that impact will start to be felt in a few years. Economist Marc Hafstead of Resources for the Future says if economic growth picks up, leaving the Paris deal may mean overall U.S. emissions drop only by 10 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. U.S. global leadership\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, warned against leaving the Paris deal. It puts the U.S. in a very small camp; the only other countries not part of the agreement are Syria, which is in the midst of a civil war, and Nicaragua, which argued that the Paris accord did not go far enough to curb global emissions. Former Secretary of State John Kerry calls Trump’s decision “an irresponsible walking back of American leadership.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of putting America first, Kerry tells NPR’s \u003cem>Morning Edition,\u003c/em> Trump is putting the nation last. Kerry accuses Trump of basing his decision on “alternative facts,” calling it “one of the most disastrous, shallow, untruthful decisions a president of the United States has made in my lifetime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The European Union’s top climate change official, Miguel Arias Canete, calls it a “sad day for the global community” but adds that the “world can continue to count on Europe for global leadership in the fight against climate change.” China, too, is poised to take a stronger role on climate diplomacy. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is counting on that and argues there are economic benefits to this. “The sustainability train has left the station,” he said earlier this week. “Those who embrace green technologies will set the gold standard for economic leadership in the 21st century.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. President Trump’s public support (but maybe not the part that counts)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most Americans want the U.S. to stay in the Paris climate accord. But in bucking that broad public opinion, Trump is playing to his base.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/01/17/National-Politics/Polling/question_18485.xml?uuid=eV5GmNysEeaJAmEP5IZ5HA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Washington Post poll\u003c/a> in January found just 31 percent of those surveyed supported withdrawing from the Paris deal, while 56 percent were opposed. But conservative Republicans are far less supportive of the Paris agreement than liberal Democrats, \u003ca href=\"http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/10/04/the-politics-of-climate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the Pew Research Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before taking office, Trump repeatedly dismissed climate change as a hoax and suggested that Obama-era climate regulations put the U.S. at a competitive disadvantage. Many conservative Republicans share the president’s climate skepticism. And less than a third support measures like the Clean Power Plan — Obama’s principal tool for meeting America’s Paris climate commitments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pulling out of the Paris accords will undoubtedly anger many Americans, but it keeps a promise to Trump’s core supporters. As small-government activist Grover Norquist \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/us/politics/paris-climate-agreement-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the New York Times\u003c/a>, “Everybody who hates Trump wants him to stay in Paris. Everybody who respects him, trusts him, voted for him, wishes for him to succeed, wants him to pull out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. The U.S. economy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Trump has repeatedly called the Paris accord a “bad deal” for the U.S. and said it will hurt the economy. One big outlay is the Green Climate Fund set up under the deal. Obama had committed the U.S. to contributing $3 billion to the fund, which aims to help developing countries adapt to climate change and develop low-emission energy technologies. Under Obama, the U.S. transferred $1 billion, but Trump’s budget proposal does not include payments for the rest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of the Paris agreement also say imposing regulations to reduce carbon emissions is too costly. “It’d be very, very expensive,” Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe, who has denied climate change is real, told WBUR’s \u003cem>Here & Now.\u003c/em> “It’d constitute probably the largest tax increase in the history of America.” It’s not clear whether that is true, but the coal industry has spent many millions installing technology to curb its emissions in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the White House could easily have stayed in the Paris accord even as it opted not to pay into the climate fund or impose emissions cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, supporters of Paris say if the U.S. withdrawal leads to more severe climate change, that would greatly harm the U.S. economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Nate Rott, Chris Joyce, Michele Kelemen, Scott Horsley and Jennifer Ludden contributed to this report.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2017 NPR. 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President Trump’s public support (but maybe not the part that counts)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most Americans want the U.S. to stay in the Paris climate accord. But in bucking that broad public opinion, Trump is playing to his base.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/01/17/National-Politics/Polling/question_18485.xml?uuid=eV5GmNysEeaJAmEP5IZ5HA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Washington Post poll\u003c/a> in January found just 31 percent of those surveyed supported withdrawing from the Paris deal, while 56 percent were opposed. 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"content": "\u003cp>As President Trump announced the U.S. would leave the Paris climate accord, California’s political leaders quickly declared that the state would step up on the international stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s wrong on the science,” said California Governor Jerry Brown in a statement. “Totally wrong. California will resist this misguided and insane course of action. Trump is AWOL but California is on the field, ready for battle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Governor Brown \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/01/gov-brown-denounces-trumps-insane-move-on-paris-accord/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vowed to continue building his own international climate movement\u003c/a>. Around 170 jurisdictions, including states, provinces and cities around the world have signed onto Brown’s \u003ca href=\"http://under2mou.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Under2 MOU\u003c/a>, which means they’ve agreed to cut emissions by 2050.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Governor Brown is heading to China next week to hold climate meetings with many of the signatories. He also announced an alliance today with the governors of Washington and New York, looking to convene states that are committed to upholding the Paris accord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What will that agreement accomplish? And what does the U.S. exit from the Paris agreement mean for California’s climate policies? We asked \u003ca href=\"https://law.stanford.edu/directory/michael-wara/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Wara\u003c/a>, Associate Professor of Law at Stanford University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Does Governor Brown’s climate agreement have any teeth?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a voluntary pledge. There’s no climate police that are going to come and knock on the State of California’s door if the state fails to meet its commitment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But I think it’s important to recognize that the same thing is true for nation states that are parties to the Paris agreement. The Paris agreement commitments are voluntary and the only thing that’s mandatory about Paris is the reporting obligations of state. They have to say what they actually end up doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”5K7qTsq85ubuAw2BQvPBPIprdYe1xaRq”]So I think the Under2 MOU in a way establishes a very similar system but for states and other provinces that are interested in going further than their national governments will go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also creates kind of a system for sharing ideas and sharing what works. And in many ways you know that’s as important a contribution as the actual commitment. Because California has a long history dating from the 1950s inventing new ways to reduce air pollution. And one of the biggest benefits we can provide as a state is to share that expertise with the rest of the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Do you think California’s efforts will calm nerves on the international stage after President’s Trump speech?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, I don’t think California can help fix the problem that President Trump is going to create by withdrawing from the Paris agreement. The U.S. is in the process of doing serious\u003cbr>\ndamage to its credibility as a partner and as an ally. I don’t think that the other nation states are going to act differently in the Paris Agreement context because of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>California’s core climate policies, like renewable energy goals and clean car regulations, are state-level policies, so they won’t be affected by President Trump’s move. But what else might be at risk?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the place where this might matter – and I think it remains to be seen – is in terms of California’s international efforts on climate that look more treaty-like. Like efforts to connect our cap-and-trade program with other cap-and-trade programs that are in Canada and to accept internationally based carbon offsets into our cap-and-trade market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These kinds of policies that look a little bit like foreign affairs get more risky from a legal perspective when they’re out of line with what the State Department wants. There have been issues in the past with California taking a different position than the State Department and being forced by the Supreme Court to step back from that position because it was interfering with the U.S. policy.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Trump currently favors an exit, he has been known to change his thinking on major decisions and tends to seek counsel from a range of inside and outside advisers, many with differing agendas, until the last minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s top aides have been divided on the accord. On Wednesday afternoon, Trump was to meet with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who has favored remaining in the deal. Chief strategist Steve Bannon supports an exit, while senior adviser Jared Kushner generally thinks the deal is bad, but would like to find a way to see if the U.S. emissions targets can be changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 200 nations, including the United States under President Barack Obama’s administration, agreed in 2015 to voluntarily reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to combat climate change. 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"content": "\u003cp>Conservation groups, fishing organizations and biologists have been working tirelessly for decades to protect California’s trout and salmon. They have restored floodplains where juveniles find food and shelter, are arranging to remove obstructive dams from the Klamath River and are constantly badgering water agencies to maintain suitable flows in important spawning streams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a new report released Tuesday suggests their efforts may be largely for naught. Three-fourths of California’s native species and subspecies of salmonids may be extinct within 100 years, according to biologists at UC Davis and the watershed advocacy group California Trout. 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Because mountain snowpack will melt earlier and faster each year under warmer conditions, streams may swell more rapidly to flood stages in the spring, then quickly diminish again in the hot, dry summer months – precisely when certain runs of fish need cold water the most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warming trends could also upend wind and current cycles that drive ocean upwelling, which brings nutrients to the surface and provides food for salmon. Even sea level rise, caused by the melting of polar ice caps, will impact salmon by submerging valuable marshland and lagoons where young fish find shelter and food, the report states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the authors said there is hope for preserving fish populations. Curtis Knight, executive director of California Trout, said at a press conference Tuesday that restoring mountain meadows could be one effective strategy for keeping spawning streams flowing all year. That’s because meadows can absorb water like giant sponges and release it slowly into creeks through the dry summer months – a service currently provided by summer snowpack but which is threatened by global warming. [contextly_sidebar id=”e2GY1Y97n10ptpmylbto1I9omPPwLiJt”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The authors also recommended restoring floodplains alongside rivers. Research by California Trout has demonstrated that flooding seasonal cropland in the Sacramento Valley can significantly improve survival rates of juvenile Chinook salmon born far upstream. Inundated floodplains provide young fish with abundant food as well as refuge from predators and deadly irrigation pumps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Report coauthor Peter Moyle, a biologist with \u003cspan class=\"caps\">U.C.\u003c/span> Davis’s Center for Watershed Sciences, wrote in a foreword to the study that preserving salmon and trout in California will make waves far beyond the state’s own waters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[W]hat we Californians do to enhance the resilience of our native fishes is likely to set examples for the rest of the world,” Moyle wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Knight said that keeping cold water flowing through a natural stream channel – the basic conditions that trout and salmon need – shouldn’t be a terribly difficult task in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"fin\">“We’re the innovators, the pioneers, one of the most important food-producing regions in the world, and the leaders in technology,” he wrote. “What would the loss of our native fish mean for who we are?