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Almanac prognosticators consider how to deal with climate change.

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• Santa Barbara city council says no to offshore drilling.

Berkeley tree-sitters descend.

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Old-growth forests do their part to fight global warming.

• Alberta oil spill kills hundreds of birds.

• Australia hit by “extreme waves.”