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Current law prohibits the use of reusable foodware like cups, plates and forks at temporary events, because they must be cleaned at approved facilities. A new bill could change that.

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Environment

Court: EPA Has 90 Days To Justify Use Of Dangerous Pesticide

April 19, 2019 | Julia Mitric

A federal appeals court has given the Environmental Protection Agency 90 days to justify why a widely used but dangerous pesticide should stay on the market.

Environment

Power Companies Want To Build Charging Stations Along California Freeways To Move The Trucking Industry To Electric Vehicles

April 18, 2019 | Randol White

The plan is to complete a study by the end of this year, with the first installation of chargers by early 2020.

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As Temperatures Rise, Scientists Hope Predicting Heat Waves Could Prevent Fatalities And Damage In California

April 17, 2019 | Ezra David Romero

As climate change creates more extremes in weather it’s important to know when heat waves will hit California. Now scientists think a phenomenon in the Indian and eastern Pacific Oceans might predict when the next one could hit the state.

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State Government

California Could Require Zero-Emission Shuttles At Its Largest Airports

April 17, 2019 | Scott Rodd

A proposal from the state Air Resources Board would make shuttle services more eco-friendly — and it could pave the way for larger transportation sectors to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

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Ezra David Romero / Capital Public Radio

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Nesting Shorebirds Block Sacramento Area High School From Using New Turf Field

April 8, 2019 | Ezra David Romero

Lacrosse players at Rio Americano High School won't be able to play their first game this week on their new turf field. It's because of a pair of nesting shorebirds called killdeer.

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Nicholas Albrecht for The California Sunday Magazine

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News Network: Daniel Duane On Yosemite’s Dying Glaciers

April 4, 2019 | Bert Johnson

Daniel Duane discusses his investigation of the impact climate change is having on Yosemite National Park, which was published this week in The California Sunday Magazine.

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