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"fin\">\u003cem>This article originally appeared on \u003ca href=\"http://waterdeeply.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Water Deeply\u003c/a>, and you can find the original \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2017/05/17/report-extinction-looming-for-most-of-californias-salmon-and-trout\">here\u003c/a>. For important news about the California drought, you can \u003ca href=\"http://nwsdp.ly/waterlist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sign up to the Water Deeply email list\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>California’s largest lake, the Salton Sea, is an accident. It was created in 1905 when a levee broke on an irrigation canal, flooding a giant desert playa. Today it has become a sticking point in \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2016/11/16/drought-on-colorado-river-sparks-revolutionary-idea-sharing-water/\">negotiations between three states\u003c/a> over the future of the Colorado River.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\"> The Salton Sea now is a major stopover for birds on the Pacific Flyway. A total of 424 bird species have been observed on the Salton Sea so far.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The three states – California, Arizona and Nevada – are in the midst of negotiating a \u003ca href=\"http://www.cap-az.com/departments/planning/colorado-river-programs/drought-contingency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drought contingency plan\u003c/a> (DCP). It would commit each state to reducing diversions from the Colorado River in order to prevent Lake Mead from shrinking to disastrously low levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is relying on \u003ca href=\"http://www.iid.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imperial Irrigation District\u003c/a> to make a significant contribution, because it is the largest single diverter of Colorado River water. But if the district reduces its diversions, that will mean less farm runoff draining into the \u003ca href=\"http://saltonsea.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salton Sea\u003c/a>. This means the sea will shrink, causing a cascade of ecological problems for which the district is partly liable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help us understand all this, Water Deeply recently spoke with Michael Cohen, a senior research associate at the \u003ca href=\"http://pacinst.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pacific Institute\u003c/a>, a water policy think-tank based in Oakland. Cohen specializes in Salton Sea and Colorado River issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1642517\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-800x561.jpeg\" alt=\"Michael Cohen of the Pacific Institute\" width=\"800\" height=\"561\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1642517\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-800x561.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-160x112.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-768x538.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-240x168.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-375x263.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-520x364.jpeg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen.jpeg 812w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Cohen of the Pacific Institute studies the Salton Sea and its implications for water management in the Colorado River system. \u003ccite>(Michael Cohen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Why is the drought contingency plan (DCP) important?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Cohen: The DCP is important because, essentially, the Colorado River is over-allocated. Particularly in the lower basin, they have what’s called a structural deficit: In normal years, 1.2 million acre-feet [1.5 billion cubic meters] more water flows out of Lake Mead than flows in. So Lake Mead drops by roughly 12ft [3.6m] per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given that trajectory, it pretty quickly reaches dead pool, meaning there’s no water left in Mead, which then means no water for Southern California and the Central Arizona Project, and 90 percent of the Las Vegas metro area’s water supply dries up. So you’re talking about 30 million people who depend on Lake Mead. Not to mention 1 million acres [400,000 hectares] of irrigated land. And it’s a major hydropower producer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lake Mead is pretty critical to the Southwest generally. They’re trying with the DCP to avert this structural deficit and reduce the amount of water we’re taking out of Mead, to get it closer into balance with actual supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: How is the Salton Sea connected to these negotiations?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: The DCP is connected to the Salton Sea because the plan expects that Imperial Irrigation District (IID) would take less water from the Colorado River. When Lake Mead drops to elevation 1,045, California is expected to reduce its take from the Colorado River, for the first time, by 200,000 acre-feet [250 million cubic meters]. In the most recent DCP terms I saw, Imperial Irrigation District would provide 60 percent of that reduction, so IID would reduce its take of the river by 120,000 acre-feet [150 million cubic meters].\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Can the DCP proceed without Imperial Irrigation District?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: In theory it could, because the other California parties, the largest being Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, could say they’ll step up and meet California’s obligations. But in practice, Met is less likely to forego that amount of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>IID has certainly stated they need some assurances on the Salton Sea before they move forward on the DCP. They’re a key player. Without IID, California can’t meet its DCP obligations. A 200,000–350,000 acre-foot [250–430 million cubic meters] reduction is counting on IID participation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: What effect does this have on the Salton Sea?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1642516\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-800x601.jpg\" alt=\"A map shows the location of the Salton Sea and the Colorado River Basin.\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1642516\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-800x601.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-768x577.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-1180x887.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-960x721.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-375x282.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-520x391.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map shows the location of the Salton Sea and the Colorado River Basin. \u003ccite>(Central Basin Water District)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cohen: Somewhere in the order of 85 percent of the water flowing to the Salton Sea comes from the Imperial Valley. Essentially, it’s surface water and tile drainage from farm fields. As IID takes less water from the Colorado River, that means less water flows to the Salton Sea. Because the Salton Sea is a terminal lake, when less water flows in, the Salton Sea shrinks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the concern is that, because of the DCP, the Salton Sea would be smaller than it would be otherwise. As the sea shrinks, some of that land is exposed, and dust blows off that land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under existing regulations of the local air district, the landowner is responsible for dust that’s emitted off lands in the Imperial Valley. IID is a major landowner, particularly at the southern end of the Salton Sea, and IID is liable for a lot of the dust getting blown off the Salton Sea. So as the sea shrinks, it represents a direct cost to IID. That’s the crux of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sdcwa.org/quantification-settlement-agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA)\u003c/a> of 2003 (a water transfer from IID to San Diego), there was an agreement that said as the Salton Sea shrinks, essentially the state of California backstops liability or mitigation requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The QSA parties – Imperial Irrigation District, San Diego County Water Authority and Coachella Valley Water District – have met their responsibility to pay into a mitigation fund. But they capped it because they didn’t know what the total cost would be, although they knew it would be huge. So the state of California said, “We will assume liability for costs that exceed the costs these parties agreed to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>IID has put the state on notice that it hasn’t lived up to its part of the deal, which is to put together a mitigation plan to deal with the Salton Sea as it shrinks. And now there are negotiations over the DCP, which is essentially going to exacerbate the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Has there been any progress on that state’s mitigation plan?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: The state came out [in March] with what they’re calling a “\u003ca href=\"http://resources.ca.gov/salton-sea/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">draft 10-year plan for the Salton Sea.\u003c/a>” The QSA allowed 15 years to come up with a plan, and it said in the interim we’re going to require IID to deliver mitigation water to offset the impacts of the transfer to San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this is the 15th year. So at the end of this year, that requirement goes away. And next year, the Salton Sea is going to start dropping very rapidly because it will no longer get that mitigation water from IID. All of a sudden, it’s going to receive 10–15 percent less water. So, essentially, it’s going over a cliff. IID is seeing this and saying, “Hold on, we need to deal with this problem before we move on to the DCP.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state really needed to do this plan five-plus years ago so these projects were being implemented now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Why is it a problem if the Salton Sea shrinks?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: There are two main challenges. One is that it exposes lakebed, which creates dust, and that’s a major public health threat. The Imperial and Coachella valleys already fail to meet air-quality requirements, and asthma rates are already higher than the state average. So, your baseline is an already-bad air-quality situation, which is going to be exacerbated as the Salton Sea shrinks and more dust blows off that lakebed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next concern is that as the Salton Sea shrinks, it gets much saltier and other water-quality parameters also decline. Which means that, first, the fish die off. That’s already started to happen. Then a lot of the food sources for the birds die off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Salton Sea now is a major stopover for birds on the Pacific Flyway. A total of 424 bird species have been observed on the Salton Sea so far. And of course, in California there are far fewer wetlands than there were historically. We’ve dried up 90–95 percent of the wetlands in California. So these migratory birds have far fewer places to rest and refuel. The Salton Sea has filled that niche. As water quality continues to degrade, it’s no longer going to be able to provide that function.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Will the state’s 10-year plan satisfy IID?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: I think that remains to be seen. IID was not satisfied with the draft they saw last December. But my hope is that California takes those concerns into consideration and redrafts the plan to meet those concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: What are the restoration costs at the Salton Sea?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: We don’t know what the total cost is because it depends how much is dedicated to water quality versus air quality and how they allocate those costs. Odds are, we’re looking at $1 billion-plus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one of the benefits of the Salton Sea is we don’t need to pay for everything at once. Those projects can be phased in over time so you can pay for them over time. You can just build them as the sea recedes and you get benefits as you go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m hopeful that the pieces are starting to line up and we can start to see some progress. I think the governor is paying attention to this, the legislature is paying more attention. It’s a little late, but I think there’s still an opportunity to make a real difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some respects, dramatic change is inevitable at the Salton Sea. Essentially, what we’re going to shift from is a Salton Sea people recognize now to a very different, very managed system. But this managed system can still provide a lot of benefits. It could still be a very functional ecosystem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article originally appeared on \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Water Deeply\u003c/a>, and you can find it \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2017/05/16/how-the-colorado-rivers-future-depends-on-the-salton-sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>. For important news about the California drought, you can \u003ca href=\"http://waterdeeply.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=8b78e9a34ff7443ec1e8c62c6&id=2947becb78\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up\u003c/a> to the Water Deeply email list.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California’s largest lake, the Salton Sea, is an accident. It was created in 1905 when a levee broke on an irrigation canal, flooding a giant desert playa. Today it has become a sticking point in \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2016/11/16/drought-on-colorado-river-sparks-revolutionary-idea-sharing-water/\">negotiations between three states\u003c/a> over the future of the Colorado River.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\"> The Salton Sea now is a major stopover for birds on the Pacific Flyway. A total of 424 bird species have been observed on the Salton Sea so far.