The Trump administration on Tuesday advanced a formal proposal to rescind a decades-old rule that protects more than 44 million acres of national forestland from road construction and timber harvesting, …
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Whiz! Bang! Pow! It’s not ’60s-era Batman, it’s a large metallic-green beetle. And it’s heading straight for your face. Parts of Los Angeles are abuzz with hordes of figeater beetles, …
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Erosion reveals decades-old infrastructure ‘relics’ in Newport Beach
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA series of powerful hurricane-driven swells have surfaced forgotten remnants of Newport Beach’s infrastructure that lay buried beneath sand and water for many decades. Videos and photos circulating on social …
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The warming climate is forcing marathons to consider changes to keep runners cool
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesDES MOINES, Iowa — Paul Grinvalds has completed 114 marathons in all 50 states, but he still wilts when he races in temperatures beyond 60 degrees. It’s the same for most runners, …
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Trump pauses border construction in Texas’ Big Bend National Park
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — The Trump administration says it is temporarily pausing construction of a controversial border construction project in the Big Bend National Park while the head of the agency tasked with building …
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Hydrogen failed as car fuel. Now California’s bet on it for green energy is fading, too
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesHydrogen, viewed by its advocates as a clean fuel and a solution to climate change, is having a “non moment,” but don’t ask anyone in the industry to say that …
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Lala weakens to tropical storm, but rain and winds still battering Hawaii
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesHurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm Sunday after its eyewall skirted Hawaii without making landfall, but it continued to punish the state with hurricane-force gusts and pounding rain, reaching …
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The water level at Lake Powell, the United States’ second-largest reservoir, has fallen to a record low, heightening concerns about the ongoing crisis in the Colorado River system. The alarming …
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Wildfires ravage Belgium and Greece; 2 die on island near Athens
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesBAELEN, Belgium — Firefighters battled a massive wildfire that scorched a nature reserve in eastern Belgium and another on a Greek island near Athens where two people were killed Sunday as hot …
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Are mosquitoes, ticks and fleas turning California into a disease hotspot?
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSome days it feels like we’re losing a battle against mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, flies and worms. Just this month, tularemia, also known as rabbit fever and caused by a bacterium …