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Behind the scenes at the Goldman Prize
By Jessica Wolfrom

Executive director talks about mission of awards, which are announced May 25

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Solar panels (Surasak Jailak/Shutterstock)
Batteries are powering defection from the electric grid
By Jessica Wolfrom Examiner staff writer

“Minimizing my impact on the planet is something I’ve been working on since I was, like, 13 years old.”

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Rafters navigate a big drop in rapids along the Tuolumne River during an outing with Sierra Mac River Trips. Recreation companies that rely on water from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir are caught in a quandary with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. (Tom McDonnell)
The fight for clean energy pits San Francisco...
By Jessica Wolfrom Examiner staff writer

‘I can’t really put flashlights on the handles of paddles’

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Relocating homes, communities and essential infrastructure away from the shoreline, such as these houses along the cliffs above Thornton State Beach in Daly City, may become a reality for areas where rising tides are making an impact. (Craig Lee/The Examiner)
When it’s impossible to fight rising sea levels,...
By Jessica Wolfrom Examiner staff writer

San Francisco policymakers consider hotly-contested ‘managed retreat’ strategy

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The Fillmore Turk Mini Park, as seen on Wednesday, has been a work in progress for years, minus the progress. (Craig Lee/The Examiner)
In rush to open new S.F. parks, one...
By Jessica Wolfrom Examiner staff writer

‘It feels abandoned because it has been’

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John McConnell proposed an idea for Earth Day to a city supervisor while he was a preacher in San Francisco in the 1960s. (Frankie Wo/Shutterstock)
Did Earth Day start in San Francisco? It’s...
By Jessica Wolfrom Examiner staff writer

A little-known battle over the holiday’s origins—with roots in the Bay Area

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People walk around Battery Bluffs, a new six-acre park centered around historic gun batteries that haven’t been publicly accessible since the 1930s, in the Presidio on Friday, April 22, 2022. (Craig Lee/The Examiner)
Brand-new public park opens in the historic Presidio
By Jessica Wolfrom

‘Our vision is to heal a landscape ripped apart by highway building’

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A team of welders and engineers with the Port of San Francisco have fabricated a prototype for a ‘living sea wall’ at the port’s maintenance warehouse at Pier 50. (Kevin N. Hume/The Examiner)
‘Living sea wall’ may help protect S.F. from...
By Jessica Wolfrom Examiner staff writer

‘There’s a movement to focus on nature-based resiliency’

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Bay Area religious leaders march down Market Street in the “Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice” march, just days before the Global Climate Action Summit, in September 2018. A number of religious groups are joining the fight to combat climate change. (Photo by Xanh Tran/Survival Media Agency)
High temperatures, higher powers: A growing number of...
By Jessica Wolfrom

‘Every one of the great world religions holds the earth to be sacred’

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This is the site of the empty lot between the on- and off-ramps of Interstate 80 along Fifth Street that will be home to a new tree nursery. (Kevin N. Hume/The Examiner)
Litter-strewn Bay Bridge entrance will soon transform into...
By Jessica Wolfrom Examiner staff writer

‘This site is a gateway to San Francisco’

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Goats from City Grazing eat overgrown vegetation in the Presidio on March 31. Goats are increasingly used to manage landscapes, restore grasslands and mitigate wildfire risks around the Bay Area. (Craig Lee/The Examiner)
Grazing urban goats help reduce S.F.’s fire risk
By Jessica Wolfrom Examiner staff writer

‘We’re the last working herd animals in San Francisco’

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