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The three states – California, Arizona and Nevada – are in the midst of negotiating a \u003ca href=\"http://www.cap-az.com/departments/planning/colorado-river-programs/drought-contingency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drought contingency plan\u003c/a> (DCP). It would commit each state to reducing diversions from the Colorado River in order to prevent Lake Mead from shrinking to disastrously low levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is relying on \u003ca href=\"http://www.iid.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imperial Irrigation District\u003c/a> to make a significant contribution, because it is the largest single diverter of Colorado River water. But if the district reduces its diversions, that will mean less farm runoff draining into the \u003ca href=\"http://saltonsea.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salton Sea\u003c/a>. This means the sea will shrink, causing a cascade of ecological problems for which the district is partly liable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help us understand all this, Water Deeply recently spoke with Michael Cohen, a senior research associate at the \u003ca href=\"http://pacinst.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pacific Institute\u003c/a>, a water policy think-tank based in Oakland. Cohen specializes in Salton Sea and Colorado River issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1642517\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-800x561.jpeg\" alt=\"Michael Cohen of the Pacific Institute\" width=\"800\" height=\"561\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1642517\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-800x561.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-160x112.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-768x538.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-240x168.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-375x263.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen-520x364.jpeg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Cohen.jpeg 812w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Cohen of the Pacific Institute studies the Salton Sea and its implications for water management in the Colorado River system. \u003ccite>(Michael Cohen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Why is the drought contingency plan (DCP) important?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Cohen: The DCP is important because, essentially, the Colorado River is over-allocated. Particularly in the lower basin, they have what’s called a structural deficit: In normal years, 1.2 million acre-feet [1.5 billion cubic meters] more water flows out of Lake Mead than flows in. So Lake Mead drops by roughly 12ft [3.6m] per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given that trajectory, it pretty quickly reaches dead pool, meaning there’s no water left in Mead, which then means no water for Southern California and the Central Arizona Project, and 90 percent of the Las Vegas metro area’s water supply dries up. So you’re talking about 30 million people who depend on Lake Mead. Not to mention 1 million acres [400,000 hectares] of irrigated land. And it’s a major hydropower producer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lake Mead is pretty critical to the Southwest generally. They’re trying with the DCP to avert this structural deficit and reduce the amount of water we’re taking out of Mead, to get it closer into balance with actual supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: How is the Salton Sea connected to these negotiations?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: The DCP is connected to the Salton Sea because the plan expects that Imperial Irrigation District (IID) would take less water from the Colorado River. When Lake Mead drops to elevation 1,045, California is expected to reduce its take from the Colorado River, for the first time, by 200,000 acre-feet [250 million cubic meters]. In the most recent DCP terms I saw, Imperial Irrigation District would provide 60 percent of that reduction, so IID would reduce its take of the river by 120,000 acre-feet [150 million cubic meters].\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Can the DCP proceed without Imperial Irrigation District?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: In theory it could, because the other California parties, the largest being Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, could say they’ll step up and meet California’s obligations. But in practice, Met is less likely to forego that amount of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>IID has certainly stated they need some assurances on the Salton Sea before they move forward on the DCP. They’re a key player. Without IID, California can’t meet its DCP obligations. A 200,000–350,000 acre-foot [250–430 million cubic meters] reduction is counting on IID participation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: What effect does this have on the Salton Sea?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1642516\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-800x601.jpg\" alt=\"A map shows the location of the Salton Sea and the Colorado River Basin.\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1642516\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-800x601.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-768x577.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-1180x887.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-960x721.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-375x282.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin-520x391.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/CO-River-Basin.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map shows the location of the Salton Sea and the Colorado River Basin. \u003ccite>(Central Basin Water District)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cohen: Somewhere in the order of 85 percent of the water flowing to the Salton Sea comes from the Imperial Valley. Essentially, it’s surface water and tile drainage from farm fields. As IID takes less water from the Colorado River, that means less water flows to the Salton Sea. Because the Salton Sea is a terminal lake, when less water flows in, the Salton Sea shrinks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the concern is that, because of the DCP, the Salton Sea would be smaller than it would be otherwise. As the sea shrinks, some of that land is exposed, and dust blows off that land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under existing regulations of the local air district, the landowner is responsible for dust that’s emitted off lands in the Imperial Valley. IID is a major landowner, particularly at the southern end of the Salton Sea, and IID is liable for a lot of the dust getting blown off the Salton Sea. So as the sea shrinks, it represents a direct cost to IID. That’s the crux of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sdcwa.org/quantification-settlement-agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA)\u003c/a> of 2003 (a water transfer from IID to San Diego), there was an agreement that said as the Salton Sea shrinks, essentially the state of California backstops liability or mitigation requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The QSA parties – Imperial Irrigation District, San Diego County Water Authority and Coachella Valley Water District – have met their responsibility to pay into a mitigation fund. But they capped it because they didn’t know what the total cost would be, although they knew it would be huge. So the state of California said, “We will assume liability for costs that exceed the costs these parties agreed to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>IID has put the state on notice that it hasn’t lived up to its part of the deal, which is to put together a mitigation plan to deal with the Salton Sea as it shrinks. And now there are negotiations over the DCP, which is essentially going to exacerbate the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Has there been any progress on that state’s mitigation plan?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: The state came out [in March] with what they’re calling a “\u003ca href=\"http://resources.ca.gov/salton-sea/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">draft 10-year plan for the Salton Sea.\u003c/a>” The QSA allowed 15 years to come up with a plan, and it said in the interim we’re going to require IID to deliver mitigation water to offset the impacts of the transfer to San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this is the 15th year. So at the end of this year, that requirement goes away. And next year, the Salton Sea is going to start dropping very rapidly because it will no longer get that mitigation water from IID. All of a sudden, it’s going to receive 10–15 percent less water. So, essentially, it’s going over a cliff. IID is seeing this and saying, “Hold on, we need to deal with this problem before we move on to the DCP.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state really needed to do this plan five-plus years ago so these projects were being implemented now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Why is it a problem if the Salton Sea shrinks?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: There are two main challenges. One is that it exposes lakebed, which creates dust, and that’s a major public health threat. The Imperial and Coachella valleys already fail to meet air-quality requirements, and asthma rates are already higher than the state average. So, your baseline is an already-bad air-quality situation, which is going to be exacerbated as the Salton Sea shrinks and more dust blows off that lakebed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next concern is that as the Salton Sea shrinks, it gets much saltier and other water-quality parameters also decline. Which means that, first, the fish die off. That’s already started to happen. Then a lot of the food sources for the birds die off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Salton Sea now is a major stopover for birds on the Pacific Flyway. A total of 424 bird species have been observed on the Salton Sea so far. And of course, in California there are far fewer wetlands than there were historically. We’ve dried up 90–95 percent of the wetlands in California. So these migratory birds have far fewer places to rest and refuel. The Salton Sea has filled that niche. As water quality continues to degrade, it’s no longer going to be able to provide that function.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: Will the state’s 10-year plan satisfy IID?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: I think that remains to be seen. IID was not satisfied with the draft they saw last December. But my hope is that California takes those concerns into consideration and redrafts the plan to meet those concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Water Deeply: What are the restoration costs at the Salton Sea?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen: We don’t know what the total cost is because it depends how much is dedicated to water quality versus air quality and how they allocate those costs. Odds are, we’re looking at $1 billion-plus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one of the benefits of the Salton Sea is we don’t need to pay for everything at once. Those projects can be phased in over time so you can pay for them over time. You can just build them as the sea recedes and you get benefits as you go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m hopeful that the pieces are starting to line up and we can start to see some progress. I think the governor is paying attention to this, the legislature is paying more attention. It’s a little late, but I think there’s still an opportunity to make a real difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some respects, dramatic change is inevitable at the Salton Sea. Essentially, what we’re going to shift from is a Salton Sea people recognize now to a very different, very managed system. But this managed system can still provide a lot of benefits. It could still be a very functional ecosystem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article originally appeared on \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Water Deeply\u003c/a>, and you can find it \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2017/05/16/how-the-colorado-rivers-future-depends-on-the-salton-sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>. For important news about the California drought, you can \u003ca href=\"http://waterdeeply.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=8b78e9a34ff7443ec1e8c62c6&id=2947becb78\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up\u003c/a> to the Water Deeply email list.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Warming springtime temperatures in California are expected to accelerate melting of the state’s record snowpack, sending water surging down a major river in Yosemite National Park that could overflow its banks, officials said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reservoirs downstream from the Sierra Nevada have been lowered in anticipation of the heavier-than-normal runoff, said reservoirs managers. The current snowpack is double its normal size.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The snowmelt flows downhill during warm months into reservoirs and canals, which supply one-third of the water used by residents of the most populous U.S. state. It also irrigates crops in the nation’s most productive farming state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters warned that they expect the Merced River within Yosemite will hit flood stage in the middle of the week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly twice as much snow as normal blankets the 400-mile (644-kilometer) Sierra Nevada, a big contrast compared two years ago at the height of California’s drought when barely any measureable snow remained, state water managers said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1602512\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/DK_snow_-survey_8534_05_01_2017-800x566.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"566\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1602512\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/DK_snow_-survey_8534_05_01_2017-800x566.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/DK_snow_-survey_8534_05_01_2017-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/DK_snow_-survey_8534_05_01_2017-768x543.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/DK_snow_-survey_8534_05_01_2017-1020x721.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/DK_snow_-survey_8534_05_01_2017-1920x1358.