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Manola Secaira

Environment Reporter

Manola Secaira is CapRadio’s environment and climate change reporter. Before that, she worked for Crosscut in Seattle as an Indigenous Affairs reporter.

 

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  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    At separate vigils in downtown Sacramento, community members mourn victims of mass shooting

    April 4, 2022

    As some community members gathered at the corner of K and 10th streets to honor those killed, dozens of others — mostly news media, city officials and city staffers, with some community members — gathered for a separate vigil.

  • AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

    Sierra snowpack hits a historic low, signaling another year of drought

    April 1, 2022

    Statewide, snowpack levels are at 38% of what’s usually found in April. Officials say that Californians need to cut back on water use to make up for the loss.

  • Manola Secaira / CapRadio

    Indigenous activists protest plans to log redwoods in a Northern California forest

    April 1, 2022

    Protesters have called for more protections for redwoods in Jackson Demonstration State Forest, a site that’s located within the bounds of ancestral Pomo lands.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    Sacramento County juggles dueling concerns in final draft of climate action plan

    March 24, 2022

    With its sights set on carbon neutrality by 2030, the county is attempting to balance concerns over cost with whether its actions are aggressive enough.

  • Janelle Salanga / CapRadio

    Getting healthy, nutritious foods to California students isn’t easy. First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom is making it her priority issue.

    March 21, 2022

    The state is working to track progress on efforts to serve students healthier food, and a new “farm-to-school road map for success” report is putting the spotlight on youth food insecurity and literacy.

  • AP Photo/Noah Berger

    California’s energy future hinges on lithium, from solar panels to batteries. Here’s what we know.

    March 10, 2022

    President Joe Biden and Governor Gavin Newsom recently spoke about harvesting lithium in Southern California, where some of the most abundant sources of the mineral can be found.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    Interview: Climate change is a ‘threat multiplier.’ This researcher says it’ll take cities to stop its effects

    March 3, 2022

    CapRadio spoke with researcher Eric Chu on his work in the latest U.N. report on climate change and the role of cities in adapting to its effects.

  • AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File

    California’s climate action plans fall behind on equity, sticking instead to boilerplate solutions, new study says

    February 28, 2022

    Of the 170 plans that University of California researchers reviewed, 66 had no mention of social equity at all.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    How community science might be key in saving California’s monarch butterfly migration

    February 1, 2022

    Among the possible reasons for a fluctuation in monarch populations, experts look to changes in climate, varying from rising temperatures to the current drought.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio; Associated Press, file

    Climate change whiplash could mean more flooding, water-management challenges in California

    January 28, 2022

    Last year, California saw everything from intense drought to torrential rain. Researchers and water agencies say that the future of the state’s drought depends on adapting to these shifts.

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