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CA News
- Bay Area hospitals accused of illegally dumping human flesh
The Santa Clara County DA's office is investigating a network of hospitals.
- Traffic chaos caused by 30K pounds of melted chocolate on Bay Area highway
A big rig caught on fire Friday. It was carrying thousands of pounds of […]
- Education leaders should lean in to lessons from the pandemic
OPINION - For many schools, the pandemic created a critical need for […]
- Overview of local and state open meetings laws in California
California has three types of open meetings laws that apply to local and […]
- Northern Calif. hit with multiple aftershocks Friday from Thursday's 7.0 temblor
The majority of the quake's aftershocks have clustered near Petrolia.
- Man accused of shooting 2 kindergartners in Butte County had criminal history in SF
The shooting at Feather River School left two boys in critical condition.
Environmental News
- North Carolina town sues Duke Energy for climate ‘deception’
Carrboro, North Carolina accuses Duke of knowingly fueling the climate […]
- Glacier Melt Leads to Redrawing of the Italian-Swiss Border
Italy and Switzerland redrew a small section of their Alps boundary in […]
- High Heat Is Preferentially Killing the Young, Not the Old, New Research...
Young adults and small children are the main victims of extreme heat, […]
- This New York town doesn’t want to be a climate experiment
A developer wanted to build a facility to capture carbon. Locals saw an […]
- Some of the world’s biggest cities are so polluted they’re warming...
But this surprising effect of pollution should hardly be taken as a good […]
- Earth911 Inspiration: Money Alone Won’t Save the World
Following COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, German Foreign Minister Annalena […]
Environmental Law
- Up Next: Environmental Reviews, Wire Fraud & TM Awards
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear its final set of oral arguments for the […]
- US Ukrainian Group Wants FCC SpaceX Approvals Halted
The FCC needs to put any decisions related to SpaceX on ice until an […]
- DC Circ. Mulls If EPA Can Set Rules Based On Predicted Tech
At least one member of the D.C. Circuit did not seem to be picking up what […]
- Feds Want Full DC Circ. To Reverse Panel's NEPA Regs Ruling
Two D.C. Circuit judges who ruled a White House agency lacks authority to […]
- Shell, Equinor Creating UK Oil Giant As Sea Basin Matures
Shell UK Ltd. and Equinor UK Ltd. are joining forces to create what they […]
Energy
- XPENG vs NIO Sales Trends — Charts
After reporting on XPENG and NIO sales this past week, I was interested in […]
- I Touched the Cybertruck!
After writing about sightings of the Cybertruck throughout Australia (you […]
- Renewable Energy-On-Rails Scheme To Cure Transmission Line Blues
SunTrain is planning a new mobile energy storage system that collects […]
- European Auto Industry Turmoil At Volkswagen & Stellantis Likely To...
Volkswagen and Stellantis are seeing tough times ahead as sales skitter […]
- ConnectDER Will Expand Distributed Energy Products Business
ConnectDER has several products that plug in to an existing meter socket […]
- Wisconsin School Project Gives Kids A Solar Plus Storage Microgrid...
A Wisconsin school is getting a solar plus storage microgrid project that […]
Climate
- 2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #49
A listing of 24 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared […]
- Interview with John Cook about misinformation and artificial intelligence
In March, John Cook met with Adam Ford from Science, Technology & […]
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #49 2024
Open access notables Global emergence of regional heatwave hotspots […]
- Can desalination quench agriculture’s thirst?
This article by Lela Nargi originally appeared in Knowable Magazine, a […]
- Sabin 33 #5 - Is solar energy worse for the climate than burning fossil...
On November 1, 2024 we announced the publication of 33 rebuttals based on […]
- How Plastics Fuel Climate Change
This video includes conclusions of the creator climate scientist Dr. Adam […]
Sustainability
- Sport4Land Champions Unveiled at United Nations Land Conference
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) today […]
- First Person: Tears of joy as Argentinian city children encounter nature...
An environmental lawyer has told UN News how children and teenagers from […]
- ‘No life without land’, says campaigning athlete at UN desertification...
There can be “no life without healthy land as we cannot survive,” […]
- ‘War on drugs has failed, completely and utterly’: UN human rights...
The UN human rights chief has called on leaders and international […]
- Private sector urged to act as world faces $23 trillion loss from land...
The private sector has been urged to make the sustainable management of […]
- UN health agency approves ‘groundbreaking’ TB test
A potentially “groundbreaking” new test for tuberculosis (TB) has been […]