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    Delta Plan Faces Several Lawsuits

    Monday, June 17, 2013

    California’s long-term plan to manage the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has a tough fight ahead of it. The Delta Plan is now facing four lawsuits.

  • CAL FIRE

    Grass Fire West of Roseville Now Contained

    Thursday, June 13, 2013

    Firefighters are mopping up the smoldering remains of a 250-acre grass fire west of Roseville. The fire's out, but the remaining pollution has caused Sacramento County to issue an air quality advisory UPDATED 3:45 P.M.)

  • Elite Flyers Pressure United Airlines On Climate Change

    Monday, June 10, 2013

    Some of United Airlines’ best customers say the carrier should stop lobbying against policies designed to cut carbon emissions from the industry. The complaints come just as an international group meets to set standards for airline pollution.

  • Legislative Battle Over Fracking Not Over

    Monday, June 10, 2013

    The legislative battle over more stringent regulation of a controversial method of extracting oil and natural gas in California is far from over. Lawmakers will discuss the issue once again this week.

  • Sacramento Prepares For A Heat Wave

    Tuesday, June 04, 2013

    Temperatures in the Sacramento Valley could reach 110 degrees by Saturday and people who have to work outside are already planning for the heat.

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Water Wars: Who Controls The Flow?

So often, we take water for granted. But it's not always where we need it, or there when we need it. Two rivers on opposite sides of the country — the Chattahoochee in the South and the Klamath in the far West — may provide lessons for the inevitable and growing dispute over how we manage our most precious resource.


Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn Talks Climate and Carbon

Like any major city near a coast, Seattle likely won't be immune from rising sea levels and other effects of global warming. Mayor Mike McGinn discusses the city's plans for addressing climate change, including his push to divest Seattle's pension funds from fossil fuel investments, and the city council's plan to make Seattle carbon neutral by 2050.


Denis Hayes on Being Green

Since his days as head of the Solar Energy Research Institute under President Jimmy Carter, Denis Hayes has been pushing to add more renewable energy sources to the country's energy portfolio. Hayes discusses the current U.S. market for renewables such as solar and wind, and gives his take on where he sees America's energy future headed.


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