Climate & Environment

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Santa Ana winds and possible record heat this week will flip to cool with a chance of showers by early next week, forecasters say.

Newsom urged Californians to cut water use by 15%. In February they saved less than 1%
Column: The end of the world is coming, even if you’ve heard it all before
The avian soap opera unfolding atop this Berkeley bell tower has humans riveted
Earth hurtling toward a dangerous temperature limit, major climate report warns

Column One: Feral pigs are biological time bombs. Can California stem their ‘exponential’ damage?
Can a fragile rat survive the loopholes in endangered species protections?
Banks: It’s coyote mating season, and in my neighborhood that means trouble

Sick of high gas prices? Then it’s time to talk climate action
Huntington Beach oil spill inspires legislation to ban California offshore drilling
Column: There’s a battle brewing over changes to California solar incentives. Newsom is in the middle

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A frenzy of well drilling by California farmers leaves residents without running water
Pismo Beach was once the Clam Capital of the World. Then the clams disappeared
Heat waves are far deadlier than we think. How California neglects this climate threat
Something is killing gray whales. Is it a sign of oceans in peril?
Can this forgotten California beach ecosystem help slow the impacts of sea level rise?
How toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on planes
The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. Our choices are grim
California finds widespread water contamination of ‘forever chemicals’
California is spending $32 million on a fire prevention strategy that doesn’t work in high winds
As California’s recycling industry struggles, companies and consumers are forced to adapt

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