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What ignited many of California's worst wildfires over past decade remains a mystery
California officials quickly determined an arsonist started last month's huge wildfire southeast of Los Angeles, and that two weeks earlier sparks from a vehicle produced a deadly wildfire in the far northern part of the state. But causes for many of California's worst blazes of ...
California restaurants will soon stop providing plastic straws unless customers explicitly ask for them under a new law signed on Thursday by the state's environment-friendly governor. Gov. Jerry Brown said he hoped the measure — which goes into effect next year and is the first ...
Mayors, governors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, investors and celebrities delivered a double-edged message Friday at the close of a climate summit in San Francisco: Global warming is making the planet unlivable — but we know how to fix it. "We are using the sky as an open ...
California Gov. Jerry Brown said Friday that the state plans to launch its "own damn satellite" into orbit to battle climate change. The man whom the late Chicago columnist Mike Royko famously dubbed "Gov. Moonbeam" made the announcement at the conclusion of a two-day climate ...
California governor: Trump will be known as a liar and fool on climate legacy
California Gov. Jerry Brown started his global climate summit Thursday by saying President Donald Trump will likely be remembered as a liar and a fool when it comes to the environment. Brown, a Democrat, and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke at a ...
California commits to 100% clean electricity by 2045: governor
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed landmark legislation Monday committing his state to a 100 percent clean electricity grid by 2045. "This bill and the executive order put California on a path to meet the goals of Paris and beyond," Brown said at a signing ceremony ...
A California jury found a pipeline company guilty Friday of nine criminal charges for causing a 2015 oil spill that was the state's worst coastal spill in 25 years, prosecutors said. The Santa Barbara County jury reached its verdict against Plains All American Pipeline of ...
Truckers abandon big rigs as wildfire scorches California freeway I-5
Truckers abandoned big-rigs and motorists screamed in fear as they came dangerously close to an explosive wildfire that shut down about 45 miles of a major California interstate near the Oregon border that authorities were desperately trying to reopen. In a video, a passenger in ...
When electric vehicles' day comes, it will be suddenly
Californians will soon be presented with compelling, cost-competitive electric vehicles of many different types. Those factors will probably drive sales up significantly.
Four people are missing after two boats crashed and sank on the Colorado River, ejecting more than a dozen people who were on board, authorities said Sunday. A recreational boat carrying 10 people and another vessel with six people on board collided head-on Saturday night ...
California lawmakers on Friday sent to the governor for final approval strict "net neutrality" laws that would defy sweeping Federal Communications Commission rules that are seen as a boon for internet providers. The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 27-12 to pass the bill, SB 822, with just ...
Researchers feed seaweed to dairy cows to reduce potent bovine methane emissions
University of California researchers are feeding seaweed to dairy cows in an attempt to make cattle more climate-friendly. UC Davis is studying whether adding small amounts of seaweed to cattle feed can help reduce their emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that's released when ...
