About Me

 
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I'm a California-based environmental journalist who focuses on oceans, climate change, wildlife, water, renewable energy and green technology issues.

I cover environmental and climate issues at Bloomberg News. I previously was executive editor for environment at News Deeply, a New York-based media company that created news sites to provide sustained coverage of issues of global significance that are underreported. I oversaw News Deeply's environmental news sites, including Arctic Deeply, Oceans Deeply and Water Deeply, and developed new platforms. Before joining News Deeply, I was the editorial director for environment at TakePart, a digital magazine owned by Participant Media, the Los Angeles film production company. Previously, I held reporting, editing and department head positions at a variety of publications, including Fortune magazine, Forbes magazine, Business 2.0 magazine, the San Jose Mercury News, the Sacramento Bee and The Industry Standard magazine.

I've been a regular contributor to The New York Times, Quartz and The Atlantic, and my work has also appeared in National Geographic, Bloomberg News, the Los Angeles Times, Wired, Reuters, Yale Environment 360 and Grist.

I live in Berkeley, California, where I spend as much time as possible outside, surfing, hiking and mountain biking. A former resident of Australia, I’m among the lucky few who have seen the elusive and critically endangered northern hairy-nosed wombat in the wild.

 
 
Desert dudes. #anzaborrego #sandiego #california #desert #desertwildflowers #desertflowers
Long San Diego weekend, from the beach to the desert. #sandiego #california #anzaborrego #desertflowers #beach #desert
In LA for the day. #losangeles #california #joandidion #hammermuseum
Dawn patrol in Hollywood. #surf #surfing #hollywood #losangeles #california
Rainy and windy New Year’s Eve day in Bolinas as the Pineapple Express arrives. Ran into some surfers getting out this morning who said the waves were good but “the water is really disgusting” from all the runoff. #westmarin #califo
Bo’s Bo surf report for Wednesday: conditions are way suboptimal today. But I did enjoy barking (foolishly) at that coyote on the way to the beach. #surf #surfing #westmarin
California dreaming on such a winter’s day. #berkeley #california #havapoo #boxingday
Xmas Eve 2022 in the Bay. #berkeley #california #sunset #xmas
The calm before the weekend storm arrives. San Francisco Bay is so still as the sun sets that it’s reflecting Salesforce Tower and the rest of the skyline. #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscobay #berkeley #california #sunset
Thanksgiving outing to Stinson Beach on a gorgeous blue-sky Northern California day. Beach boy Bo was stoked to take a 4-mile stroll along the ocean. Thankful for this Golden State. #thanksgiving #stinsonbeach #california #beach #havapoo #ocean
Bo in Bo on a gorgeous California autumn Sunday. #california #westmarin #havapoo #autumn
Bo’s first visit to Bo. He dug it. #westmarin #california #beach #havapoo
Did some backyard farming today, harvesting fava beans, tomatoes and a few strawberries and raspberries. Bo, my new assistant, was mainly interested in harvesting strawberries into his mouth. Also picked a lemon and some thyme to make fava bean brusc
The weekend Northern California heat wave has one of our normally hyperactive backyard Berkeley squirrels chilling out high in the redwood. #berkeley #california #heatwave #squirrel
Our friend - @seankaipokam - San Diego surfer, dressmaker, artist - was one of four queer artists chosen by surf brand Reef to design a beach towel for Pride month. All proceeds from sales of the beach towels go to PFLAG. Sean’s design is just
Getting some color on my first reporting trip to Los Angeles in more than two years! After reporting mostly on the phone during the pandemic, I can't say how much it means to get on a plane and out in the field to hear people's stories in person. #lo
Fun Sunday sesh with one of my original surf buddies, @the.dress.maker, back in the Bay from San Diego for a visit. Plus a flashback from 2014. #california #westmarin #surf #surfing
My Friday afternoon moment of Zen: The first California poppy of 2022 has flowered our front yard and the magnolia tree is blooming. #berkeley #california #californiapoppy
Neil Young’s “silver spaceships lying In the yellow haze of the sun” arrived in San Francisco Bay at sunset this evening, hovering over Alcatraz. #berkeley #california #sunset #sanfranciscobay
First surf since September. The pandemic had sapped my stoke but I realize that for my own well-being, I need to get back in the ocean and put at bay, at least for an hour or two, the existential angst of the pandemic, climate change and democratic d