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The Mercury News - Environment

Uncertainty of future FEMA disaster funding alarms Bay Area emergency planners

10 hours ago

3 Bay Area counties are among the most at risk in U.S. for natural disasters. One is trying to improve its preparedness.

7 hours ago

Who gets more disaster aid? Republican states. Experts explain that and more about FEMA

7 hours ago

EPA puts on leave 139 employees who spoke out against policies under Trump

1 day ago

This pinecone-sized device could transform the fight against wildfires

1 day ago

Madre Fire map: Evacuations for California's largest wildfire of 2025

1 day ago

Coyote season is on. Here's how to stay safe

1 day ago

Delta Diablo board approves rate hike for sewer services

2 days ago

Philp: On water, Newsom is out of time and making his riskiest move as governor

29 days ago

State funders criticize pace and progress on $2.7 billion plan to build new reservoir in Santa Clara County

1 month ago

Record pace of snowmelt in US West threatens another drought

1 month ago

Why a contentious project to raise California's Shasta Dam could move forward under Trump

1 month ago

California's former insurance commissioner wants oil and gas companies to pay for the home insurance crisis

1 day ago

Patients, employees worried about Oakland hospital's future after strike

23 hours ago

Here's how millions of people could lose health insurance if Trump's tax bill becomes law

1 day ago

FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against the advice of agency staff

1 day ago

Fort Ord Dunes State Park campground to be built along Monterey Bay

1 day ago

San Jose gets court order to keep alleged drug dealers out of St. James Park

1 day ago

Signs posted at National Park Service sites seen as threats to 'whitewash' dark side of history

3 days ago

A mansion with a mission: Filoli House and Garden promotes history, beauty

3 days ago

A woman's house in Northern California was burglarized so many times that even bears went in

4 days ago

Ducks thrive in Sunnyvale pool; their welcome is wearing thin

4 days ago

First images unveiled from world's largest camera, built in the Bay Area

11 days ago

When is the summer solstice in 2025, and what does it mean?

16 days ago

Astronomers create a dazzling, elaborate map of nearby galaxy in thousands of colors

16 days ago

Astronomers discover strange new celestial object in our Milky Way galaxy

1 month ago

Video: SpaceX's Starship explodes on test stand in yet another setback

15 days ago

Amid NASA cuts, popular social accounts for Mars rovers, Voyager going dark

21 days ago