Cortese: California should not be exporting dirty pollution with diesel trains
Sending Caltrain cars to Peru will drive other countries down the wrong carbon emissions path with arcane technology.
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SF Dumps Millions of Gallons of Sewage During Big Storms. Surfers Say That Needs to Stop
Atmospheric rivers almost guarantee that San Francisco, with its sewage system, will dump millions of gallons of raw sewage ...
‘Back to plastic’: Trump pushes for plastic straws as he declares paper ones ‘don’t work’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper ...
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Innovation Is the Key to Containing the Worst Effects of Climate Change
Adaptation can also involve changing how and where people live, prohibiting them from rebuilding in areas that repeatedly ...
Firefighter swept into ocean in debris flow as heavy rain pounds LA
A new atmospheric river is slamming California, including fire-ravaged Los Angeles, where residents are bracing for the ...
State lawmaker seeks audit of Bay Area bridge toll spending
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission receives about $700 million each year in tolls that residents pay to cross bridges ...
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AI-induced pollution could kill hundreds, cost billions, researchers say
For all its promised benefits, the artificial-intelligence boom is likely to prove costly to public health and even lead to ...
From radiation to water pollution to cities, humans are now a driver of evolution in the ‘natural’ world – podcast
In this episode of Weekly podcast, we speak to three experts who study different ways that people are affecting how plants and animals evolve – and how humanity has become the single biggest driver of ...