Environment
Friday January 16, 2009 Updated10:00 PM PST
U.S. issues coastal drilling plan
The U.S. Interior Department, acting in President Bush's final days in office, on Friday proposed...
BAY AREA
Bay Area air quality officials have declared a Spare the Air alert through noon today, meaning wood...
Go green: Earth's future depends on it
A few months ago I wrote a column on surviving what I call our Not-So-Great Depression, a double whammy of eco-nomic and ecological...
Chronicle 1.16.09 4:00 AM
Senate approves 2 million acres for wilderness
The Senate approved a major expansion of wilderness areas nationwide Thursday, protecting more than 2 million acres of public land...
Chronicle 1.16.09 4:00 AM
Cash crunch halts 4,000 conservation projects
California's fiscal crisis has derailed 4,000 conservation projects across the state, from restoration of tidal marshes on San...
Chronicle 1.16.09 4:00 AM
Wilderness package includes 735,000 acres in state
The huge wilderness conservation package approved Thursday by the U.S. Senate would forever protect some of California's most...
Chronicle 1.15.09 9:10 PM
Industry, environmentalists gang up on climate
An alliance of environmental groups and big corporations concerned about global warming released a detailed plan on Thursday to slash...
Chronicle 1.16.09 4:00 AM
EPA nominee to reconsider California waiver
Lisa Jackson, President-elect Barack Obama's pick for EPA administrator, said Wednesday she would immediately revisit the Bush...
Chronicle 1.15.09 4:00 AM
Some wolves taken off endangered list
The Bush administration is removing gray wolves in the western Great Lakes and northern Rocky Mountains from the federal endangered...
Chronicle 1.15.09 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
- Medic says Israeli troops kill West Bank protester
- Ex-officer in BART shooting pleads not guilty
- In farewell speech, Bush says he kept nation safe
- BART shooting draws Rodney King case parallels
- Behind murder charge against ex-BART officer
- Hundreds wait for hours to buy S.F. ID card
- 18 arrested at Oakland protest of BART killing