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/DK_snow_-survey_8534_05_01_2017-1180x834.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/DK_snow_-survey_8534_05_01_2017-960x679.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/DK_snow_-survey_8534_05_01_2017-240x170.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/DK_snow_-survey_8534_05_01_2017-375x265.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/DK_snow_-survey_8534_05_01_2017-520x368.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frank Gehrke chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program and Wes McCandless a contract analyst, conduct the final snow survey for the 2017 snow season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Northern California. \u003ccite>(ale Kolke/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“What goes up must come down,” said Doug Carlson, a spokesman for the California Department of Water Resources. “The snow that’s sitting on the mountains will come down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program on Monday was measuring how much water the snow holds, which should give officials an indication of how much water will be released by the snowpack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The snowy winter has been especially cruel to wildlife in the mountains — killing off bighorn sheep and lengthening hibernation periods for bears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During California’s drought, the iconic Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep moved from lower elevations higher up into the mountains in search of food, said Jason Holley, a wildlife biologist for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the heavy snow may have killed 100 of the 600 or so bighorn, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve triggered some avalanches,” Holley said. “Others go caught in areas with no natural food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The snowdrifts have also kept many bears hibernating in the remote wilderness inside their dens one month longer than normal because food is still scarce, Holley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1602511\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1602511 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017-800x513.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017-800x513.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017-768x493.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017-1020x654.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017-960x616.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017-240x154.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017-375x241.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017-520x334.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017.jpg 1060w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">It’s been a record year for snow in Northern California. Here, a Planet Labs satellite captures the snowpack in Mammoth on January 14, 2017. \u003ccite>(Image provided by \u003ca href=\"https://www.planet.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Planet Labs\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hikers heading to the mountains are sure to find damaged roads leading to prized campgrounds that may not be repaired until next year, said Stanislaus National Forest officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Yosemite National Park, rangers warned that visitors will need to be careful when they are near swift-flowing rivers and waterfalls with much higher water flows than normal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inexperienced hikers heading into the mountains should be prepared for snow lasting longer than normal this spring and should hike with more experienced people or consider heading to coastal mountains not covered in snow, said Kathryn Phillips, director of the Sierra Club California\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not only is it technically difficult, it is pretty uncomfortable,” Phillips said. “If you’ve never done it before, go with somebody who has.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"excerpt": "As the snow melts, there's a moderate flood risk on the Merced River in Yosemite and on the Truckee River near Lake Tahoe this week. Officials say more hot weather could cause increased risk in the weeks and months ahead. \r\n\r\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program on Monday was measuring how much water the snow holds, which should give officials an indication of how much water will be released by the snowpack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The snowy winter has been especially cruel to wildlife in the mountains — killing off bighorn sheep and lengthening hibernation periods for bears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During California’s drought, the iconic Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep moved from lower elevations higher up into the mountains in search of food, said Jason Holley, a wildlife biologist for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the heavy snow may have killed 100 of the 600 or so bighorn, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve triggered some avalanches,” Holley said. “Others go caught in areas with no natural food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The snowdrifts have also kept many bears hibernating in the remote wilderness inside their dens one month longer than normal because food is still scarce, Holley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1602511\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1602511 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017-800x513.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017-800x513.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017-768x493.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017-1020x654.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017-960x616.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017-240x154.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017-375x241.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017-520x334.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/Mammoth_Jan_14_2017.jpg 1060w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">It’s been a record year for snow in Northern California. Here, a Planet Labs satellite captures the snowpack in Mammoth on January 14, 2017. \u003ccite>(Image provided by \u003ca href=\"https://www.planet.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Planet Labs\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hikers heading to the mountains are sure to find damaged roads leading to prized campgrounds that may not be repaired until next year, said Stanislaus National Forest officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Yosemite National Park, rangers warned that visitors will need to be careful when they are near swift-flowing rivers and waterfalls with much higher water flows than normal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inexperienced hikers heading into the mountains should be prepared for snow lasting longer than normal this spring and should hike with more experienced people or consider heading to coastal mountains not covered in snow, said Kathryn Phillips, director of the Sierra Club California\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not only is it technically difficult, it is pretty uncomfortable,” Phillips said. “If you’ve never done it before, go with somebody who has.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Global climate change is a such a dramatic and vast event, it can be hard to find reasons to believe we can change the momentum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalist Paul Hawken, in his new book, offers 100 reasons to hope. Hawken is a seasoned advocate for the power of human action to address climate change. He co-founded the retail and catalog company \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_%26_Hawken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smith & Hawken\u003c/a> and has written several best-selling books.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His latest is called \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.drawdown.org/the-book/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reduce Global Warming\u003c/a>\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/author/dkatayama/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Devin Katayama\u003c/a> spoke with Paul Hawken about his book and what each one of us can do to “draw down” the atmosphere’s carbon load.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">\u003cb>Katayama: You call this the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reduce global warming. That’s a pretty bold statement.\u003c/b>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Hawken: Not only bold, it’s cheeky and rash [but] it is the most comprehensive plan to reverse global warming because no one has ever proposed a plan. In three years of research, with over 200 scientists and research fellows, we discovered that there is a de facto plan afoot in the world to reduce global warming but it’s not top down. It’s not from some person or some institution. It’s a collective wisdom, if you will.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1592341\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1592341\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/PaulHawken1-800x601.jpg\" alt=\"In his new book Paul Hawken lays out a 100 point plan for slowing and reversing human-caused climate change.\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/PaulHawken1-800x601.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/PaulHawken1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/PaulHawken1-768x577.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/PaulHawken1-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/PaulHawken1-1920x1442.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/PaulHawken1-1180x886.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/PaulHawken1-960x721.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/PaulHawken1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/PaulHawken1-375x282.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/PaulHawken1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In his new book, Paul Hawken lays out a 100 point plan for slowing and reversing human-caused climate change. \u003ccite>(Paul Hawken)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">\u003cb>\u003cb>Katayama\u003c/b>: And so you did talk to a ton of scientists and you came up with this whole list of things that the world needs to do in the coming decades to really tackle climate change. What are some of the recommendations that you learned?\u003c/b>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Hawken: We don’t make recommendations. We map, measure and model the 100 most substantive solutions. And we went through hundreds of solutions and tested and did the math. All the data are based on peer reviewed science.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">\u003cb>\u003cb>Katayama\u003c/b>: Well let’s talk about one of the solutions in your book. It’s called the micro-grid and it’s this really fascinating example of zero-carbon energy, this idea that a neighborhood can be its own energy supplier. Tell us why that is and how these micro-grids work.\u003c/b>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Hawken: The micro-grid is really localization of energy. We hear a lot about local food, and farm to fork; this is sun to home. You’re gathering your energy locally, but you’re actually in a small grid and you’re sharing it in a way that allows for peaks and valleys of the energy, different sources of energy. And in developing countries they can’t afford power grids. They’re too remote. They don’t have the money in the first place. They don’t have centralized energy generation plants. And for them they can \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leapfrogging\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leapfrog\u003c/a> where we are today to a very different system, where they use micro-wind and solar and larger wind turbines.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1592343\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-800x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Drawdown_coverhires\" width=\"300\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-800x1024.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-160x205.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-768x983.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-1020x1305.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-1920x2457.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-1180x1510.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-960x1228.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-240x307.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-375x480.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-520x665.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">They then can create an energy grid that supplies all the needs they have. You see this throughout India and Africa and eventually we’re going to see it in the United States, not because we’re a low income country but because it’ll be cheaper. Because people [will] have energy storage in their homes, they’ll have energy generation on their roofs and they’ll hook up to each other and it’ll be cheaper than what we’re paying today.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">\u003cb>\u003cb>Katayama: \u003c/b>As you look ahead, what industries or business do you think stand to make the most progress?\u003c/b>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Hawken: I think the biggest industry that can influence global warming is the food industry, and that surprised us when we did the modeling and assumed it would be energy. But actually, food has the biggest impact in terms of reversing [climate change] in reducing energy use and sequestering carbon. [It can] bring carbon back down from the atmosphere by photosynthesis and store it in the soil. Our recommendations are actually is profitable, regenerative farming techniques create more productivity. [Regenerative farming] has so many benefits and it’s such an exciting area for people to go into. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">\u003cb>\u003cb>Katayama\u003c/b>: What about individuals? What can I do in my home to help out?\u003c/b>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Hawken: The number one thing you can do, and I’m starting to do it now too by the way (which I thought I did before, but wasn’t so aware of it) is reduce food waste. Americans waste 40 percent of the food that we produce. And it takes a lot of energy to produce that food, not just on a farm level but shipping and storage and packing and distribution and processing. It takes 14 or 15 calories for every calorie you consume, and then you toss it. 