Kathleen Maxwell has lived in Phoenix’s heat for more than 20 years, but this summer was the first time she felt fear, as daily high temperatures soared to 110 degrees …
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Deep in the bowels of Idaho’s Brownlee Dam, Neal Lincoln is ready to offer a demonstration. Almost 40 feet below the surface of the Snake River — whose waters originate …
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In the Mojave Desert community of North Edwards, 5-year-old Adam Ezelle knows never to drink water from the tap, which contains dangerous levels of arsenic. In the tiny farming and …
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Tropical Storm Hilary destroyed this summer camp in the San Bernardino Mountains
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesNEAR ANGELUS OAKS — Camp River Glen’s parking lot was swallowed by the Santa Ana River. The top of a tractor poked out of mud. Gigantic water tanks were crumbled up …
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Wildfires. Sea-level rise. Extreme heat. Drought. California is already dealing with the consequences of climate change, and our state’s future will be defined by how we adapt. To better cover …
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Will Biden’s new American Climate Corps match the success of the California Conservation Corps?
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesOn Wednesday, President Biden used his executive power to establish the American Climate Corps, which will employ and train 20,000 young people in the work of climate resilience. Similar to …
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Air regulators threaten Southern California warehouses with fines
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSouthern California air regulators announced Wednesday they will launch a sweeping enforcement initiative aimed at large warehouses that have resisted a new pollution reduction program for months. In 2021, the …
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For decades, water has been siphoned from springs in the San Bernardino Mountains and piped downhill to be bottled and sold as Arrowhead 100% Mountain Spring Water. After a years-long …
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Drought affecting Panama Canal is a problem by and for the U.S.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA slight competition between transit and human consumption. That’s how Ricaurte Vásquez Morales, an official with the Panama Canal Authority, described a possible water crunch in the region as a …
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NEW YORK — Yelling that the future and their lives depend on ending fossil fuels, tens of thousands of protesters on Sunday kicked off a week where leaders will try once …