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California Regulators Banned Fracking Wastewater for Irrigation, but Allow Wastewater From Oil Drilling. Scientists Say There’s Little Difference

An analysis by Inside Climate News found many of the same chemicals in “produced” water from fracking and conventional drilling. “It doesn’t matter from a chemical perspective,” one scientist said.

By Liza Gross

Climate Change is Spreading a Debilitating Fungal Disease Throughout the West

By Anne Marshall-Chalmers

The ‘State of the Air’ in America Is Unhealthy and Getting Worse, Especially for People of Color

By Kristoffer Tigue

‘Reduced Risk’ Pesticides Are Widespread in California Streams

By Liza Gross

Unchecked Oil and Gas Wastewater Threatens California Groundwater

By Liza Gross

A firefighting helicopter flies past smoke plumes after making a water drop during the Dixie Fire on Aug. 18, 2021 near Susanville, California. Credit: Patrick T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images

Dangerous Air: As California Burns, America Breathes Toxic Smoke

By Alison Saldanha, Farida Jhabvala Romero, Caleigh Wells and Aaron Glantz

Farming Without a Net

By Liza Gross

Can California Reduce Dairy Methane Emissions Equitably?

By Liza Gross

A Delta in Distress

By Liza Gross

For Farmworkers, Heat Too Often Means Needless Death

By Liza Gross

Forests of the Living Dead

By Liza Gross

Global Warming Cauldron Boils Over in the Northwest in One of the Most Intense Heat Waves on Record Worldwide

By Judy Fahys, Bob Berwyn

California’s Almond Trees Rely on Honey Bees and Wild Pollinators, but a Lack of Good Habitat is Making Their Job Harder

By Anne Marshall-Chalmers

California’s Relentless Droughts Strain Farming Towns

By Liza Gross

In California’s Farm Country, Climate Change Is Likely to Trigger More Pesticide Use, Fouling Waterways

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

Video: In California, the Northfork Mono Tribe Brings ‘Good Fire’ to Overgrown Woodlands

Video By Adam Sings in the Timber; Text By Michael Kodas

A Furious Industry Backlash Greets Moves by California Cities to Ban Natural Gas in New Construction

By Dan Gearino

Each day more than 12 million pounds of garbage is dumped, spread, compacted and finally covered with a layer of dirt at the Klickitat County landfill owned by Republic Services. It sits on a plateau above the Columbia River in southern Washington. Credit: Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times

Turning Trash to Natural Gas: Utilities Fight for Their Future Amid Climate Change

Hal Bernton, Seattle Times

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