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Byline: ELLEN KNICKMEYER

04 Sep

Trump’s rollback of pollution rules to hit coal country hard

published on September 4, 2018 - 1:04 PM

(AP) — It’s coal people like miner Steve Knotts, 62, who make West Virginia Trump Country. So it was no

02 Aug

Trump team wants to roll back Obama-era mileage standards

published on August 2, 2018 - 1:19 PM

(AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday proposed weakening Obama-era mileage standards designed to make cars more fuel efficient and

17 May

Sea otters rebound but struggle to regain historic range

published on May 17, 2018 - 12:57 PM

(AP) — While threatened southern sea otters bob and sun in the gentle waves of this central California estuary, wildlife

03 Apr

US targets waiver letting California steer emissions limits

published on April 3, 2018 - 12:43 PM

(AP) — Scott Pruitt, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, turned his sights this week on a nearly half-century-old

02 Apr

Late-winter storms ease California’s dive back into drought

published on April 2, 2018 - 1:19 PM

(AP) — Storms hitting at the end of California’s rainy season have eased the state’s plunge back into drought. Water

15 Feb

Water use climbs in California enclaves as drought returns

published on February 15, 2018 - 1:43 PM

(AP) — Overall water use is climbing in Southern California as that part of the state plunges back into drought,

12 Feb

Oroville crisis drives harder look at aging US dams

published on February 12, 2018 - 2:39 PM

(AP) — One year after the worst structural failures at a major U.S. dam in a generation, federal regulators who

01 Feb

Drought deepens dramatically in Southern California

published on February 1, 2018 - 1:30 PM

(AP) — California is rapidly plunging back into drought, with severe conditions now existing in Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los

16 Jan

California governor proposes one-tunnel water plan

published on January 16, 2018 - 1:12 PM

(AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration is scaling back his troubled plans to redo California’s water system, releasing a new

10 Nov

Clearing ruins launches new phase in California fire cleanup

published on November 10, 2017 - 12:27 PM

(AP) — Rumbling bulldozers and front-loaders have started scraping up the ash, charred wood and crumbled bricks and concrete left

BLOG: SB 7 puts automation on trial, could stall workplace innovation

Posted: June 30, 2025 at 2:42 pm

The California Chamber of Commerce has identified Senate Bill 7
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BLOG: Using fallowed ag land for solar farms opens training, job opportunities for local workers

Posted: at 2:00 pm

In all the talk about the San Joaquin Valley’s groundwater
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