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CA News
- Man dies after car crashes, falls nearly 500 feet off Highway 1 cliff
The cause of the crash remains under CHP investigation.
- Nearly 12K Bay Area customers still waiting for power to be restored
Bay Area residents are experiencing power shutoffs because of gusty winds.
- 'No season anymore': Viruses are running amok in Northern California
"We're so off."
- The Micheli Minute for May 18, 2026
Lobbyist, author and McGeorge law professor Chris Micheli offers a quick […]
- California’s $18 Billion hole: A Feature of Newsom’s pension spiral
OPINION—On May 14, Gov. Newsom unveiled his May Revision and declared […]
- Talking journalism with Soledad O’Brien
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Our guest today is Emmy Award winning journalist, […]
Environmental News
- Trump gutted USAID. Hunger and violence followed.
Researchers are just beginning to understand the human cost of America's […]
- Māori climate risk worsened by colonization, report finds
A sweeping national climate assessment argues that exclusion from […]
- EV sales accelerate, petrol cars stall
EV sales accelerate, petrol cars stall Channel News […]
- EPA is undoing PFAS protections. How can you remove ‘forever...
EPA is undoing PFAS protections. How can you remove ‘forever […]
- Columbia Climate School Mace Bearer Carries a Tradition Forward
This year, professors Kristina Guild Douglass and Michel Sadelain will […]
- Protein is everywhere– it probably isn't making us healthier
Protein is everywhere– it probably isn't making us healthier JR […]
Environmental Law
- DeMayo Says Marketers Owe Coverage In Camp Lejeune Suit
A North Carolina plaintiffs firm facing a proposed class action over […]
- EPA Plans To Repeal Biden-Era 'Forever Chemicals' Rules
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday officially unveiled […]
- Native, Enviro Groups Challenge Calif. Oil Pipeline Waiver
California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection granted safety […]
- DOJ Charges Bring More Complications For Key Bridge Ship
Recent federal criminal charges over Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge […]
- EPA, Flint Plaintiffs Clash Over Facts After Bellwether Trial
Residents of Flint, Michigan, and the federal government have offered […]
Energy
- Electricity Generation from Solar Could Exceed Coal in ERCOT for the First...
In our most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that […]
- NLR Battery Innovation Awarded NASA’s Invention of the Year
To Shoot for the Moon, Lab Researchers Must First Learn How To Fail on […]
- The Big ICE Meltdown — April’s China EV Sales Report
After the December end-of-incentive sales rush (NEVs are no longer exempt […]
- Australia’s Big Miners Show the Way with Renewables
The Australian government subsidises diesel from primary producers to the […]
- Scientists Discover Way To Leverage High-Energy Sunlight for Fuel...
Semiconductor-Catalyst Combo Captures Energy To Drive Chemical Reactions […]
- NLR Partners With Colorado School of Mines and University of Utah To Scale...
Memorandums of Understanding Combine Facilities and Capabilities To Build […]
Climate
- Fact brief - Does electromagnetic radiation from wind turbines pose a...
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — […]
- Five things you need to know about El Niño’s likely comeback
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Rafael Méndez Tejeda […]
- 2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #20
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #20 2026
Open access notables The Perils of Climate Catastrophism: A Call to […]
- Higher warming predictions for 2026 and 2027
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink Back in December I provided some […]
- A look back at ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ 20 years later
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections Al Gore’s climate […]
Sustainability
- 22 May | International Day for Biological Diversity
The post 22 May | International Day for Biological Diversity appeared […]
- Press Release | Multistakeholder Advisory Group Renewed and MAG Chair...
MULTISTAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP RENEWED AND MAG CHAIR APPOINTED TO PREPARE […]
- Ebola outbreak follows hunger and displacement crisis in DR Congo
A day after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the new Ebola […]
- WHO assembly opens under shadow of Ebola, hantavirus and funding cuts
From Ebola outbreaks in Central Africa to the complex evacuation of […]
- Extreme heat, floods and drought threaten lives across Latin America and...
Record-breaking temperatures, deadly floods, worsening drought and […]
- Ebola outbreak in Central Africa declared a ‘Public Health Emergency of...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the ongoing Ebola […]