Climate & Environment

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The number of California properties facing severe wildfire risk is expected to grow sixfold over the next 30 years, according to new research.

Energy-producing states struggle to replace fossil fuel tax revenue
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In California’s high-risk fire country, Airbnb offers guests no warning or escape plan
Is your vacation rental in a risky wildfire zone? What you need to know
17 states push EPA to revoke California’s ability to set its own vehicle emission standards

The Devil’s Hole pupfish has paddled back from the brink in a hellish desert domain
Op-Ed: Nature didn’t really bounce back in the pandemic. It showed how far we’ve pushed it
A cougar passage rises over a deadly Southern California freeway

California Coastal Commission rejects plan for Poseidon desalination plant
What does 80 gallons look like? The good, bad and insipid in California’s water conservation graphics
Far from Lake Powell, drought punishes another Western dam

Southern California ‘cannot afford green lawns’ as drought forces unprecedented water cuts
Aiming for ‘zero waste,’ L.A. backs new restrictions on plastic food ware
Push to limit California offshore oil after O.C. spill threatened by high taxpayers costs

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California salmon are at risk of extinction. A plan to save them stirs hope and controversy
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?
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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