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What are some of the recommendations that you learned?\u003c/b>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Hawken: We don’t make recommendations. We map, measure and model the 100 most substantive solutions. And we went through hundreds of solutions and tested and did the math. All the data are based on peer reviewed science.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">\u003cb>\u003cb>Katayama\u003c/b>: Well let’s talk about one of the solutions in your book. It’s called the micro-grid and it’s this really fascinating example of zero-carbon energy, this idea that a neighborhood can be its own energy supplier. Tell us why that is and how these micro-grids work.\u003c/b>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Hawken: The micro-grid is really localization of energy. We hear a lot about local food, and farm to fork; this is sun to home. 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And for them they can \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leapfrogging\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leapfrog\u003c/a> where we are today to a very different system, where they use micro-wind and solar and larger wind turbines.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1592343\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-800x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Drawdown_coverhires\" width=\"300\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-800x1024.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-160x205.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-768x983.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-1020x1305.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-1920x2457.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-1180x1510.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-960x1228.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-240x307.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-375x480.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Drawdown_coverhires-520x665.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">They then can create an energy grid that supplies all the needs they have. You see this throughout India and Africa and eventually we’re going to see it in the United States, not because we’re a low income country but because it’ll be cheaper. Because people [will] have energy storage in their homes, they’ll have energy generation on their roofs and they’ll hook up to each other and it’ll be cheaper than what we’re paying today.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">\u003cb>\u003cb>Katayama: \u003c/b>As you look ahead, what industries or business do you think stand to make the most progress?\u003c/b>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Hawken: I think the biggest industry that can influence global warming is the food industry, and that surprised us when we did the modeling and assumed it would be energy. But actually, food has the biggest impact in terms of reversing [climate change] in reducing energy use and sequestering carbon. [It can] bring carbon back down from the atmosphere by photosynthesis and store it in the soil. Our recommendations are actually is profitable, regenerative farming techniques create more productivity. [Regenerative farming] has so many benefits and it’s such an exciting area for people to go into. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">\u003cb>\u003cb>Katayama\u003c/b>: What about individuals? What can I do in my home to help out?\u003c/b>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Hawken: The number one thing you can do, and I’m starting to do it now too by the way (which I thought I did before, but wasn’t so aware of it) is reduce food waste. Americans waste 40 percent of the food that we produce. And it takes a lot of energy to produce that food, not just on a farm level but shipping and storage and packing and distribution and processing. It takes 14 or 15 calories for every calorie you consume, and then you toss it. 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"content": "\u003cp>Many scientists — and members of the science-interested public — will be taking to the streets Saturday. The \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/04/19/scientists-take-to-california-streets-this-saturday-and-ask-you-to-join-them/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March for Science\u003c/a> is a vote for policies based on scientific evidence. While organizers are careful to keep the event nonpartisan, they’ve acknowledged there’s an urgency to the message in face of the Trump administration’s stand on climate change and other environmental issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘It’s never been more important for us to make our case for science.’\u003ccite>Marcia McNutt, President of the National Academy of Sciences\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Some of the scientists who will be out in force this weekend quietly participated this week in a different kind of pro-data gathering at UC Berkeley, organized by the \u003ca href=\"http://beci.berkeley.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeley Energy and Climate Institute.\u003c/a> \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"s1\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://beci.berkeley.edu/philomathia-forum/2017-philomathia-forum/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data scientists who attended\u003c/a> ranged from people who monitor air pollution, to those who model where it’s best to put wind turbines, to those who want to make electricity grids more stable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p2\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The meeting could hardly have been more timely\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"s2\">. \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">And it’s an example of the kind of exchange of ideas and information that could be hampered if, say, NASA’s climate satellites are turned off. \u003c/span>This could happen under President Trump’s current budget blueprint, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/climate/trump-nasa-satellites-global-warming-data.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposes killing four of NASA’s climate science missions\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s never been more important for us to make our case for science,” said \u003ca href=\"http://www.nasonline.org/about-nas/leadership/president.html?referrer=https://duckduckgo.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcia McNutt\u003c/a>, president of the National Academy of Sciences, during her keynote on Thursday. McNutt said she will not be marching, but will be at a National Academy open house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”szIcnHb5WcF3fWWiz3yr7DV5sf34u4WY”]She pointed to several bills currently before Congress, such as the \u003ca href=\"https://science.house.gov/news/press-releases/sst-committee-members-introduce-honest-and-open-new-epa-science-treatment-act-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment Act\u003c/a>. That’s a re-branded form of the failed \u003ca href=\"https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr1030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Secret Science Reform Act\u003c/a>. It would effectively prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from using the weight of scientific evidence to pass policy protecting public health and the environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m worried that if we as a community can’t assure lawmakers and policymakers that we have our act together,” said McNutt, “there will be other mechanisms imposed on us that may not be in the best interest of good science.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Thousand Possibilities\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featured speakers in the data conference showed some of the newest, most innovative ways large data sets and computing power can be used in service of environmental sustainability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the highlights:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Several academic researchers–from as far afield as Hong Kong, China and the University of Wisconsin–spoke about tracking and monitoring air pollution through satellites (such as those funded by NASA) or ground-based monitors.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Google’s Joel Conkling gave a particularly impressive presentation about Project Sunroof. Sunroof is a map of much of the U.S. that calculates the potential for solar power generation and homeowner savings if solar panels are installed. \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/get/sunroof#p=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check it out by entering your home address\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1576458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2662px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1576458 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM.png\" alt=\"An screenshot from Project Sunroof, which estimates the solar potential on individual roofs.\" width=\"2662\" height=\"990\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM.png 2662w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-160x60.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-800x298.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-768x286.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-1020x379.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-1920x714.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-1180x439.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-960x357.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-240x89.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-375x139.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-520x193.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2662px) 100vw, 2662px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot from Project Sunroof, which estimates the solar potential on individual roofs. \u003ccite>(Project Sunroof/Google)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ced.berkeley.edu/ced/faculty-staff/paul-waddell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Waddell\u003c/a>, professor of City & Regional Planning at UC Berkeley spoke about using data-enhanced maps to improve the habitability and health of neighborhoods.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Startup companies, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.comfyapp.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comfy\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.valorwater.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valor\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://utilityapi.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UtilityAPI\u003c/a>, shared their vision for saving water or energy through innovative software platforms that automatically optimize the workings of buildings, public utilities or electrical storage batteries.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tesla’s Brinda Thomas spoke about how Tesla hopes to make electric grids more reliable by providing \u003ca href=\"https://www.tesla.com/utilities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on-demand electricity storage\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Science Saves the Day? Sometimes\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her closing remarks, McNutt argued that science has entered a new phase, fueled by cheap and abundant computing power and the enormous new capacity for data storage. The potential applications are theoretically endless, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also stressed that scientific data is only useful if it’s accurate and applied properly. When it is, said McNutt, science is an indispensable aid to good decision making. By way of illustration, she offered an event at her daughter’s wedding, which was “saved” by satellite-generated weather data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When a disagreement arose between mother and daughter over whether guests should sit under a tent to protect them from rain, McNutt recalls her daughter breaking into tears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here we were at a beautiful winery, not a cloud in the sky, and my daughter said, ‘It’s been my dream to have my guests looking out over the winery.’ I said, ‘You have to have them set up the tent. I know it’s going to rain.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her daughter protested until she pulled up doppler radar weather data on her mobile phone. It showed a nasty mass of wet clouds just about to come over the horizon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the chairs were set up under the tent. McNutt recalls that just as the bride walked down the aisle and the officiant said, ‘Dearly beloved,’ “Kaboom! Rain starts falling down! Fortunately we were all under the tent. Her wedding was saved thanks to NEXRAD [\u003ca href=\"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/radar-data/nexrad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">or Next-Generation Radar\u003c/a>] data all available online and \u003ca href=\"http://www.noaa.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NOAA\u003c/a> made that possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McNutt’s point was clear: If weather and climate research is unfunded owing to the current administration’s skepticism about scientific data, the nation stands to lose a lot more than the perfect wedding picture.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>She pointed to several bills currently before Congress, such as the \u003ca href=\"https://science.house.gov/news/press-releases/sst-committee-members-introduce-honest-and-open-new-epa-science-treatment-act-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment Act\u003c/a>. That’s a re-branded form of the failed \u003ca href=\"https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr1030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Secret Science Reform Act\u003c/a>. It would effectively prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from using the weight of scientific evidence to pass policy protecting public health and the environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m worried that if we as a community can’t assure lawmakers and policymakers that we have our act together,” said McNutt, “there will be other mechanisms imposed on us that may not be in the best interest of good science.