Mark Gold

California Natural Resources Agency

Guest

Deputy Secretary for Ocean and Coastal Policy, California Natural Resources Agency.

Mark Gold on KCRW

Los Angeles lost a poet and a pioneer on Tuesday. Lewis MacAdams died from complications related to Parkinson’s disease.

A tribute to Lewis MacAdams, the poet whose mission was to restore the LA River

Los Angeles lost a poet and a pioneer on Tuesday. Lewis MacAdams died from complications related to Parkinson’s disease.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

This week, federal scientists confirmed that last year was the Earth’s warmest on record.

Without Washington, cities look to cool off as the planet warms

This week, federal scientists confirmed that last year was the Earth’s warmest on record.

from The Mixer

The fate of a large piece of undeveloped land along California’s coastline will be decided   Wednesday  .

Coastal Commission to decide on massive OC development

The fate of a large piece of undeveloped land along California’s coastline will be decided Wednesday .

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

More from KCRW

Invasive plants are overrunning the Santa Monica Mountains, making fires more destructive and more frequent. Thus, conservationists are trying to grow more native species.

from KCRW Features

It’s a headline no one would want to see: Fire hydrants being used to fight the Palisades Fire were running dry. How exactly the shortage happened?

from KCRW Features

The U.S. says Israel was behind this week’s remote detonations of Hezbollah’s communication devices. How was the operation pulled off?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Southern California saw its fire risk zones expand by 3.5 million acres in CalFire’s new hazard maps. Homeowners in those areas must now meet safety standards.

from KCRW Features

Our current recycling system isn’t set up to recycle textiles. But a new CA law gives clothing brands a deadline to figure out how to do it.

from KCRW Features

Aveson School of Leaders was among the five schools destroyed in the Eaton Fire. Now, the Aveson community looks back on what was lost and how to rebuild.

from KCRW Features

Famed Big Bear bald eagles, Jackie and Shadow, welcomed two newborns after years of losses. The chicks must now weather the winter cold and predators to survive.

from KCRW Features

Nature, the great outdoors, and our interdependence.

from Life Examined

This week, Robin Wall Kimmerer , Indigenous ecologist and author of “The Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Abundance,” talks about the virtues of the ‘gift economy,” and explains…

from Life Examined