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The snowpack California relies on for much of its annual water supply is around 79 percent of average we head into February. Officials said that while below average, the conditions are decent.

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Folsom Dam Is Getting Taller In Effort To Lower Flood Risk In Sacramento

January 21, 2020 | Bob Moffitt

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is making the area around Folsom Lake higher with the hope of protecting residents in cases of extreme weather and flooding.

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Could Sacramento Flood Like New Orleans? It's Possible, But Water Managers Are Trying To Make It Less Likely.

January 21, 2020 | Ezra David Romero

Two rivers cut through the Sacramento region and that means the risk of flooding is often on people’s minds. As part of CapRadio’s Great Question! series, one listener wondered about the probability of a major flood in the Sacramento region.

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California’s Renewable Energy Targets Slashed Carbon Pollution — Now There’s A Proposal To Pause Them

January 12, 2020

It’s not about cap and trade. A non-partisan report says California's renewable energy mandate is the star of the state's greenhouse gas goals, just as some propose to stop it.

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California’s ‘Hydrogen Highway’ Never Happened. Could 2020 Change That?

January 11, 2020

Hydrogen-powered cars haven't taken off. But with successful pilot projects using hydrogen buses and trucks, and with carmakers poised to expand consumers' options, proponents say this may be the year when the “fuel of the future” finally arrives.

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California Lays Out Ambitious Climate Change Budget Plan, Says Trump Administration Isn’t Helping

January 10, 2020 | Ezra David Romero

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new budget proposal holds ambitious goals for addressing climate change — including a climate resilience bond for the November ballot.

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California Could Get A Green New Deal Of Its Own As Lawmakers Aim To Address Climate Change And Inequality

January 6, 2020 | Ezra David Romero

California is already a leader in curbing greenhouse gas emissions. But some lawmakers and environmental advocates want existing goals accelerated, while addressing how disadvantaged communities are unequally burdened by the effects of climate change

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Fires, Floods And More: A View Of California From Space In 2019

January 5, 2020

Satellites captured the events that marked the changes of California’s seasons — and we rounded up some of the year’s significant events. So take a look back through the year in California, from space.

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