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+ LA Times Environment: Cluster of farmworkers diagnosed with rare animal-borne disease in Ventura County—A cluster of workers at Ventura County berry farms recently have been diagnosed with a rare disease often transmitted through sick animals' urine.
+ LA Times Environment: Editorial: Let's not let political chaos distract us from the unfolding climate catastrophe—The COP29 climate summit ending Friday was dispiriting in many respects, as is the broader picture. But there's hope and good reason to persist in thi...
+ LA Times Environment: Phillips 66 faces federal charges over alleged wastewater dumping at Carson refinery—A federal grand jury has returned a six-count indictment against Phillips 66 for allegedly dumping waste into Los Angeles County sewers.
+ LA Times Environment: Opinion: Wildfire smoke is polluting California and beyond. Here's how to protect yourself—In the wake of the Mountain and Sandy fires, here are ways to avoid inhaling smoke particles that can cause heart and lung disease.
+ LA Times Environment: California water agency considers spending $141 million on Delta tunnel project—The Metropolitan Water District's board is set to vote in December on whether to spend $141.6 million for planning of the proposed Delta tunnel projec...
+ LA Times Environment: The Mountain fire was the third most destructive wildfire in a decade. These maps show why—Most of the area burned by the Mountain fire was in sparsely populated areas, but when high winds helped the blaze leap across Highway 118, it began t...
+ LA Times Environment: California's rainy season begins with a bomb cyclone bang. Are we in for a third record wet winter?—The first major atmospheric river system is pummeling the Pacific Northwest and Northern California, supercharged by a bomb cyclone. But officials sti...
+ LA Times Environment: Biden administration outlines options for addressing Colorado River water shortages—Federal officials release a proposal outlining options for new, long-term rules for managing chronic water shortages from the overtapped Colorado Rive...
+ LA Times Environment: California just set rules that trade short-term climate gain for long-term health and safety—California regulators just voted to ignore the long-term environmental and social costs of factory-farm incentives. Our climate solutions must not com...
+ LA Times Environment: Alameda County child believed to be latest case of bird flu; source unknown—California health officials reported Tuesday that a child in Alameda County has been infected with bird flu; source unknown.
+ LA Times Environment: Native Americans press Biden to designate three new national monuments in California —Some are looking to Biden to make the designations before the arrival of an administration that has advocated for opening public lands to oil drilling...
+ LA Times Environment: Has nuclear power entered a new era of acceptance amid global warming? —Public support for nuclear power is the highest its been in more than a decade as the nation struggles to reduce its reliance on planet-warming fossil...
+ LA Times Environment: 'All we could do was watch': Beekeeper mourns millions of bees killed in Mountain fire—Millions of bees are killed in Mountain fire
+ LA Times Environment: Editorial: How California leaders can protect the environment from another Trump administration—Gov. Gavin Newsom and other leaders must mount a strong offense as well as robust defense against attacks on environmental protection and climate chan...
+ LA Times Environment: Musk has Trump's ear, and that could help Tesla. Other EV makers? Maybe not so much—Elon Musk's good standing with Donald Trump may be good news for Tesla, but not necessarily for EV makers in general.
+ LA Times Environment: Wildfire retardant is laden with toxic metals, USC study finds—The discovery of high levels of heavy metals in a popular fire retardant has added to long-running concerns from environmentalists.
+ LA Times Environment: California regulators propose plan that could close Aliso Canyon. Or is it just 'kicking the can'?—The California Public Utilities Commission unveiled a proposal that could potentially close the Aliso Canyon gas storage field in the coming years, bu...
+ LA Times Environment: H5N1 bird flu infects five more humans in California, and one in Oregon—Health officials have announced six more H5N1 bird flu infections in humans: five in California and the first known case in Oregon.
+ LA Times Environment: California removes slur targeting Indigenous women from location names—Officials have approved the removal of the derogatory term "squaw" from over 30 geographic features and place names on California lands.
+ Yale Environment 360: 'Climate Spiral' Shows Warming Reaching New Extremes—From June 2023 to August 2024, the world saw 15 months in a row of record-breaking heat, a stretch so extreme that it confounded scientists. A new ani...
