Thanks to Supervisor Laura Capps and others in the county government, Santa Barbara is getting more of its energy from solar, wind, and geothermal sources and reducing its overall energy usage.
Using machine models called boosted regression trees, UC Santa Barbara scientists are helping preserve kelp forests, critical habitat for many marine species.
The federal government may have intervened to give the oil company permission to restart drilling off the Gaviota Coast, but the story doesn’t have to end here.