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What Yosemite looks like in 2100 with climate change

How is climate change affecting some of the park’s premier attractions — for instance, the firefall event? And how will climate change impact the environments within the park, the creatures who live there and the visitor experience? Will it eventually strip Yosemite of its awe-inspiring beauty?

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Photo by Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash

Is BART prepared for the catastrophic weather events climate change will bring?

In the San Francisco Bay Area, experts predict climate change will be felt far and wide with hotter temperatures, fiercer wildfires and more intense droughts than in previous years.

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Bay Area transit leaders push for a single network
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Bay Area transit leaders push for a single network

With budget gaps fraying a large and fragmented public transportation system, transit voices in San Francisco and Oakland push for a single regional operator. 
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When America fell in love with light rail

When America fell in love with light rail

In a time of austere federal funding, cheaper-than-a-subway urban mass transit seemed to make sense.
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Evacuation warning issued for Santa Rosa; Walnut Creek narrowly avoids ‘catastrophe’
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Evacuation warning issued for Santa Rosa; Walnut Creek narrowly avoids ‘catastrophe’

Latest developments on the Kincade Fire in Sonoma County and the latest wave of PG&E shut-offs in Northern California.
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To fight climate change, car-loving California must overhaul transportation. Can it?
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To fight climate change, car-loving California must overhaul transportation. Can it?

Emissions from transportation are going up, not down in California, a sign that cleaner and more fuel-efficient cars have been unable to overcome population growth, a growing economy and suburban sprawl.

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Warren Logan wants the Bay Area to plan with him

Warren Logan wants the Bay Area to plan with him

Warren Logan, a Bay Area transportation planner, has new ideas about how to truly engage diverse communities in city planning. Hint: It starts with listening.
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James Inhofe climate denial obituary

Jim Inhofe, climate change denier, dies at 89

indigenous ancient forest protections

A collaborative effort saves Clayoquot Sound's ancient forests

Companies use carbon markets to boost pesticide sales

Companies use carbon markets to boost pesticide sales

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Hollywood’s quest to cut carbon emissions

Hollywood’s quest to cut carbon emissions

Some US cities are promoting themselves as climate refuges despite concerns

Some US cities are promoting themselves as climate refuges despite concerns

Supreme Court to rule on key environmental cases

Supreme Court to rule on key environmental cases

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Judges' interpretations of the law significantly impact climate policy

Judges' interpretations of the law significantly impact climate policy

Amid LNG’s Gulf Coast expansion, community hopes to stand in its way

Amid LNG’s Gulf Coast expansion, community hopes to stand in its way