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Environment Housing Government

New Plan to Fix Home Insurance Crisis: What You Need to Know

09/22/2023
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Insurance commissioner proposes his own plan after legislature punts on fixing crisis

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Environment Health

Why California Rivers Saw Fewer Harmful Algal Blooms This Year

09/20/2023
Outbreaks have wreaked havoc on the state’s river ecosystems for years. But this year was different. Faster, colder river waters led to fewer outbreaks of the harmful algae.

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Environment

Study: Near-Surface Permafrost Will be Nearly Gone by 2100

09/15/2023
An international team found that the amount of near-surface permafrost could drop by 93% compared to the preindustrial period of 1850 to 1900. Permafrost may exist only in the eastern Siberian uplands, Canadian High Arctic Archipelago and northernmost Greenland—as it did in the mid-Pliocene Warm Period.

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Public Safety Environment Crime & Justice Government

Legislature Fails to Address California Fire Insurance Crisis

09/14/2023
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As climate change heightens fire risks, insurers leave the state and lawmakers do nothing to keep them here.

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Business, Economy & Jobs Environment Transportation Government

Lawmakers Strike $106 Million Deal for Hydrogen Vehicle Fueling Stations

09/13/2023
Hydrogen fueling stations will get 15 percent of funds in a state program — even though Californians own only about 12,000 hydrogen cars. The funds come from fees paid by drivers.

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Environment Land Use & Development Water Government

Your Lawn May be Gone. New Bill Bans Irrigation of ‘Ornamental’ Lawns

09/13/2023
The irrigation bill, which aims to force businesses and institutions to remove their lawns, now goes to the governor.

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Environment Health Elections & Politics Government

Climate Bill Forcing Companies to Reveal Carbon Emissions Passes, Newsom Yet to Say if He’ll Sign it

09/12/2023
About 5,300 companies would file annual emissions reports. The aim is to hold corporations accountable for the role they play in climate change.

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Environment Animals

Meet California’s (Possible) Future State Bat

09/12/2023
There’s an official state bird, mineral, tree, fish, insect, lichen, fabric, sport, dance, soil and even dinosaur.

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California to Focus Most Electric Car Rebates on Low-Income Buyers

09/08/2023
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Data shows wide disparity in EV ownership between higher-income areas and "disadvantaged communities."

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Environment Land Use & Development Agriculture, Food & Gardening Government

California Forever: Tech Investors Begin PR Campaign for New City

09/06/2023
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A new site has appeared online attempting to explain plans for massive Solano County land development.

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Environment Health History Government

California’s Wildfire Smoke and Climate Change: 4 Things You Need to Know

09/04/2023
California wildfires every year emit as much carbon as almost 2 million cars, posing a threat to efforts to battle climate change.

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Dam Demolition Gets Going. Can Klamath River Be Saved?

08/31/2023
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Four hydroelectric dams totaling 100,000 tons of concrete will be destroyed by the end of 2024.

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Environment Sustainability

Wildfire, Soil Emissions Increasing Air Pollution in Remote Forests

08/30/2023
Satellite data from across California’s landscapes reveal an increase in nitrogen dioxide levels in remote forest areas, and wildfire and soil emissions are likely the reasons why, according to a paper from UC Davis published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

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Tech Titans Revealed as Buyers of $1 Billion of Land in Solano County

08/29/2023
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Previously anonymous investment group has gobbled up $1 billion worth of land.

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Environment Parks & Recreation

Vast Marine Sanctuary Proposed in Partnership with California Tribe

08/27/2023
The Biden administration is one step away from designating the first national marine sanctuary nominated by a tribe. Tribal members of the Chumash, who have lobbied for the creation of this Central Coast preserve for more than a decade, would be involved in managing it.

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California’s Hazardous Waste Disposal System Is in Tatters

08/22/2023
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California produces millions of tons of hazardous waste per year, but has only 72 disposal sites

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Environment History Government

Climate Change Brings Rare Tropical Storm to California

08/18/2023
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Compared to 1939, California has better systems to respond to floods and tropical storms

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Economy & Jobs Environment Housing

Housing Advocates ‘Infuriated’ as Human Noise Pollution Blocks Projects

08/18/2023
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Court ruling that “loud student parties” are pollution stops a second housing development.

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Environment

Clean Up the Lake Opens Environmental Dive Center

08/18/2023
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“The center will be the first of its kind,” said Clean Up the Lake founder and CEO Colin West, whose goal is to create an “army” of environmental divers.

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Environment Animals History

Ancient Fires Drove Large Mammals Extinct, Study Suggests

08/17/2023
In a new study published Aug. 17 in the journal Science, fossil records at La Brea Tar Pits indicate that the disappearance of California’s sabertooth cats, dire wolves and other large mammals nearly 13,000 years ago was linked to rising temperatures and fire activity spurred by people.

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