The high court sweeps away a “Goliath” of modern law, weakening agencies’ legal authority as courts weigh President Joe Biden’s policies to cut greenhouse gases.
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The Bay Area is heating up; its infrastructure isn’t designed for it
The average annual maximum temperature has increased in the San Francisco Bay Area in recent years, and the coastal fog that cools the region is less frequent. That’s having an impact in an area built for a cooler climate.
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In Morro Bay, battery storage is on the ballot
In Morro Bay, residents fearing that a proposed storage facility for renewable energy could hurt tourism or start fires have pushed a local ballot initiative that could stop its development.
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California isn’t ready for a megaflood. Or the loss of Daniel Swain.
The state’s legendary and beloved “climate scientist-communicator” finds his public outreach isn’t valued by the institutions in America that fund science.
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California’s top methane emitter is a vast cattle feedlot. Regulators are giving it a pass.
A “kid gloves” approach to agricultural emissions, including burping cows, raises questions about an environmentally minded state’s commitment to combating climate change.
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How Daniel Ellsberg opened the door to one of the most consequential climate stories of our time
Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, was undaunted by the challenge of finding out what the oil industry knew about carbon emissions and global warming. Ellsberg died Friday at 92.