In more than 10 years on the environment beat, Erica Gies has covered energy, water, climate policy, green business, green building and urban planning, waste of many kinds, ecosystem biology, and more. She lives in San Francisco and, in her spare time, travels and raises vegetables and native plants.
Clips The New York Times Founded in 1851, The New York Times is the largest newspaper in the United States and is regarded as the national paper of record. The New York Times Company publishes 18 other newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune. Water's Scarcity Spells Opportunity for Entrepreneurs Making the Consumer an Active Participant in the Grid California's Tug of War Over Carbon Emissions The Challenge of Storing Energy on a Large Scale Doing More While Using Less Power Ethanol Boom Creates Environmental Impact Turning to Water Conservation to Save Energy Water Adds New Constraints to Power U.K. Financier Invests in Guyana's Rain Forest Guyana Offers a Model to Save Rain Forest As Tourism Rises in Bali, What to Do With Waste? Responsible E-waste Recycling in Africa Bring Out Your Dead (TVs) Putting U.S. Trucking on a Diet Galápagos Penguins Could Get Avian Malaria     International Herald Tribune International Herald Tribune is an English-language newspaper sold in more than 180 countries. It is part of The New York Times Company and has been based in Paris since its founding in 1887. Plans for the World's Biggest Wind Farm Nestlé's Thirst for Water Splits Small U.S. Town Bottled Water Industry Triggers Strong Reactions California Leads Toward an Energy-Efficient Future New Wave in Energy: Turning algae into oil Aviation Industry Examines Alternative Fuels Waste-to-Energy Plants a Waste of Energy Businesses Join the Green Coalition of the Willing Bioplastics: The challenge of viability Digital TV Switch Raises Specter of Toxic Dumping U.K. Debates a Barrier on the Severn How U.S. Candidates Differ on Energy Policy     91.7 KALW A public radio station in San Francisco, KALW airs original programming and news broadcasts from NPR and BBC. KALW was the first FM station in San Francisco and the second noncommercial FM station in the United States. San Franciscans Work to Reduce Shark Slaughter The Central Valley's Tainted Water Legacy South Bay Wetlands Restoration Project Golfers vs. Frogs Luring Mountain Lions to Learn to Live Amongst Them     Grist Grist is a nonprofit online magazine based in Seattle, with contributors scattered around the world. Grist offers in-depth reporting, interviews, opinion pieces, and daily news. It has won numerous awards, including the 2006 "Webby" People's Voice Award for best online magazine. A Journey on China's Controversial New Tibet Train Cleaning Up After Meth Making What Cuba Has Done Right Craigslist Foundation Turns to Green Networking     Wired News Since 1993, Wired has chronicled the people, companies, technologies, and ideas that are transforming the world around us. Wired delivers a glimpse into the future of business, science, entertainment, education, culture, and politics. Wired magazine and Wired.com reach nearly 6 million readers per month. Chlorine Sewage Treatment Seen as Risky Life Inside the Biosphere Bubble Mom's Facebook Status: Crunching Climate Data!     Matter Network MatterNetwork.com reports on emerging green technologies and clean energy and their economic, political, and lifestyle impacts. EPA Could Expand Ocean Protection, Limit CO2 Corporate Sustainability Officers Find Opportunity Goodall and Nishida Win Leakey Prize Legal Rights for Nature Documentary Imagines World Without Fish     China Dialogue China Dialogue is the world's first fully bilingual web site covering the environment. Its mission is to promote dialogue about our shared environmental problems. The Salmon Crash     World Watch World Watch was the award-winning bimonthly publication of the Worldwatch Institute, an independent research organization. The magazine covered energy, climate change, biodiversity agriculture, population, social and political developments, and other forces shaping our world. It is now defunct. Water: Human right or commodity? Green Building Goes Mainstream     E/The Environmental Magazine This national magazine based in Connecticut is a bimonthly clearinghouse of environmental information. A 13-time Independent Press Awards winner and nominee, E is published by the nonprofit Earth Action Network. As Falls Yosemite Falls Biodiesel Basics Solar Industry Heats Up Sustainable Seafood Renewable Wales: From Wave Energy to Wind     KQED Radio 88.5 FM KQED Public Radio provides a variety of news and public and cultural affairs programming, including National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and the BBC. KQED is the most-listened-to public radio station in the country. Perspectives is KQED Public Radio's public affairs commentary. When I Met an Iraqi in Syria