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California to sue over Congress blocking climate waivers
California will sue to block Congress from overturning the state’s ability to set its own climate emission rules, Gov. Gavin ...
The Senate just gutted California’s signature climate change policy. Newsom says the state will sue
The Senate totaled California’s signature climate change policy — mandating new cars sold be electric by 2035 — in a 51 to 44 ...
Missing hiker survived for weeks in California wilderness by foraging and drinking melted snow
A 28-year-old woman described how she survived for weeks outdoors in California’s eastern Sierra Nevada by foraging for food ...
Should California’s climate budget pay for high speed rail and firefighters? Newsom’s new plan triggers fiery debate
Newsom wants to allocate half of funds from the landmark cap and trade program to high speed rail and firefighting — leaving ...
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Should California’s climate budget pay for high speed rail and firefighters? Gov. Newsom’s new plan triggers fiery debate
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to extend California's landmark cap and trade program through 2045. But earmarking half of this ...
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With its climate progress under assault, California takes up a multipronged defense
In April, the president named California in an executive order directing the Department of Justice to seek out and “stop the enforcement of” state laws that address climate change, in which he ...
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CA’s budget deficit and the Make Polluters Pay Climate Superfund
OPINION - California desperately needs the resources to protect residents from the inevitable reality of the climate crisis. Thankfully, legislation currently moving through the California legislature ...
Abnormal snowpack melt in California, western U.S. increases wildfire and drought risks
The snowpack in California and other western U.S. states is melting at a record-breaking pace despite above-average snowfall in many areas, threatening an early start to the wildfire season and ...
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In California, Flawed Air Rules Threaten Farmworkers as Wildfires Pump More Smoke Onto Fields
Credit: Rambo Talabong/Inside Climate News To protect workers like Adriana from the effect of wildfire smoke and harmful air pollution, California five years ago declared that whenever air ...