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Even for a so-called “climate president,” Biden’s reliance on fossil fuel reserves during the Ukraine crisis is not surprising.
A new partnership with 33 state and local governments aims to “accelerate progress towards reducing buildings’ emissions at all levels of government.”
The state department of transportation says many of its highway projects have “no significant impact.”
American bison are back on the rise. The problem is, they don't respect fences.
A new agreement calls for Western states to leave their drinking water in the reservoir — and act as if they didn't.
Kern County is betting on carbon capture to replace oil jobs and tax revenue. But will the county’s new economy repeat the sins of the old one?
A grand jury and the EPA have cited potential disposal problems, and activists are fighting new injection wells. Yet the gas industry claims fracking is essential for the state’s economic health and that most of its wastewater is safely recycled.
It's up to the Army Corps to keep it flowing.
On a daily basis, water managers in cities across the state move from crisis to crisis hoping to keep the water flowing to residents.