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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Environment

Trawl fishing catches huge amounts of seafood. It also devastates the seafloor

1 day ago

The fish behind America's fish sticks is fueling a fight over trawling in Alaska

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Buckwheat growers hope new markets can help it reach more tables

4 days ago

Interpol crackdown on illegal mining, logging and wildlife trafficking leads to 233 arrests

4 days ago

Trading pesticides for steam: Northern California county tests safer berry farming

4 days ago

States OK solar panels for balconies. Safety guidelines haven't caught up

4 days ago

Solar power helps Amazon communities ditch diesel and prepare for El Niño drought

4 days ago

San Diego Foundation awards nearly $1M to binational Tijuana River, coastal projects

4 days ago

Energy from Hurricane Rachel could cause beach erosion in North County starting Wednesday

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The U.S. Supreme Court will open its term with Boulder's climate lawsuit. Here's how it could affect similar cases.

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Supreme Court weighs local governments' climate change lawsuits against oil and gas companies

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Budding food scrap pickup services across the US want your coffee grounds and eggshells

6 days ago

The overwhelming problem of plastic

6 days ago

State to repair beach erosion at Carlsbad's Tamarack Avenue parking lot

6 days ago

Scientists search for answers as baby whales wash up dead in Argentina

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Environmental groups sue Trump administration over eased vehicle fuel economy rules

8 days ago

Indonesian villagers on Borneo struggle for water as El Niño intensifies peatland fires

9 days ago

Future of Amazon rainforest policies at stake in Brazilian presidential election

9 days ago

Households will pay more for energy because of federal policy changes, think tank says

9 days ago

A balcony solar bill in California is now law. When can you plug in?

9 days ago

Earth's driest desert is covered in wildflowers right now

9 days ago

States and cities sue over Trump's EPA eliminating rule that limits emissions from power plants

9 days ago

Wind turbine taller than the Eiffel Tower aims to boost German electricity production

10 days ago

Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet

10 days ago

Pandora opens $150 million Vietnam jewelry factory powered by renewable energy

10 days ago

Swiss glaciers lose over 5% of ice volume in 2026 as heat waves, low winter snow accelerate thaw

10 days ago

As heat becomes more extreme, inmates are increasingly threatened by rising temperatures

11 days ago

The world's largest oat milk producer has joined an unusual climate journalism campaign

11 days ago

Gentle giant Backpack declared winner of Alaska's Fat Bear Week

11 days ago

An endangered frog nursery in LA cares for hundreds of tadpoles until they're ready for the wild

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Millions who need flood insurance the most don't have it as flawed federal program raises prices

12 days ago

Newsom signs bills targeting hydrogen sulfide, worker safety in Tijuana River Valley

12 days ago

MLB considers Grand Teton National Park for baseball game site, prompting concern

12 days ago

Sea level rise is reshaping a California beach town and threatening a key rail line

12 days ago

A change at the top of San Diego Community Power but no reason given for CEO's departure

12 days ago

Residents near Maui wildfires show elevated metals linked to impacted lung health, study says

12 days ago

Trump administration lowers fuel economy standards, critics say at a significant environmental cost

13 days ago

Mexico breaks ground on new desalination plant in Rosarito to bolster region's water supply

15 days ago

Mountain lion fatally struck by vehicle on highway near Mission Trails park

15 days ago

San Diego Zoo and Safari Park welcome new gorillas from Seattle and Kansas zoos

15 days ago

It's official: Coronado is the newest addition to San Diego Community Power

15 days ago

Former VP Al Gore: A clean Earth is within world's grasp even as climate dangers accelerate

15 days ago

How one factory is surviving America's solar policy whiplash

16 days ago

New firefighting fund launches but funding gap remains as wildfires worsen worldwide

16 days ago

Scottsdale's water recycling program hits election-year backlash

17 days ago

Federal report concludes hydrogen sulfide spikes near Tijuana River pose public health hazard

17 days ago

Mission Trails gets a 62-ton makeover to reduce wildfire risk

17 days ago

Climate disasters are growing. So are cuts to programs that prepare for them

18 days ago

This year's El Nino-driven heat could cause nearly half a million more deaths, group says

