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Dirty truth: UC Riverside study suggests new way climate change is fueling itself

Soil is typically a great carbon storage system. But nitrogen emissions can mean the opposite in dry places like Southern California.
Survey: Californians worry that global warming will bring more huge wildfires
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Survey: Californians worry that global warming will bring more huge wildfires

Sea-level rise and extreme heat are also concerns.

California lawmakers weigh sweeping environmental laws, hitting plastics, climate change, wastewater reuse and more
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California lawmakers weigh sweeping environmental laws, hitting plastics, climate change, wastewater reuse and more

One of the most sweeping proposals aims to radically reduce all single-use plastics in the state.
California to become first U.S. state mandating solar on new homes
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California to become first U.S. state mandating solar on new homes

California is about to become the only state in the nation mandating that virtually every new home have solar panels by 2020.
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Are Southern California wildfires a threat to local marine life? A new study aims to find out
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Are Southern California wildfires a threat to local marine life? A new study aims to find out

A team of UC Santa Barbara students and scientists spent several days at sea to learn how the recent Southern California wildfires could affect the local ocean ecosystem.
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