By Mark Altgelt Special to the Herald (Note: This article has been corrected and expanded from the previous version.) Antarctica, Greenland and Arctic ice is melting because more than 90 percent of the heat from greenhouse gas emissions has been absorbed into the oceans and warm currents are rapidly melting exposed ice. Warm currents are […]
Mark Altgelt: Best plan for managing California’s water supply
By Mark Altgelt Special to the Herald California’s primary source of water is at risk because sea level is gradually rising and will begin to contaminate the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta estuary with ocean water. Sea level is predicted to rise 3 to 7 feet by 2100, depending on how fast Antarctic and Greenland ice […]
Mark Altgelt: California leading with climate change legislation
By Mark Altgelt Special to the Herald President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement makes California’s leadership role in addressing climate change and two related bills due for a vote soon in the California Legislature more important that ever. The California Global Warming Solution Act of 2006 (Assembly Bill 32) was groundbreaking legislation that took […]