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A new United Nations report finds that countries are not promising to do enough carbon-cutting to keep global warming from hitting dangerous levels.
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California regulations lag behind other states that have imposed buffer zones, which protect people from oil and gas extraction near homes and schools.
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New Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will be a key player in President Biden’s vision for a green economy as the U.S. fights to slow climate change.
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DNA has linked at least five attacks in the Bay Area to a single coyote. The incidents follow a 2020 upswing in attacks by wild animals in California.
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Sempra Energy is seeking federal approval for a new proposal to ship fossil fuel overseas.
The world’s most influential storytelling machine is lending some of its most iconic brands to the clean energy transition.
Monarch butterfly populations are endangered, to the point that the 1.2 million Western monarchs counted in 1997 plummeted to fewer than 2,000 by 2020. Here are ways we can help them survive.
Emails reveal that Newsom administration officials and Poseidon Water executives have been heavily involved in a regional water board review of the desalination proposal.
Seven years after awarding a low-bid high-speed rail contract to a Spanish firm, California is paying for that decision in delays and cost overruns in the San Joaquin Valley.
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Burrowing mammals are able to escape the heat, new study finds, while birds are declining
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Axis deer have long been both a cherished food source and ecosystem menace on Molokai. Now drought has brought the problem into critical focus.
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A new study has found a dramatic increase in the number of juvenile great white sharks in Monterey Bay, including off Santa Cruz County where a surfer was killed last year.
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Piles of mulch as high as 25 feet quickly burned, along with about 200 bales of hay, as strong Santa Ana winds spread the blaze.
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They’ve endured wildfires, smoke damage and mudslide fears. One more concern for residents of the Santa Cruz Mountains: the quality of their drinking water.
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Researchers are analyzing what microbes exist in the smoke and dust produced during wildfires.
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New legislation would ban all fracking in California by 2027, taking aim at the powerful oil and gas industry.
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The contentious project aims to restore ecological function of 566 acres of the reserve, the largest coastal wetlands complex in Los Angeles County.
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Most people don’t know her, but Susan Hansch has been quietly saving the California coast for more than 46 years.
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Nearly 300 drinking water wells and other water sources in California have been found to have traces of man-made chemicals linked to cancer.
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California’s recycling industry has struggled since China banned imports of plastics and other material. Experts say changes are vital to overcome a waste glut.
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The Trump administration pushed through oil leases on land protected by presidents back to Eisenhower. No major oil companies offered bids.
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The government says a dam is necessary to provide drinking water in an era of rising temperatures and climate change. Activists say it’s another corrupt government project.
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Wettest month of the year in the Southland looks like it will remain dry.
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With their numbers dwindling, members of the Mono Lake Kutzadika Paiute Tribe are still struggling for federal recognition
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World leaders welcomed the United States’ official return to the Paris climate accord, but politically trickier steps lie just ahead for President Biden.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants mandates that would require power plants to withstand extreme winter weather.
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Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and more severe as the planet heats up.
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The fight for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments has resumed. It never really ended.
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Scientists project that the rainy season in California will get shorter as the climate warms.
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A report from the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board finds that — you guessed it — consumers prefer beef to plant-based alternatives.
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Earthquakes remain a threat to California’s aging dams, but experts say extreme weather due to climate change will pose new risks.
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Policymakers are looking to California to show it’s possible to phase out fossil fuels. But, as rolling blackouts last summer showed, challenges lie ahead.
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The energy emergency is a “systemic failure,” with major climate change implications.
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Fitting together the puzzle pieces will require doing things that seem politically impossible today.
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We asked L.A. City Council members where they stand on requiring all-electric heating and cooking in new housing.
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President Biden’s executive order pausing fossil fuel leasing on public lands sparked a fierce backlash.
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After four years of Trump, the question is no longer how much damage the government can do. It’s whether the government is living up to its promises.
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The new wave in landscaping is building habitat by growing native plants, but you don’t need a yard to promote biodiversity. Hummingbirds, butterflies, bees and other pollinators are happy to dine on native plants growing on balconies or patios.
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The promise of hydroponics, aeroponics and aquaponics have made cultivation of crops in controlled environments a growth industry.
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California Botanic Garden is the new name for the state’s largest garden of native plants. Virtual events show how to incorporate these plants into our daily lives.
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The proposed listing of western Joshua trees as an endangered species has some residents of Yucca Valley worried.
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Here are 10 things to get your plants and garden summer-ready.