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Thousand Possibilities\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featured speakers in the data conference showed some of the newest, most innovative ways large data sets and computing power can be used in service of environmental sustainability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the highlights:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Several academic researchers–from as far afield as Hong Kong, China and the University of Wisconsin–spoke about tracking and monitoring air pollution through satellites (such as those funded by NASA) or ground-based monitors.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Google’s Joel Conkling gave a particularly impressive presentation about Project Sunroof. Sunroof is a map of much of the U.S. that calculates the potential for solar power generation and homeowner savings if solar panels are installed. \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/get/sunroof#p=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check it out by entering your home address\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1576458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2662px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1576458 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM.png\" alt=\"An screenshot from Project Sunroof, which estimates the solar potential on individual roofs.\" width=\"2662\" height=\"990\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM.png 2662w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-160x60.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-800x298.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-768x286.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-1020x379.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-1920x714.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-1180x439.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-960x357.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-240x89.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-375x139.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-2.31.03-PM-520x193.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2662px) 100vw, 2662px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot from Project Sunroof, which estimates the solar potential on individual roofs. \u003ccite>(Project Sunroof/Google)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ced.berkeley.edu/ced/faculty-staff/paul-waddell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Waddell\u003c/a>, professor of City & Regional Planning at UC Berkeley spoke about using data-enhanced maps to improve the habitability and health of neighborhoods.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Startup companies, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.comfyapp.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comfy\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.valorwater.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valor\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://utilityapi.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UtilityAPI\u003c/a>, shared their vision for saving water or energy through innovative software platforms that automatically optimize the workings of buildings, public utilities or electrical storage batteries.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tesla’s Brinda Thomas spoke about how Tesla hopes to make electric grids more reliable by providing \u003ca href=\"https://www.tesla.com/utilities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on-demand electricity storage\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Science Saves the Day? Sometimes\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her closing remarks, McNutt argued that science has entered a new phase, fueled by cheap and abundant computing power and the enormous new capacity for data storage. The potential applications are theoretically endless, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also stressed that scientific data is only useful if it’s accurate and applied properly. When it is, said McNutt, science is an indispensable aid to good decision making. By way of illustration, she offered an event at her daughter’s wedding, which was “saved” by satellite-generated weather data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When a disagreement arose between mother and daughter over whether guests should sit under a tent to protect them from rain, McNutt recalls her daughter breaking into tears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here we were at a beautiful winery, not a cloud in the sky, and my daughter said, ‘It’s been my dream to have my guests looking out over the winery.’ I said, ‘You have to have them set up the tent. I know it’s going to rain.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her daughter protested until she pulled up doppler radar weather data on her mobile phone. It showed a nasty mass of wet clouds just about to come over the horizon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the chairs were set up under the tent. McNutt recalls that just as the bride walked down the aisle and the officiant said, ‘Dearly beloved,’ “Kaboom! Rain starts falling down! Fortunately we were all under the tent. Her wedding was saved thanks to NEXRAD [\u003ca href=\"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/radar-data/nexrad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">or Next-Generation Radar\u003c/a>] data all available online and \u003ca href=\"http://www.noaa.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NOAA\u003c/a> made that possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McNutt’s point was clear: If weather and climate research is unfunded owing to the current administration’s skepticism about scientific data, the nation stands to lose a lot more than the perfect wedding picture.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4 p.m.:\u003c/strong> We’re signing off of our live coverage of the San Francisco March for Science and other marches around the state and country. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you missed our live one-hour radio special, you can listen below. Hosts Scott Shafer and Craig Miller talked with reporters and scientists in California and across the country to capture the feeling of today’s marches.\u003cbr>\n[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/04/TCRScienceMarchSpecial.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/IMG_5203.jpg\" Title=\"March for Science Special\" program=\"KQED Science\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And check out the best photos and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/22/photos-marchforscience-takes-off-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most creative signs\u003c/a> from today’s march in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Thousands of people of all ages are taking part in marches for science across the state today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Balkite brought his daughter Parker to the San Francisco march. He is one of many people who’s worried about the federal government’s attitude toward science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m hopeful that the current administration will take science more seriously, more seriously than it has so far,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579070\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579070\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"James Balkite and his daughter Parker at the San Francisco March for Science.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Balkite and his daughter Parker at the San Francisco March for Science. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED Science)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Parker wants to make sure the burrowing owls she sees at home in Mountain View are protected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christina Nosek is one of many educators taking part in marches. She teaches fifth grade in Palo Alto, and she says she and other teachers are worried about the impact this could have on their students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being teachers it’s kind of personal because we’re teaching kids to make decisions based on evidence, not talk,” Nosek says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579071\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579071\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Christina Nosek (left), Chloe Coponen (center) and Marie Legrand at the March for Science in San Jose. Nosek and Legrand teach in Palo Alto and Coponen is a 2nd grader in Palo Alto.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christina Nosek (left), Chloe Coponen (center) and Marie Legrand at the March for Science in San Jose. Nosek and Legrand teach in Palo Alto and Coponen is a 2nd grader in Palo Alto. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>KQED Learning’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/learning/collections/above-the-noise/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Above the Noise\u003c/a> team was also at the march in San Francisco talking to young people about what science means to them and why they felt the drive to come out and march.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m here because I like science experiments and support science,” said Jadyn Washington of Parkway Heights Middle School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-800x797.jpg\" alt=\"Above the Noise host Myles Bess (right) talks to middle schooler Jadyn Washington.\" width=\"800\" height=\"797\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579189\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-800x797.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-160x159.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-768x765.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-1020x1016.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-1180x1175.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-960x956.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-240x239.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-375x374.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-520x518.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5.jpg 1517w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Above the Noise host Myles Bess (right) talks to middle schooler Jadyn Washington. \u003ccite>(Annelise Wunderlich/KQED Learning)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>John Barron showed up to the march in San Francisco in his United States Geological Survey (USGS) t-shirt. He recently retired after working for the USGS for 40 years working on historical records of climate change. He’s worried that the work he’s dedicated his life to will be under threat and funding could be cut off to the scientists continuing his research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579072\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579072\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Larnie Fox, an artist who lives in Benicia, at the March for Science in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larnie Fox, an artist who lives in Benicia, at the March for Science in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED Science)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Science is very clear that there is a human effect on climate warming,” Barron said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Comic Con fans in San Jose weren’t the only ones getting dressed up for the marches today. Larnie Fox, an artist from Benicia, says he came to the San Francisco march to defend human rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Information is precious and anyone who tries to deny it is messing with one of humankind’s basic rights,” Fox said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of those taking to the streets are doing so because of the direct impact science has had on their lives. Lori Mandell is a lawyer and cancer survivor from Alameda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t be alive without science,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579185\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1579185 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Cancer survivor Lori Mandell at the San Francisco March for Science.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cancer survivor Lori Mandell at the San Francisco March for Science. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED Science)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Also in Washington D.C. today, scientists gathered at the Smithsonian Institution’s Earth Optimism Summit, to share stories about where science is working to solve problems around the planet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the speakers was Steve Palumbi, director of the Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, who shared the story of the recovery of Monterey Bay. One of his favorite stories from the day is an effort called Pristine Seas to protect some of the last wild places in the oceans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fabulously wonderful places full of corals and kelp and fish and mammals,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A National Geographic crew conducts research and makes documentary films of these locations, then shows them to the governments that have jurisdiction over them. So far, Pristine Seas has protected 4.5 million square kilometers of ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579192\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Nye the Science Guy arrives to lead scientists and supporters down Constitution Avenue during the March for Science on April 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. The event is being described as a call to support and safeguard the scientific community. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579192\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Nye the Science Guy arrives to lead scientists and supporters down Constitution Avenue during the March for Science on April 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. The event is being described as a call to support and safeguard the scientific community. \u003ccite>(Photo by Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Bit by bit by bit,” Palumbi says “they’re racking up these successes just by showing people what they already have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says one reason people don’t seem to value environmental science is that scientists haven’t done a good job explaining why it’s helpful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one thinks of a cancer scientist and says, well you’re just doing it in order to get grants,” he says. “Everybody understands that when it comes to biomedical breakthroughs, that science is working for all of us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By contrast, he says, in a lot of cases environmental science is used to define the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What’s really the problem is that environmental science doesn’t take that next step to show what the solution is and how everybody gets better because of it,” he says. “I think that’s what people are imagining when they’re saying, ‘Well, you’re doing this for our good but we don’t feel like you’re helping.