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In 2024, the removal of four dams on the Klamath River marked a historic victory for an Indigenous-led movement, achieving the largest river restoration project in history. -
Photo courtesy Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge.Cities along the Bay Area shoreline are trying to restore wetlands to help mitigate floods and fight climate change. But as housing prices in the Bay skyrocket some cities like Newark, are also looking to that empty land to build housing.
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This week in observance of Earth Day, KALW’s Bay Made is proud to share episodes of EARTH RIOT RADIO, produced by the Church of Stop Shopping. Hosted by Reverend Billy and Savitri D, the podcast is a humor-infused, music-filled wakeup call about the climate emergency. -
Today poet Zack Rogow brings photobombing to an almost spiritual level with his poem.
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The global band’s Rafael Morales spoke to Emmanuel Nado ahead of their stop at The Freight in Berkeley.
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Festival season is just around the corner! Fresh off the Outside Lands, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, and Stern Grove Festival announcements, KALW Music has a few more Bay Area festivals we’re excited to share with you.
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American Library AssociationThe ALA says 4,235 titles were challenged at U.S. libraries — the second-highest year on record. Forty percent of the challenged works involved LGBTQ+ subjects or the experiences of people of color. -
Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty ImagesPresident Trump said a U.S. delegation will head to Pakistan to resume talks to end the war with Iran, but Tehran expressed reluctance after the U.S. seized one of its cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz. -
Goldman Environmental Prize"We women are the land guardians and keepers," says Theonila Roka Matbob of Papua New Guinea, recognized for her efforts to repair the environmental and social harms caused by a copper and gold mine. -
Alon Skuy/Getty ImagesThe Trump administration asserts that a nearly 50-year-old law requiring the preservation of presidential records is unconstitutional. Historians warn important papers could be destroyed.
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Listen to the trailer for the third episode of KALW's new show Notes from the Edge with Jeff Chang. Jeff brings you notes from the edge of climate change with Indigenous human rights lawyer Julian Aguon, urban hydrologist and UC Berkeley professor Kristina Hill, and the musician Anohni ("Four Degrees"). Full episode out on April 21. -
CrosscurrentsToday, we hear how the need for housing can clash with the need to protect our natural resources. Then, how residents of the agricultural town of Pescadero have been dealing with flooding for decades. -
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The City of Oakland has agreed to give the owner of a property used as a homeless shelter during the COVID-19 shutdown a legal settlement of more than one-and-a-half million dollars. -
A bill that would provide full exemptions to the state’s restrictive environmental laws is fueling debates between advocates in the climate space.
