Environment


	How it works: The Bay Delta Conservation Plan Plan under way to satisfy endangered species, water movement goals Divisive Delta canal now on the fast track Rossmoor tries nonlethal woodpecker defenses Rossmoor tries nonlethal woodpecker defenses Environmentalists want judge to stop construction at Chevron refinery in Richmond Caltrans land in Hayward rezoned for housing, parks Landfill gas to power homes in Palo Alto, Alameda No offsite impacts from chemical leak at Richmond refinery, Chevron says Third Spare the Air Day in a row called for Monday Correction Council to hear plan for Hayward hills land Crews practice burn tactics for growing wildland fire season Spare the Air advisory issued for Saturday Danville school receives first state 'earthquake hardship' money Muddy water district deal stirs up ire Attorney general sues Pleasanton over its voter-approved housing cap Rate payers will be hit with cost increases by the Dublin San Ramon Services District

Green


	His mission: To help as many youngsters as possible Caltrans land in Hayward rezoned for housing, parks His mission: To help as many youngsters as possible Reversing Bush, Obama allows California to set own greenhouse gas rules

Life in the wild

Follow the seasons at the SF wildlife refuge with photo slide shows and more on our ongoing interactive map.

Times Watchdog

BOATING A PERILOUS PASTIME

Narrow, curving rivers and sloughs, faster boats, reckless behavior and the lack of mandatory boater education combine to make California's inland waterways more dangerous than the Pacific Ocean.

Science News from AP

Australian dinosaur that lived 98M years ago found

(AP Photo/Queensland Museum, HO)

CANBERRA, Australia—Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Full Story

Baaad news? Global warming now shrinking sheep

New form of El Nino may increase Atlantic storms

Myanmar fossil may shed light on evolution

Group: World failing to halt biodiversity decline

Myanmar fossil may shed light on evolution

Ill. cancer researcher wins $500K genetics prize

NASA: Fuel test a success, shuttle launch day set

Protection sought again for giant, spitting worms

Ulysses probe ends 18-year study of heliosphere

NASA manager pitches a cheaper return-to-moon plan

Hadrosaur chowdown—grind, grind, grind