California

9 Dead in CA Wildfire Copter Crash [1]

Nine people are presumed dead in the crash of a helicopter fighting wildfire in Northern California.

Source: AP [5], 08/06/2008

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"Los Angeles County Votes To Phase Out Oil And Gas Drilling" [6]

"Los Angeles County supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to phase out oil and gas drilling and ban new drill sites in the unincorporated areas of the nation’s most populous county."

Climate Change [7]

Energy & Fuel [8]

Laws & Regulations [9]

People & Population [10]

Pollution [11]

Public [3]

California [4]

Source: AP [12], 09/17/2021

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Wildfires Shutter Sequoia National Park, Threaten Famous Ancient Trees [13]

"Growing wildfires in the Sierra Nevada forced the closure of Sequoia National Park in California on Wednesday as blazes sparked by lightning strikes threaten the park’s groves of giant sequoias, home to some of the tallest and oldest trees in the world."

Climate Change [7]

Disasters [14]

Forests [2]

Public [3]

California [4]

Source: Washington Post [15], 09/16/2021

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"California’s Disappearing Salmon" [16]

"The drought, along with man-made impediments, has placed the state’s wild Chinook population at grave risk."

Biodiversity [17]

Climate Change [7]

Disasters [14]

Fish & Fisheries [18]

Infrastructure [19]

Water & Oceans [20]

Public [3]

California [4]

Source: Washington Post [21], 09/14/2021

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"Out West, Biden Points To Wildfires To Push For Big Rebuild" [22]

"President Joe Biden on Monday used his first Western swing in office to hold out the wildfires burning across the region as an argument for his $3.5 trillion rebuilding plans, calling year-round fires and other extreme weather a climate change reality the nation can no longer ignore."

Climate Change [7]

Disasters [14]

Environmental Politics [23]

Laws & Regulations [9]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [24]

California [4]

Source: AP [25], 09/14/2021

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7,000 California Preterm Births Linked To Wildfire Smoke Risks: Study [26]

"Fire season has become a hard-to-breathe reality in much of the western United States. But the blazes may affect more than air quality or even human lungs. A recent study attributes as many as 7,000 preterm births in California to wildfire smoke exposure."

Air [27]

Climate Change [7]

Disasters [14]

Environmental Health [28]

Forests [2]

Pollution [11]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [24]

California [4]

Source: Washington Post [29], 09/07/2021

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California Builds A ‘Noah’s Ark’ To Protect Wildlife From Extinction [30]

"It was just before sunrise in July when the botanists Naomi Fraga and Maria Jesus threw on backpacks and crunched their way across a brittle alkaline flat in the hottest corner of the Mojave Desert. Their mission: to rescue a tiny plant teetering on the brink of extinction."

Agriculture [31]

Biodiversity [17]

Climate Change [7]

Disasters [14]

Natural Resources [32]

Wildlife [33]

Public [3]

California [4]

Source: LA Times [34], 09/01/2021

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"Wildfire Evacuees Flood Lake Tahoe Roads In Rush To Flee" [35]

"A popular vacation haven normally filled with tens of thousands of summer tourists was clogged with fleeing vehicles Monday after the entire resort city of South Lake Tahoe was ordered to leave as a ferocious wildfire raced toward Lake Tahoe, a sparkling gem on the California-Nevada state line."

Climate Change [7]

Disasters [14]

Forests [2]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [24]

California [4]

Source: AP [36], 08/31/2021

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"California’s Plan to Make New Buildings Greener Will Also Raise Costs" [37]

"A recent building code change for new construction could reduce emissions by requiring use of solar panels and batteries, raising prices in an already expensive state."

Climate Change [7]

Consumer [38]

Economy & Business [39]

Energy & Fuel [8]

Infrastructure [19]

Laws & Regulations [9]

Public [3]

California [4]

Source: NYTimes [40], 08/30/2021

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In Fire Scorched California, Town Aims To Buy At-Risk Properties [41]

Paradise, California has "a new, ambitious town effort to identify the most high risk properties in the burn area and, if there are willing sellers, buy them and turn them into fire resistant green spaces."

Climate Change [7]

Disasters [14]

Planning & Growth [42]

Public [3]

California [4]

Source: NPR [43], 08/23/2021

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