Environment
Brammo Unveils Powerful New All-Electric Motorcycle
Consider these two numbers: 100 and 100, as in 100 miles-per-hour and 100 miles of driving range. Those are the two key metrics for the all-electric Brammo Empulse motorcycle that was launched in Los Angeles earlier this month.
Post on May 22, 2012 by Bradley Berman from QUEST Northern California
California's Deadlocked Delta: Is Carbon Farming the Future?
California’s Delta has a rich agricultural legacy, but farming there can be a risky business. Dozens of farms have been flooded over the past half century as aging levees have collapsed. Now, scientists are encouraging farmers to switch to a new crop. Instead of growing vegetables, they’d grow something that has all but disappeared in the Delta: wetlands.
Audio Report on May 18, 2012 by Lauren Sommer from QUEST Northern California
A Ribbon Cutting with a Green Twist
On the afternoon of Tuesday, May 15, 2012, I hitched a ride with my closest friend from San Francisco out to Palo Alto to attend the ribbon cutting for the first public fast charger in California for electric vehicles in Stanford Mall.
Post on May 17, 2012 by Cat from QUEST Northern California
Your Videos on QUEST: Kip Evans
Kip Evans is a natural history documentary filmmaker and photographer from Pacific Grove, California. This is an excerpt of his short film, “Isla Holbox: Whale Shark Island."
Video on May 15, 2012 by Amy Miller from QUEST Northern California
California's Deadlocked Delta: Can We Bring Back What We've Lost?
California's Delta is a far cry from what it once was. About 97% of its historic marshes have been lost and scientists aren’t quite sure what the Delta once looked like. Now, a Bay Area group is working to reconstruct it through ecological detective work.
Audio Report on May 11, 2012 by Lauren Sommer from QUEST Northern California
The Good and Not-So-Good News About California Salmon
Given half a chance, salmon can not only survive, but thrive. Fortunately or unfortunately for them, they now depend on us for that chance.
Post on May 11, 2012 by Dan Brekke from QUEST Northern California
Bay-Friendly Gardening: Welcoming Wildlife and Nature Into Human Habitats
A "Bay-Friendly" gardens initiative is underway around the Bay Area under the sponsorship of Stopwaste.org. Last weekend some generous, certified “Bay-Friendly” garden owners opened their yards for tours.
Post on May 11, 2012 by Sharol Nelson-Embry from QUEST Northern California
Exploring Corals of the Deep
Off California's coastline, thousands of feet below the deep blue ocean where the sun's rays don't reach, teems a diverse community of deep sea corals. Armed with unmanned submarines equipped with robotic arms, sensors and HD cameras, scientists are exploring this treasure trove of corals and the rich marine life living among them.
Video on May 08, 2012 by Sheraz Sadiq from QUEST Northern California
Field Notes: Oakland Zoo in Uganda
In this "Field Notes" segment, Amy Gotliffe, director of conservation at the Oakland Zoo, shares her photographs and stories from Uganda, where the zoo's Bodongo Snare Removal Project works to protect endangered chimpanzees from illegal poaching.
Video on May 08, 2012 by Amy Miller from QUEST Northern California
It's Back…The New, All-Electric Toyota RAV4 Is Unveiled In L.A.
More than ten years after releasing the all-electric Rav4, Toyota brings the EV model back.
Post on May 08, 2012 by Andrea Kissack from QUEST Northern California
California's Deadlocked Delta: Can it Be Fixed?
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has been the subject of a decades-long water war, but most Californians have never heard of it. Why is it so important? And can the state ever break the water deadlock?
Audio Report on May 04, 2012 by Lauren Sommer from QUEST Northern California
Different Deltas: Q&A with Jason Peltier of Westlands Water District
QUEST Radio Reporter Lauren Sommer interviews Jason Peltier, Deputy General Manager of Westlands Water District, a 600,000 acre agricultural district on the west side of the San Joaquin valley.
Post on May 04, 2012 by Lauren Sommer from QUEST Northern California
"Whiskey’s for Drinking, Water’s for Fighting About"
A stark symbol of our quest to bend nature to our will, the Delta remains the epicenter of an epic drama of seemingly insurmountable political battles and power struggles, pitting north against south; farmer against environmentalist.
Slideshow on May 04, 2012 by Matthew Green from QUEST Northern California
Different Deltas: Q&A with Barry Nelson of the Natural Resources Defense Council
QUEST Radio Reporter Lauren Sommer interviews Barry Nelson, Senior Policy Analyst with the Natural Resources Defense Council about the pressures on the Delta ecosystem and the competing plans to manage them.
Post on May 04, 2012 by Lauren Sommer from QUEST Northern California
What is California’s Delta?
If you’re like most Californians, you’ve probably never heard of the Delta or why it’s important to the state’s economy and wildlife. In three minutes, we’ll explain how the Delta is a key part of California’s water supply and why it’s been the focus of a decades-long water battle.
Video on May 04, 2012 by Lauren Sommer from QUEST Northern California
Classification Challenge: Documenting Microbes, Biodiversity’s Hidden Treasure
Figuring out how many species inhabit Earth remains one of science’s most enduring, and elusive, challenges.
Post on May 02, 2012 by Liza Gross from QUEST Northern California
Celebrating Earth Day in the Age of Man
How did you celebrate Earth Day? This year an estimated 1 billion people participated in Earth Day events world-wide around April 22.
Post on Apr 27, 2012 by Sharol Nelson-Embry from QUEST Northern California
Celebrating Earth Day with Book Arts and A Squid
On Saturday, April 21st, I found myself driving to the San Francisco with a dead squid in the trunk. The squid part wasn't unusual. The unusual part was my destination: the San Franscisco Center for the Book.
Post on Apr 24, 2012 by Danna Staaf from QUEST Northern California
Your Photos on QUEST: Simon Christen
Photographer Simon Christen shares his passion for observing the environment through the process of time-lapse photography. By training his lens on natural events as fog and the orbiting moon, he discovers things about the natures of these seemingly ubiquitous elements of our world that few have seen before.
Video on Apr 24, 2012 by Amy Miller from QUEST Northern California
Edible Insects: Finger Lickin' Grub
"Insects do not taste like chicken," said Daniella Martin, a charismatic advocate of eating low – make that really low – on the food chain. Through public lectures, cooking demonstrations and her 'Girl Meets Bug' website, Martin preaches the gospel of why, in her opinion, more people should munch on mealworms, crunch a cricket or feast on plump bee larvae.
Video on Apr 24, 2012 by Sheraz Sadiq from QUEST Northern California
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