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s where scientists have to do a better job at communicating solutions, Palumbi says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Outside of San Francisco, other marches in support of science are also happening across the state, country and \u003ca href=\"https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-04-22/photos-march-science-truly-global-affair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Jose, the March for Science Silicon Valley is taking place right next door to Silicon Valley’s Comic Con. Organizers say more the crowd totals more than 5,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1578852\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1578852\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-800x549.jpg\" alt=\"Science fiction and science mix freely on signs at the March for Science Silicon Valley which took place next door to Silicon Valley Comic Con.\" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-800x549.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-768x527.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-1920x1318.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-1180x810.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-960x659.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-240x165.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-375x258.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-520x357.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Science fiction and science mix freely on signs at the March for Science Silicon Valley which took place next door to Silicon Valley Comic Con. \u003ccite>(Photo by Alison van Diggelen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a wonderful scene,” said Tim Ritchie, founder and CEO of The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, as he walked through crowds of people in March for Science shirts and Star Trek uniforms. “It’s a real celebration of all things geeky.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ritchie echoed other speakers from across the state today on the dangers that face society like pandemics, natural disasters and climate change that he says can only be tackled by scientists from around the world working together. He said Silicon Valley, a community built upon and around science technology, needs to lead the way in defending science and using technology for “the global good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we need to turn to our technologies that benefit humanity and that are globally good,” he said. “There’s lots of talent here that might be turned to more superficial and ephemeral things, but there’s a whole world that needs the brilliance of Silicon Valley to use technologies to create economic opportunity to alleviate suffering as opposed to building the next music app.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s even some science-themed musical performances entertaining marchers in San Jose:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj-YdFQ4hRc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michelle Duennes, an organizer of today’s march in Riverside, says she’s coming down from her research site in Yosemite National Park to demonstrate how science matters for people everyday. Duennes tracks native bumblebees around Sierra meadows, to find out whether they’re getting the nutrition they need from local flowers. These are the bumblebees that pollinate tomatoes, blueberries, and many of the fruits and vegetables on Americans’ dinner tables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Does that plant have all the protein and fats the bees need?” Duennes asks. “Maybe it doesn’t. That’s not really great if it’s the only plant for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main March for Science is taking place in Washington D.C. where Jonathan Foley, the executive director of the California Academy of Science was one of the featured speakers. He said thousands of people brought a positive energy to the rain-soaked streets of Washington D.C. to defend science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/GlobalEcoGuy/status/855872838330458113/photo/1\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is something different,” Foley said of the Trump administration’s attitude towards science. “What we’re seeing now is a deliberate attack on the science that keeps us from harm: science that deals with our health, our safety and the environment. And that’s really dangerous for all Americans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said it’s taken this striking attitude toward science that’s made scientists — a group Foley called “a pretty introverted bunch of folks” — stand up and take to the streets. He had strong words for the scientists who feel that marches like the one’s taking place today are a mistake and risk politicizing science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have no patience for scientists who are saying, ‘No, we shouldn’t get political, let’s hide out in our laboratories.’ Well, give up your damn research grants, then, because you aren’t serving the Americans who are paying your salary. You aren’t doing your job,” Foley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While he was participating in the main march in Washington D.C., he said people are looking to California and the Bay Area in particular to lead on science issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think people are looking less at Washington as a leader but more as an obstacle,” Foley said, “and the Bay Area as a true leader with a clarion call for science serving the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check out our \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/22/photos-marchforscience-takes-off-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photo essay\u003c/a> of images from the San Francisco march. Here are some more photos from marches across the state and country:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579067\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Two women show off their sciences as they march in Cambria, California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25016_IMG_0773-1-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two women show off their sciences as they march in Cambria, California. \u003ccite>(Photo by Greta Mart)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1579066\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Carnegie Mellon University mechanical engineering graduate student Bereket Abraham, 25, says his entire life has been inspired by science.\" width=\"777\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut.jpg 777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25014_8march_for_science-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carnegie Mellon University mechanical engineering graduate student Bereket Abraham, 25, says his entire life has been inspired by science. \u003ccite>(Photo by Liz Reid)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579065\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1579065\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25015_12march_for_science-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Connell (left), 9, and Mia Coriolan, 9, at the March for Science in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.\" width=\"777\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25015_12march_for_science-qut.jpg 777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25015_12march_for_science-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25015_12march_for_science-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25015_12march_for_science-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25015_12march_for_science-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25015_12march_for_science-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Connell (left), 9, and Mia Coriolan, 9, at the March for Science in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. \u003ccite>(Photo by Liz Reid)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Two women stand along the side of the route of the Atlanta March for Science.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579306\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25021_IMG_2783-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two women along the side of the route of the Atlanta March for Science. \u003ccite>(Photo by Lisa Hagen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Tune in now as The California Report and KQED host a \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/radio/listen/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">live statewide radio special\u003c/a> on 88.5 FM. Hosts \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/author/scottshafer/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Shafer\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/author/cmiller/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craig Miller\u003c/a> will check in with reporters and scientists around the state and in Washington D.C. on what’s happening and why scientists are marching.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Speeches are underway at the San Francisco March for Science. MythBusters host Adam Savage has just taken the stage to speak to the thousands assembled at Justin Herman Plaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His first words to the crowd?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Seriously, I can’t believe we have to do this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speakers have focused on the threats that the scientific community — and American society as a whole — face if fact-based science is disregarded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rare diseases don’t wait,” said DJ Patil, former U.S. chief data scientist. “Finding cures requires investments in all science.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ScienceMarchSF/status/855855190100004865/photo/1\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathy Setian, a retired project manager at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), warned the crowd about what she says are the dangers of politicians and corporate interests having an undue influence on science, specifically calling out current EPA administrator Scott Pruitt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are marching to defend and expand our hard won protections and in solidarity with others who remain resolved and organized against these threats,” Setian says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, the crowd took up a chant of, “Science, not silence!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/KQEDscience/status/855869257850265602/photo/1\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Field is the director of the Woods Institute at Stanford University, but he’s attending the march as a private citizen concerned about what will happen if the world stops seeking out and relying on fact-based evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we have a society that’s based on a careful evaluation on the information that’s available, we’re going to be a better society,” Field says. “We’re going to make better decisions and better choices about the issues of our era.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/lindseyhoshaw/status/855850325122490368/photo/1\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 a.m.:\u003c/strong> More than 1,000 people have made their way to Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco for the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://marchforsciencesf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March for Science\u003c/a>. You can watch a live feed of the speeches taking place on our \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/kqedscience/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of them are toting creative signs that display their motivations for taking to the streets to support science today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BTMRmUNDFod/?tagged=sciencemarchsf\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BTMiIE3A8th/?tagged=sciencemarchsf\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BTMdwHwFlhU/?tagged=sciencemarchsf\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People of all ages are out in force preparing to defend science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/lesommer/status/855845831131320320\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 10 a.m. this morning, several hundred people were already gathered in San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/Justin+Herman+Plaza/@37.7951195,-122.3952007,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf2d161dc05b7c8ad!8m2!3d37.7951195!4d-122.3952007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Herman Plaza\u003c/a> in solidarity with the nationwide \u003ca href=\"https://www.marchforscience.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March for Science\u003c/a>. More than 40 rallies are expected throughout California today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco march officially starts at 11 a.m. and KQED will be live blogging the event on this page, broadcasting via \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/kqedscience/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook\u003c/a> live and creating an \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kqedscience/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instragram story\u003c/a> live from the march. You can also follow our coverage on Twitter at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KQEDScience\">@KQEDScience\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep checking this page as we post photos, quotes and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. you can also find our \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/radio/listen/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">live radio coverage\u003c/a> on 88.5 FM as KQED hosts \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/author/scottshafer/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Shafer\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/author/cmiller/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craig Miller\u003c/a> check in with reporters and scientists around the state and in Washington D.C. on what’s happening and why scientists are marching.