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Expect the warmest and windiest day of the week.
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Controlled burns are among the region's most common ways of preventing catastrophic wildfires. UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain says adding more staff at Forest Service, Cal Fire, the National Park Service and other agencies could make prescribed burns more efficient with fewer days.
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Sustainability experts say there are ways we can make a lot of our daily tasks more climate friendly — by using home appliances and vehicles that run on electricity.
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The hikes will fund city energy projects.
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The state is preparing for potentially another very wet winter.
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Expect another warm day with winds picking up late tonight.
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The military is among the largest buyers of independent power systems known as microgrids. They make tactical sense; and environmentalists hope they can help the transition from fossil fuels.
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Applications for the grant opened Monday at 8 a.m.
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The National Weather Service warns of upcoming heat ahead — definitely spooky.
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Maybe there’s a better (less greasy) world than lathering your skin in mosquito repellent.
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Fourteen teams of young engineers will compete to see who can build the most sustainable home.
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The Woolsey wildfire devastated most of Paramount Ranch's Hollywood heritage in 2018. Human-driven climate change is demanding difficult decisions about what to preserve in the rebuilding process.
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The California senator fought for conservation, but drew criticism for rebuking the Green New Deal.
Landfills are the second-largest source of methane emissions in California. That’s why the California Air Resources Board took action to monitor and capture landfill gases.
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The closure is in effect until Tuesday afternoon.
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Towns across the U.S. want to stop building homes that are vulnerable to climate-driven disasters, like wildfires, floods and droughts. It's easier said than done.Listen 4:23
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This week will see a drop of temperatures, but another Santa Ana event is in the forecast for later this week.
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"Really inefficient engine technology is, pound for pound, more polluting than cars and trucks."
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It helps that most of it is underground.
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When the driest place in North America and one of the hottest places on Earth becomes a desert oasis complete with a lake, it's impossible not to take note.
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The leaders represented diverse faiths from local Indigenous Acjachemen spirituality to Catholicism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and others.
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Today is another warm day with chilly nighttime lows. This weekend, a cooling trend begins.
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We're looking at a quiet weather pattern for the rest of the week with warm daytime highs and chilly nighttime lows.
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An air quality alert has been issued for the Inland Empire and the area surrounding the Santa Ana mountains.
