Posted inEnvironment Apartment and condo-dwellers soon could harness the power of the sun to lower their energy bills by Patricia Stark • Special for the News-Press July 7, 2026July 7, 2026
Posted inCommunity Santa Barbara Zoo’s Richard Block Conservation Hub pivots to plovers and otters by Roman Trovato • Santa Barbara News-Press June 24, 2026October 26, 2026
Posted inEnvironment Unusually high trend of dead seabirds found on Santa Barbara beaches, with El Niño likely to make it worse by Julianna Lozada • Santa Barbara News-Press June 15, 2026October 26, 2026
Posted inEnvironment El Niño is here, what’s in store for Santa Barbara? by Aston Smith • Santa Barbara News-Press June 11, 2026October 26, 2026
Posted inEnvironment California Coastal Commission to Sable Oil: cease and desist order is on the way by Tom Schultz • Santa Barbara News-Press June 10, 2026October 26, 2026
Posted inEnvironment Environmentalists protest restart of Sable oil project, after visit by Trump cabinet members by Julianna Lozada • Santa Barbara News-Press June 6, 2026October 26, 2026
Posted inEnvironment Despite new California pesticide rules, applications of dangerous fumigant spike by Liza Gross • Inside Climate News June 6, 2026June 6, 2026
Posted inEnvironment SB Botanic Garden conservation director: Santa Rosa Island fire a ‘wake-up call’ by Julianna Lozada • Santa Barbara News-Press May 27, 2026May 27, 2026
Posted inEnvironment The next El Niño could lock Earth into a hotter climate by Bob Berwyn • Inside Climate News April 30, 2026April 29, 2026
Posted inEnvironment Montecito Sanitary District rebuffs water board’s takeover bid by Melinda Burns • Special for the Santa Barbara News-Press April 27, 2026October 26, 2026