+ Yale Environment 360: As Drought Shrivels Hydropower, Zambia Is Pivoting to Solar—An unprecedented drought has lowered reservoirs in hydropower-dependent Zambia, leading to economically crippling blackouts and spurring a push for so...
+ Yale Environment 360: Watchdog Group Says Investigation Into Abuses by African Parks Is Tainted—Last year, the watchdog group Survival International reported that park rangers in the Republic of the Congo had beaten, raped, and tortured Indigenou...
+ Yale Environment 360: To Cope with Extreme Heat, Paris Will Swap Parking Spaces for Trees—Paris aims to replace 60,000 parking spaces across the city with trees by the end of this decade, according to its newly released climate plan.Read mo...
+ Yale Environment 360: Trump 2.0: This Time the Stakes for Climate Are Even Higher—Donald Trump has promised to halt federal climate action and repeal the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act, which provides unprecedented spending for c...
+ Yale Environment 360: More Than 1,700 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists at UN Climate Negotiations—At least 1,773 fossil fuel lobbyists are attending the U.N. climate negotiations now underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, according to a tally by a coalition...
+ Yale Environment 360: As Ocean Waters Warm, a Race to Breed Heat-Resistant Coral—Around the world, researchers are working on a range of projects that aim to enhance corals’ resistance to marine heat waves. In a promising sign, a U...
+ Yale Environment 360: Glaciers Reveal When Volcanoes Are on Brink of Eruption—New research shows that glaciers near active volcanoes flow faster than other glaciers. The findings suggest it would be possible to predict volcanic ...
+ Yale Environment 360: Light Pollution May Be Keeping Honey Bees Up at Night—Light from cars, homes, and street lamps may be keeping bees up at night, according to a new study.Read more on E360 →
+ Yale Environment 360: Will Hydrogen Hubs Be a Clean Energy Boom or Boondoggle?—As part of a $7 billion investment in hydrogen, the U.S. Department of Energy is committed to building a network of hydrogen facilities and pipelines ...
+ Yale Environment 360: Study Finds Steep Rise in Emissions from Private Jets—By virtue of their small size and limited capacity, private jets are deeply inefficient. They have an outsized climate impact and, according to a new ...
+ Yale Environment 360: Brazil Hopes to Make the Amazon a Model for a Green Economy—As he prepares to host the G20 summit, Brazil’s president is championing initiatives to promote a “bioeconomy” in the Amazon that protects biodiversit...
+ Yale Environment 360: Trained Rats Able to Sniff Out Smuggled Rhino Horns—Rats could be the latest weapon deployed in the fight against endangered wildlife trafficking, according to a study of rodents trained to sniff out pa...
+ Yale Environment 360: Swarm of Cod Eat 10 Million Fish in Biggest Feeding Frenzy on Record—A new study details how, in just a few hours, more than 2 million Atlantic cod consumed 10 million tiny capelin. Scientists say the feeding frenzy is ...
+ Yale Environment 360: Tropical Forests Could Regrow Naturally on Area the Size of Mexico—Forests could regrow naturally on more than 800,000 square miles of land around the tropics, without need for planting trees by hand, a new study find...
+ Yale Environment 360: Satellite Imagery Shows Breadth of Flooding in Spain—Record rainfall flooded parts of Spain this week, killing more than 150 people in the nation's deadliest natural disaster in decades. New satellite im...
+ Yale Environment 360: How to Grow a Forest: It Takes More Than Just Planting Trees—In an e360 interview, microbial ecologist Jake M. Robinson, of Australia’s Flinders University, takes a critical look at tree planting campaigns and d...
+ Yale Environment 360: China Appears On Track to See Emissions Fall This Year—China is likely to see its emissions fall this year, despite rising power demand, as it continues to build out renewable power at unparalleled speed, ...
+ Yale Environment 360: Greening Concrete: A Major Emitter Inches Toward Carbon Neutrality—Concrete is the most ubiquitous man-made building material on the planet, but making it generates massive amounts of CO2 emissions. Companies are expe...
+ Yale Environment 360: Pollution from Gas Stoves Kills 40,000 in Europe Each Year—Pollution seeping from gas stoves kills 40,000 people each year across the EU and U.K., according to a new report, the latest contribution to a growin...