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4 p.m.:\u003c/strong> We’re signing off of our live coverage of the San Francisco March for Science and other marches around the state and country. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you missed our live one-hour radio special, you can listen below. Hosts Scott Shafer and Craig Miller talked with reporters and scientists in California and across the country to capture the feeling of today’s marches.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And check out the best photos and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/22/photos-marchforscience-takes-off-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most creative signs\u003c/a> from today’s march in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Thousands of people of all ages are taking part in marches for science across the state today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Balkite brought his daughter Parker to the San Francisco march. He is one of many people who’s worried about the federal government’s attitude toward science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m hopeful that the current administration will take science more seriously, more seriously than it has so far,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579070\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579070\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"James Balkite and his daughter Parker at the San Francisco March for Science.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25017_IMG_5361-1-qut.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Balkite and his daughter Parker at the San Francisco March for Science. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED Science)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Parker wants to make sure the burrowing owls she sees at home in Mountain View are protected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christina Nosek is one of many educators taking part in marches. She teaches fifth grade in Palo Alto, and she says she and other teachers are worried about the impact this could have on their students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being teachers it’s kind of personal because we’re teaching kids to make decisions based on evidence, not talk,” Nosek says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579071\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579071\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Christina Nosek (left), Chloe Coponen (center) and Marie Legrand at the March for Science in San Jose. Nosek and Legrand teach in Palo Alto and Coponen is a 2nd grader in Palo Alto.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25018_Photo-Apr-222c-11-01-04-AM-1-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christina Nosek (left), Chloe Coponen (center) and Marie Legrand at the March for Science in San Jose. Nosek and Legrand teach in Palo Alto and Coponen is a 2nd grader in Palo Alto. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>KQED Learning’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/learning/collections/above-the-noise/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Above the Noise\u003c/a> team was also at the march in San Francisco talking to young people about what science means to them and why they felt the drive to come out and march.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m here because I like science experiments and support science,” said Jadyn Washington of Parkway Heights Middle School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-800x797.jpg\" alt=\"Above the Noise host Myles Bess (right) talks to middle schooler Jadyn Washington.\" width=\"800\" height=\"797\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579189\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-800x797.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-160x159.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-768x765.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-1020x1016.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-1180x1175.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-960x956.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-240x239.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-375x374.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-520x518.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/image1-5.jpg 1517w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Above the Noise host Myles Bess (right) talks to middle schooler Jadyn Washington. \u003ccite>(Annelise Wunderlich/KQED Learning)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>John Barron showed up to the march in San Francisco in his United States Geological Survey (USGS) t-shirt. He recently retired after working for the USGS for 40 years working on historical records of climate change. He’s worried that the work he’s dedicated his life to will be under threat and funding could be cut off to the scientists continuing his research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579072\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579072\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Larnie Fox, an artist who lives in Benicia, at the March for Science in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25019_alt_575.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larnie Fox, an artist who lives in Benicia, at the March for Science in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED Science)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Science is very clear that there is a human effect on climate warming,” Barron said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Comic Con fans in San Jose weren’t the only ones getting dressed up for the marches today. Larnie Fox, an artist from Benicia, says he came to the San Francisco march to defend human rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Information is precious and anyone who tries to deny it is messing with one of humankind’s basic rights,” Fox said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of those taking to the streets are doing so because of the direct impact science has had on their lives. Lori Mandell is a lawyer and cancer survivor from Alameda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t be alive without science,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579185\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1579185 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Cancer survivor Lori Mandell at the San Francisco March for Science.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/RS25020_alt_576.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cancer survivor Lori Mandell at the San Francisco March for Science. \u003ccite>(Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED Science)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Also in Washington D.C. today, scientists gathered at the Smithsonian Institution’s Earth Optimism Summit, to share stories about where science is working to solve problems around the planet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the speakers was Steve Palumbi, director of the Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, who shared the story of the recovery of Monterey Bay. One of his favorite stories from the day is an effort called Pristine Seas to protect some of the last wild places in the oceans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fabulously wonderful places full of corals and kelp and fish and mammals,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A National Geographic crew conducts research and makes documentary films of these locations, then shows them to the governments that have jurisdiction over them. So far, Pristine Seas has protected 4.5 million square kilometers of ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1579192\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Nye the Science Guy arrives to lead scientists and supporters down Constitution Avenue during the March for Science on April 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. The event is being described as a call to support and safeguard the scientific community. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1579192\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/GettyImages-671574736-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Nye the Science Guy arrives to lead scientists and supporters down Constitution Avenue during the March for Science on April 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. The event is being described as a call to support and safeguard the scientific community. \u003ccite>(Photo by Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Bit by bit by bit,” Palumbi says “they’re racking up these successes just by showing people what they already have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says one reason people don’t seem to value environmental science is that scientists haven’t done a good job explaining why it’s helpful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one thinks of a cancer scientist and says, well you’re just doing it in order to get grants,” he says. “Everybody understands that when it comes to biomedical breakthroughs, that science is working for all of us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By contrast, he says, in a lot of cases environmental science is used to define the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What’s really the problem is that environmental science doesn’t take that next step to show what the solution is and how everybody gets better because of it,” he says. “I think that’s what people are imagining when they’re saying, ‘Well, you’re doing this for our good but we don’t feel like you’re helping.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s where scientists have to do a better job at communicating solutions, Palumbi says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Outside of San Francisco, other marches in support of science are also happening across the state, country and \u003ca href=\"https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-04-22/photos-march-science-truly-global-affair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Jose, the March for Science Silicon Valley is taking place right next door to Silicon Valley’s Comic Con. Organizers say more the crowd totals more than 5,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1578852\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1578852\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-800x549.jpg\" alt=\"Science fiction and science mix freely on signs at the March for Science Silicon Valley which took place next door to Silicon Valley Comic Con.\" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-800x549.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-768x527.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-1920x1318.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-1180x810.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-960x659.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-240x165.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-375x258.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SJ-Photo-One-520x357.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Science fiction and science mix freely on signs at the March for Science Silicon Valley which took place next door to Silicon Valley Comic Con. \u003ccite>(Photo by Alison van Diggelen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a wonderful scene,” said Tim Ritchie, founder and CEO of The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, as he walked through crowds of people in March for Science shirts and Star Trek uniforms. “It’s a real celebration of all things geeky.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ritchie echoed other speakers from across the state today on the dangers that face society like pandemics, natural disasters and climate change that he says can only be tackled by scientists from around the world working together. He said Silicon Valley, a community built upon and around science technology, needs to lead the way in defending science and using technology for “the global good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we need to turn to our technologies that benefit humanity and that are globally good,” he said. “There’s lots of talent here that might be turned to more superficial and ephemeral things, but there’s a whole world that needs the brilliance of Silicon Valley to use technologies to create economic opportunity to alleviate suffering as opposed to building the next music app.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s even some science-themed musical performances entertaining marchers in San Jose:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/pj-YdFQ4hRc'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/pj-YdFQ4hRc'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Michelle Duennes, an organizer of today’s march in Riverside, says she’s coming down from her research site in Yosemite National Park to demonstrate how science matters for people everyday. Duennes tracks native bumblebees around Sierra meadows, to find out whether they’re getting the nutrition they need from local flowers. These are the bumblebees that pollinate tomatoes, blueberries, and many of the fruits and vegetables on Americans’ dinner tables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Does that plant have all the protein and fats the bees need?” Duennes asks. “Maybe it doesn’t. That’s not really great if it’s the only plant for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main March for Science is taking place in Washington D.C. where Jonathan Foley, the executive director of the California Academy of Science was one of the featured speakers. He said thousands of people brought a positive energy to the rain-soaked streets of Washington D.C. to defend science.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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You aren’t doing your job,” Foley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While he was participating in the main march in Washington D.C., he said people are looking to California and the Bay Area in particular to lead on science issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think people are looking less at Washington as a leader but more as an obstacle,” Foley said, “and the Bay Area as a true leader with a clarion call for science serving the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check out our \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/22/photos-marchforscience-takes-off-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photo essay\u003c/a> of images from the San Francisco march. 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