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A young woman wearing tshirt and jeans stands in front of their home where heat pumps were installed.

Farmworkers in the Hottest Part of California Find State Funds to Cool Their Homes and Save on Energy

A digitally rendered image of Terranova’s robot, called the Atlas 3 in a brown field.

Can an AI-Guided Robot Help a California City Resist Sea Level Rise and Sequester Carbon?

Manure water processing ducts in front of an open green field with a few trees.

Methane Makeover: As California Dairies Race to Cut Emissions, Some Solutions Face Pushback

Image of The BNSF rail yard in San Bernardino with a line of hills in the background.

Effort to Curb Southern California Rail Yard Pollution Stalls Under Trump

Line of industrial coffee roasters.

Teresa Cheng’s Caffeinated Mission to Decarbonize California Manufacturing

A man looks at the inside of a green EV with others in the background.

A California Network of Black Churches Is Embracing Solar Energy, EV Charging

A farmer stands in a golden field with cows and a tractor.

A $30 million deal opens a contentious new chapter for Point Reyes

A young reporter with long dark hair pulled back wearing a sleeveless shirt and a black press vest in a crows.

As ICE Arrests Surge, a Journalist in Southern California Covers Raids in Her Own Backyard

A large dry field with houses in the background.

Allensworth Rising: A Fight for Water

Unseen: Working in the Shadow of the Golden State

Drawing of an incarcerated person leaving a medical office.

Locked out of Care: The Hidden Human Cost of Prison Health Care in California

A person bent over rocks on a beach working with clouds in the background.

Chasing Lithium

Dark image of the back of a miner walking through a mine.

Mining Legacy

A photograph of Judy Mosely-McAfee during her days playing basketball at the University of Hawaii, before being picked for the WNBA in 1997, for the Sacramento Monarchs. The photo is propped up against a basketball in front of a brick wall.

A Basketball Trailblazer: My Mother, the WNBA Star You’ve Never Heard Of

A gas meter outside a house.

In California, a Push to Decommission Gas Lines in Low-Income Neighborhoods Moves Forward

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Nurse practitioners step in as geriatrician ranks shrink

Jariel Arvin ('25) reports how nurse practitioners are meeting the needs of older patients during the ongoing shortage of geriatricians.

Three refinery workers dressed in safety gear and hardhats working.

The Path to a Just Transition for Benicia’s Refinery Workers

Frances Kakugawa stands in an outdoor green space wearing a white shirt and blue fleece vest.

How Poetry Helps Dementia Caregivers Find Shelter from the Storm

Holly McDede ('25) reports on a poetry group for caregivers to people living with dementia.

Two people -- a man and a woman -- in red hats and dark coats with camera gear on a boat standing in front of a body of water.

In a tiny boat 7,800 miles from UC Berkeley, graduate students made a daring documentary

A solar canal with trees and sky in the background.

Solar Canal Pilot May One Day Help California Achieve its Ambitious Climate, Energy Goals

Graphic drawing of a man with a dark beard an a woman with long dark hair and bands scratching their chins deciding what to do.

How Do Americans Spend Their Time?

An African American man wearing a black cowboy hat and suit sings into a microphone on a stage.

LA Artist El Compa Negro Plays Regional Mexican Music, Straight Outta Compton

A male technician installs an electrical heat pump.

Do Heat Pumps Save You Money? In California, It Depends on Your Electric Utility

A male hiker wearing a backpack stands in front of a group of very large trees with his hand touching one of them.

Trump Takes Aim at the People Who Protect National Parks From Climate Change

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