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A view of cattle ruminating around Frank Konyn Dairy Inc., on April 16, 2020, in Escondido, California. Credit: Ariana Drehsler /AFP via Getty Images

California Dairy Farmers are Saving Money—and Cutting Methane Emissions—By Feeding Cows Leftovers

By Stacy Kim

A severe hard freeze in California's Wine Country caused vineyard managers to launch frost protection measures to protect the budding grapevines on January 21, 2018 in Los Alamos, California. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

Ice-fighting Bacteria Could Help California Crops Survive Frost

By Liza Gross

Purple urchins consume the remainder of a small giant kelp. In the background, an urchin barren has cleared the majority of nearby kelp and algae leaving an environment less hospitable for many species. Credit: Michael Langhans

In the Pacific, Global Warming Disrupted The Ecological Dance of Urchins, Sea Stars And Kelp. Otters Help Restore Balance.

By Mallory Pickett and Bob Berwyn

Steve Lyle, left, and Ignacio Valazquez with the California Dept. of Food & Agruculture examine insects stuck to a cardboard trap just removed from a citrus tree in a residential Los Angeles garden. They are most interested in catching 1/8th inch long psyllids to determine if any are infected with citrus greening disease. Credit: Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Citrus Growers May Soon Have a New Way to Fight Back Against A Deadly Enemy

By Stacy Kim

Icicles created by drip irrigation are illuminated by a car's headlights during a cold snap January 17, 2007 in Orange Cove, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Warmer Temperatures May Offer California Farmers a Rare Silver Lining: Fewer Frosts

By Liza Gross

Grapevines at a vineyard in Sonoma County, California, November 27, 2016. Sonoma County experienced an outbreak of Pierce's disease in 2014. Credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images

Warmer California Winters May Fuel Grapevine-Killing Pierce’s Disease

By Liza Gross

Former California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols was rumored to be a top candidate for EPA Administrator in the Biden Administration. But after attacks on Nichols’ record on environmental justice, Michael Regan was nominated for the post. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Mary Nichols Was the Early Favorite to Run Biden’s EPA, Before She Became a ‘Casualty’

By Katie Surma

An almond orchard in Tulare County in the San Joaquin Valley, California Almond Orchard, Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California. Credit:Citizens of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

In California, a Warming Climate Will Help a Voracious Pest—and Hurt the State’s Almonds, Walnuts and Pistachios

By Liza Gross

Construction crews work at the scene where a section of Highway 1 collapsed into the Pacific Ocean near Big Sur, California on Jan. 31, 2021. Credit: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

A Surge From an Atmospheric River Drove California’s Latest Climate Extremes

By Bob Berwyn

A fisherman hooks up crab pots to be taken off a boat at Pier 45 in San Francisco, California, on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. Credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

As Warming Oceans Bring Tough Times to California Crab Fishers, Scientists Say Diversifying is Key to Survival

By Liza Gross

Monarch butterflies cluster on eucalyptus tree limbs at Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont, California on January 27 2018. Credit: Yichuan Cao/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Warming Trends: A Catastrophe for Monarchs, ‘Science Moms’ and Greta’s Cheeky Farewell to Trump

By Katelyn Weisbrod

The Massachusetts State House the seat of Government in Boston. United States. Credit: Tim Graham/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Here Are 3 States to Watch in 2021

By Dan Gearino

Jacob Katz, director of Central Valley operations for the conservation nonprofit California Trout, looks out on the Sacramento River, near the Rough and Ready Pumping Station.

Harnessing Rice Fields to Resurrect California’s Endangered Salmon

By Liza Gross

Grapevines at Castello di Amorosa, in the Napa Valley Wine Country, Calistoga, California, December 22, 2019.

Clues From Wines Grown in Hot, Dry Regions May Help Growers Adapt to a Changing Climate

By Liza Gross

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra listens during a news conference on May 11, 2016, in Washington, D.C. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

In 2018, the California AG Created an Environmental Justice Bureau. It’s Become a Trendsetter

By Evelyn Nieves

PacifiCorp's Hunter coal fired power pant releases steam as it burns coal outside of Castle Dale, Utah on Nov. 14, 2019. Credit: George Frey/AFP via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: The Era of Fossil Fuel Power Plants Is Rapidly Receding. Here Is Their Life Expectancy

By Dan Gearino

Waste grain is left in harvested fields on Staten Island in the California Delta as forage for greater sandhill cranes, a state listed endangered species. Credit: Liza Gross

California Farmers Work to Create a Climate Change Buffer for Migratory Water Birds

By Liza Gross

Cows are sensitive to heat, and overheating can reduce milk production and lead to seriousc health problems.

Cows Get Hot, Too: A New Way to Cool Dairy Cattle in California’s Increasing Heat

By Samantha Nelson

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