In a world of portability and to-go orders, Grass Valley-based startup BoxPower delivers energy in a box.

The air board’s lack of accounting threatens to derail the state’s climate change goals, the audit says. “California is in need of more reliable tools,” state auditor Elaine Howle wrote.

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District, which has served the community for nearly 75 years, also became a social services organization in 2018. 

Pam Marrone, who retired as CEO of Marrone Bio Innovations in 2020, didn’t take a break; she still works 10-12 hour days.

Comstock’s spoke to Lau about leading the country’s sixth-largest community-owned electric utility and about his plan to reach zero carbon emissions within 10 years.

A 20-year study led by a UC Davis scientist and his colleague at the University of Haifa in Israel was recently recognized by the U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund.

As farmers and event organizers adapt to climate change and the ongoing spread of the pandemic, mandarin oranges have offered a bright taste of normalcy during grim times.

The Sacramento Valley provides some of the top wintering sites for waterfowl in the world.

Here are four innovative companies helping drive the clean energy revolution in the region.