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Wildfire Risk Rises as Western States Dry Out Amid Ongoing Heat Wave Baking Most of the US

LOS ANGELES — Authorities in Western states warned of the rising risk of wildfires as hot conditions and low humidity dry out the landscape ...

Wildfire Risk Rises as Western States Dry Out Amid Ongoing Heat Wave Baking Most of the US

LOS ANGELES — Authorities in Western states warned of the rising risk of wildfires as hot conditions and low humidity dry out the landscape ...

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Melting of Alaska’s Juneau Icefield Accelerates, Losing Snow Nearly 5 Times Faster Than in the 1980s

The melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6...

/ 2 weeks ago

To Save Spotted Owls, US Officials Plan to Kill Hundreds of Thousands of Another Owl Species

To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shoo...

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Inside Look at Fresno County Westside Solar Plan to Power 9 Million Homes

HURON — A wide band of sun-baked land running along the Interstate 5 corridor in western Fresno County is the proposed site for a large-scal...

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Law Limiting New Oil Wells in California Set to Take Effect After Industry Withdraws Referendum

SACRAMENTO — A California law that bans drilling new oil wells near places like homes and schools will take effect soon after the oil indust...

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Supreme Court Blocks Enforcement of EPA’s ‘Good Neighbor’ Rule on Downwind Pollution

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency will not be able to enforce a key rule limiting air pollution in nearly a dozen states whil...

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Valley Air District Gets $9 Million in New Funding for Tractor, Diesel Truck Replacements

The Valley Air District is getting $9 million in federal grants to help farmers and truckers buy new environment-friendly ag tractors and he...

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The Benefits, Concerns, and Pathways for Hydrogen Fuel in the Central Valley

Recent publicity on SoCalGas’s Orange Cove project, covered by Edward Smith of GV Wire in his article “Stoves to Big Rigs: Hydrogen Ag...

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Water-rich Gila River Tribe Near Phoenix Flexes Its Political Muscles in a Drying West

SACATON, Arizona — Stephen Roe Lewis grew up seeing stacks of legal briefs at the dinner table — often, about his tribe’s water. His f...

/ 3 weeks ago

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Clean Air Centers Offer Relief From Wildfire Smoke. Check Out the Map.

With wildfire season here, the California Air Resources Board has launched an interactive, statewide map of Clean Air Centers, where people ...

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Man Dies After Rescuing His 2 Children in Mississippi River

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Is Inflation Finally Corralled? Powell Says Federal Reserve Believes It’s Close

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New Village Green Park Opens in Loma Vista as Clovis Community Hub

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Gomez Guilty of Murdering Los Hooligans Bass Player

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Biden Says It Was a Mistake to Say He Wanted to Put Trump in a ‘Bull’s-Eye’

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Dealing Blow to Biden’s Reelection Bid, Teamsters Union May Withhold Endorsement

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Appears to Confirm Delay in Aug. 8 Robotaxi Unveil Event to Make Design Change

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Smittcamp Asks Court to Drop His Lawsuit Against Controversial NW Fresno Project

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