18 days ago

Beach water advisories issued as Oceanside harbor dredging proceeds

18 days ago

Nesting olive ridley sea turtle off Southern California beaches is a first recorded for West Coast

18 days ago

A third beluga whale rescued from Canada has died at Chicago aquarium

18 days ago

New York, California sue to block Trump administration deals canceling offshore wind projects

18 days ago

Worsening El Nino threatens Asia with drought, potentially raising food prices globally

19 days ago

Judge won't block Trump administration from giving SpaceX acres of wildlife refuge in land swap

19 days ago

There's an easy way to get rid of all the reusable bags piling up in your home

19 days ago

St. Mary's Glacier melted away. Will Colorado's iconic snowfield ever return?

19 days ago

Tiny wild cat newly identified as a species draws curious visitors in Bolivia

20 days ago

Climate Week talks balance hope for clean energy against uncertainty over artificial intelligence

19 days ago

A humpback whale was spotted in a California river, 60 miles from its Pacific Ocean home

22 days ago

Judge rules EPA illegally terminated $7 billion solar program intended to help poorer Americans

22 days ago

How Africa's biggest cities are grappling with mounting waste and shrinking space

22 days ago

Trump administration begins building border wall in Texas' Big Bend region

22 days ago

Scientists hope deeper-rooted soybeans can withstand climate extremes and store more carbon

23 days ago

Britain's Prince William reveals finalists for Earthshot environmental prize

23 days ago

Killing endangered wildlife is legal if they aren't the target, new Trump rule says

23 days ago

The Iran war is driving clean energy development. It's not enough to help the planet, yet

24 days ago

'All these projects have problems.' County approves East County solar and battery project

24 days ago

There's one issue where Republicans and Democrats are unified before the midterms, a new poll finds

25 days ago

Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 years

25 days ago

Fight to pass Measure B, the countywide sales tax increase, heats up

25 days ago

Tijuana River sewage crisis costs region up to $503 million a year, study finds

25 days ago

They are paid to bring rain. When it fails — or leads to floods — violence can follow

25 days ago

An artist captures how summer's heat waves hit Paris and its homeless so hard

26 days ago

Crews begin making berms on S.D.'s beaches to prepare for El Niño

26 days ago

European leaders meet as Arctic thaw opens shipping routes and Russian buildup stokes security fears

27 days ago

EPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants

26 days ago

'A steady input of these chemicals': report finds cocktail of pollution in Tijuana River

27 days ago

Safari Park caring for condor chick rescued from nest in Pinnacles National Park

28 days ago

With support from loggers and (some) environmentalists, Congress unites on major wildfire bill

29 days ago

Federal court rejects Trump order keeping Michigan coal plant open

1 month ago

Emergency declared to save Highway 101 from beach erosion in Carlsbad

1 month ago

County, CDC to launch second health survey on Tijuana River sewage crisis

1 month ago

'Immaculate condition': Rare mastodon fossil found in Northern California creek

1 month ago

The push to remove lead pipes is on. Thousands of water systems still don't know where theirs are

1 month ago

California officials allow plans for the country's biggest kelp farm to move forward

1 month ago

'Climate hushing' has swept the Democratic Party. New polling suggests it's a mistake.

1 month ago

Global heat stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured.

1 month ago

A stronger-than-normal El Nino alarms scientists over Galápagos wildlife and forests

1 month ago

In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyed

1 month ago

Nepal's flood disaster and the impact of climate change loom large in the icy shadow of Mont Blanc

1 month ago

Coastal erosion once again suspends trains between San Diego and rest of the nation

1 month ago

Plastic leaves its traces in unexpected places — like your dentist's office

1 month ago

Hungry black bears are running into trouble in the Rocky Mountains

1 month ago

Malaysia declares emergency in Sarawak town as haze reaches critical level

1 month ago

Farmers turn to perennial grains as one solution to extreme weather

1 month ago

EPA seeks more public comments as it struggles to devise water rule that limits scope on wetlands

1 month ago

Severe erosion leaves Carlsbad's Tamarack beach slim for Labor Day weekend

1 month ago

The Trump administration halted a Great Lakes project. Then Whitmer called Trump

1 month ago

'It immediately started attacking me': Otter leaves Lake Tahoe swimmer bleeding

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