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L.A. Mayor Garcetti’s ‘Green New Deal’ would phase out gas-fueled cars
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L.A. Mayor Garcetti’s ‘Green New Deal’ would phase out gas-fueled cars

Mayor Eric Garcetti's new sustainability plan imagines a Los Angeles where, by the mid-2030s, 80% of the cars run on electricity or zero-emission fuel.
Pipeline firm gets $3.3-million fine for worst California oil spill in 25 years
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Pipeline firm gets $3.3-million fine for worst California oil spill in 25 years

The judge issued a fine and penalties against Plains All American Pipeline for a 2015 spill that sent 140,000 gallons of crude oil gushing onto Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County. The spill from a corroded pipeline blackened popular beaches for miles, killed wildlife and hurt tourism.
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L.A. takes climate change fight to the streets by pouring cooler pavement
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L.A. takes climate change fight to the streets by pouring cooler pavement

L.A. is taking the climate change fight to the streets with plans to cover 1,500 city blocks with cool pavement, a heat-reflecting asphalt coating.
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California’s next frontier in fighting climate change: Your kitchen stove
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California’s next frontier in fighting climate change: Your kitchen stove

Buildings are quietly becoming the latest battleground in California's aggressive campaign against global warming.

Opinion
Trump's pursuit of 'American energy dominance' threatens the entire planet
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Trump's pursuit of 'American energy dominance' threatens the entire planet

The president's emphasis on making the country a major fossil-fuel producer is bad for the environment and puts us in league with autocratic regimes.
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Trump fuel economy rollback is based on misleading and shoddy calculations, study finds
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Trump fuel economy rollback is based on misleading and shoddy calculations, study finds

The Trump administration's plan to roll back vehicle fuel economy standards is based on a flawed and misleading analysis, a team of economists and other independent experts found.
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California’s attorney general clashes with Trump’s acting EPA chief over climate change
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California’s attorney general clashes with Trump’s acting EPA chief over climate change

A landmark federal report on climate has intensified the clash between California and the White House over environmental policy, as the state struggles with the kind of devastating wildfires the report concludes have already grown substantially bigger and more intense because of global warming.
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The Paris climate goals falter as fossil fuels thrive

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Global treaty to curb plastic pollution faces final negotiations

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Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

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Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

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plastic industry’s covert PR greenwashing

Leaked documents expose plastic industry’s covert PR campaign

workplace safety and public health

Opinion: States must step up on workplace safety as federal protections erode