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George Skelton: Governor’s potential successors don’t share his Delta tunnel vision

Candidates seek alternatives to Jerry Brown's plans to send water to Southern California

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Dan Walters: In new high-speed rail plan, experts see ‘little prospect’ one part will ever work

While the latest version of the plan appears to be more realistic about cost and construction schedules than its predecessors, it is still sorely deficient.

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Shanxi province faces difficult path away from coal as China pushes clean energy

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Texas growth and lax rules put more homes in harm’s way from flood disasters

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Trump administration moves to shut down critical storm research lab in Oklahoma

Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

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Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

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