Panorama Volunteering Day at Health & Harvest Fair
To wrap up our volunteering efforts in 2019, the Panorama Team visited the Southeast Community Facility to volunteer at the 12th Annual Health and Harvest Fair. The theme of the fair was “Wellkanda”, with a focus on health and San Francisco’s newly designated African-American Arts & Culture District. The fair gave community members access to […]
Helpful Tips for Emergency and Storm-Damaged Road Repair Projects
With summer upon us, Panorama is finding that counties across California are facing washed out roads and emergency repairs in the aftermath of an exceptionally stormy winter season. As high temperatures now melt the historic Sierra Nevada snow pack, our transportation infrastructure continues to sustain damages from high river flows and flooding. Many counties […]
Tania Treis Presents at the Bar Association of San Francisco
On November 3, 2016, Panorama’s Principal, Tania Treis, presented on Environmental Law Basics: Understanding CEQA. Tania was part of a panel titled “Environmental Review Process: Navigating statutory exclusions, categorical exemptions, negative declarations, EIRs, public commnet, and project approval. She focused on defining projects under CEQA and CEQA technical analyses. More information about the event can […]
Panorama’s Sheila Hoyer On-Site at Salt Creek Substation
Panorama’s Senior Environmental Scientist Sheila Hoyer is now conducting on-site monitoring during construction of San Diego Gas and Electric’s (SDG&E’s) Salt Creek Substation. The project is located in Chula Vista, California in southwestern San Diego County. Panorama prepared the Environmental Impact Report for the project. Several alternatives were considered, and in May 2016, the California Public Utilities […]
California Gears Up to Set Ambitious Energy and Emissions Goals
Earlier this month, the California legislature pushed forward the agenda to mitigate climate change with clean energy and reduced emissions goals by passing several bills through their houses of origin. The following bills will next undergo scrutiny in the opposite house: Assembly Bill 645 (Williams & Rendon) increases the current renewable energy standard of 33% […]
Brown is the New Green: The Response to California’s Drought
Last month, Governor Jerry Brown announced a $1 billion relief plan for California’s now four-year-long drought. Money in the relief plan will be allocated as such:
Solar Power Going Strong In California
February was an important month for solar energy in California. The largest solar power plant in the world, Desert Sunlight, opened in Riverside County. The 550 megawatt solar farm will provide power to 160,000 homes and 400,000 people. The project was funded by a $1.5 billion federal loan guarantee, and it helped propel the momentum […]
California to introduce new renewable energy legislation
The California legislature has taken the words from Jerry Brown’s inauguration very seriously. Governor Jerry Brown called for an expansion of California’s renewable energy goals in his inaugural address (check out our blog post on the topic) and proposed the following goals: Increasing electricity derived from renewable sources from one third to 50 percent Reducing today’s petroleum use in […]
Panorama Participates in Broom Bust!
Pictured: Leo Mena (Environmental Analyst) Removing Scotch Broom (Image courtesy of Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy) Two members of the Panorama team got their hands dirty over the weekend at the Hands On Tam Winter Workday Broom Bust! The Marin Municipal Water District and the Marin County Parks hosted the volunteer event, with coordination from […]
Susanne Heim Presents Panorama’s work at the Wildlife Society Conference
Panorama’s very own Susanne Heim, Senior Environmental Scientist/Project Manager presented at the Wildlife Society Conference on the topic of habitat distribution models. The presentation, Evaluation of Desert Tortoise Habitat Suitability Model Predictions in the Soda Mountain Area, San Bernardino County takes a look at a desert tortoise habitat suitability model developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).