Environment
Friday November 21, 2008 Updated12:30 PM PST
Fake lawn ban a dilemma in drought areas
Cookie Smith was surprised to learn the fake lawn that earned her a home-beautification award violated a...
PhotosWaxman win boosts state's clout in Congress
Los Angeles Rep. Henry Waxman's stunning overthrow Thursday of legendary Michigan Rep. John Dingell to...
Death bloom of plankton a warning on warming
Vanishing Arctic sea ice brought on by climate change is causing the crucially important microscopic marine plants called...
Chronicle 11.20.08 8:27 PM
Making Bay Area friendly for electric cars
Bay Area environmental leaders are counting on a $1 billion investment to build the nation's first electric vehicle network - with...
Chronicle 11.20.08 8:18 PM
California, still the climate leader
Despite new signals from President-elect Barack Obama and Congress that they may defy predictions of delay by pressing forward with...
Chronicle 11.21.08 4:00 AM
Most state native game fish face extinction
Most of California's native salmon, steelhead and trout species face extinction by the end of the century unless the state acts...
Chronicle 11.19.08 9:31 PM
Bush rushes to weaken endangered species law
Animals and plants in danger of becoming extinct could lose the protection of government experts who make sure that dams, highways and...
Chronicle 11.20.08 4:00 AM
New report shows peril to California fish
A downward slide showing dozens of native freshwater fish fading to extinction may not bother Californians who never see a tumbling...
Chronicle 11.20.08 4:00 AM
Waxman bids to wrest energy post from Dingell
Two Democratic heavyweights, Michigan Rep. John Dingell and Rep. Henry Waxman of Los Angeles, are slugging it out this week over a...
Chronicle 11.19.08 4:00 AM
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Larger than some states, it collects an ocean's trash.
Watch What You Eat
Identifying sustainable seafood can be a fishing expedition
- State Supreme Court rejoins Prop. 8 battle
- SoCal's atheist billboard taken down
- Why buy a house? Behold, one of the biggest myths of the American Dream
- Death bloom of plankton a warning on warming
- Foreclosures boost homes sales
- Court: Sex-offender law unfairly restrictive
- Palo Alto chief to retire amid controversy
