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The state cap-and-trade program had a third straight sellout, while California environmental regulators officially pushed back against the planned repeal of President Obama’s most sweeping climate change rule.

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State Government

Local Fire Agencies Want More Money As Fire Season Lengthens

February 28, 2018 | Ben Bradford

At a hearing at the state Capitol on Tuesday, local fire agencies petitioned lawmakers for $100 million.

Environment

From Almonds To Rice, Climate Change Could Slash California Crop Yields By 2050

February 27, 2018 | Ezra David Romero

Tapan Pathak, a UC Cooperative Extension specialist based in Merced, and his research team analyzed more than 90 studies on climate change and discovered that warming temperatures may alter where crops grow across California.

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Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

UC Merced Professor Mark Aldenderfer On How Climate Change Affects High-Altitude Societies

February 22, 2018 | Cody Drabble

UC Merced Professor Mark Aldenderfer shares his latest research on climate change and its impacts on high-altitude societies in the Himalayas.

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Environment

Sacramento Trying Not To Leave Low-Income Drivers Behind In Push For 70,000 More Electric Vehicles

February 20, 2018 | Ezra David Romero

The strategy calls for around 75,000 new zero-emission vehicles and 2,200 chargers across the city in the next seven years. That’s huge growth from the 3,200 ZEV’s and around 500 chargers in the city today.

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Environment

California Delays Decision On Permanent Restrictions For Water Wasters

February 20, 2018

(AP) — Members of the state Water Resources Control Board delayed action on a proposal to bring back what had been temporary water bans from California's 2013-2017 drought and make them permanent.

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Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Sacramento's Electric Vehicle Strategy Aims To Attract Low-Income Drivers

February 20, 2018 | Cody Drabble

Capital Public Radio's environment reporter Ezra David Romero has been examining the city of Sacramento's electric vehicle strategy. He explains how the city aims to expand the availability of charging stations for low-income drivers.

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Environment

Paint Companies' Ballot Initiative Would Hand Lead Paint Removal Costs To The State

February 16, 2018 | Sally Schilling

The courts have ordered three paint companies to pay $600 million to help remove lead paint from homes in 10 California cities and counties, but the case isn’t exactly closed.

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Environment

California Officials, Protesters Fight Offshore Drill Plans

February 8, 2018

(AP) — Commissions that oversee coastal lands and water pushed the Trump administration to leave California out of plans to expand offshore drilling, saying the state will throw up any barriers possible to prevent pumping and transportation of oil.

State Government

Butte County Sues DWR Over River Damage From Oroville Crisis

February 8, 2018 | Sally Schilling

Butte County has filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Water Resources for environmental damages to the Feather River on the one-year anniversary of the Oroville Dam crisis.

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