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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Environment

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

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

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

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

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

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Britain's Prince William reveals finalists for Earthshot environmental prize

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Federal court rejects Trump order keeping Michigan coal plant open

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Emergency declared to save Highway 101 from beach erosion in Carlsbad

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Hungry black bears are running into trouble in the Rocky Mountains

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Malaysia declares emergency in Sarawak town as haze reaches critical level

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Farmers turn to perennial grains as one solution to extreme weather

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

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

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

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

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US Forest Service closing 23 research facilities as part of reorganization under Trump

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Trump administration stalled a survey of PFAS in wastewater, former EPA officials say

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Two more belugas die at Chicago aquarium

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Pacific island nations seek to turn geopolitics into funding to offset climate change harm

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Trump administration ratchets up its fight to get more oil flowing from California

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EPA proposal could leave the public in the dark on data center plans

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Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone

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County supervisors greenlight plan to build own Tijuana River treatment plant

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New York's plan to charge fossil-fuel producers $75B for climate change damages is struck down

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California lawmakers' last-minute deal on compensation for wildfire victims falls apart

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Spike in rare cancer cases spark anti-pesticide activism in Southern California

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A hotter planet is pushing older adults beyond the human body's limits

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County supervisors push to construct new plant to treat Tijuana River sewage

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Keeping cool saves thousands of lives yearly, but at a cost of worsening global warming, experts say

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California sues Trump administration to bring back an offshore wind project

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United Nations talks in Mongolia expose growing drought crisis as climate impacts worsen

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As microplastics pollute every corner of the Great Lakes, scientists push governments to combat threat

22 days ago

You may soon be able to put a solar panel on your apartment balcony in California

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Satellite images show bedrock and glacier collapsed on Nepal-China border, then rivers flooded

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Peekachu, a beluga whale rescued from Canada, dies at Chicago aquarium

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Trump administration relied on flawed logic to justify scrapping vehicle emission rules, study says

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As super El Nino strengthens, study suggests that climate change is intensifying El Ninos

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Nepal floods highlight growing glacier risks in warming Himalayas

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Heat makes emergency rooms busier. Study shows which illness and injuries rise during hot spells

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'Would you want a power tower in your backyard?': Residents sound off on SDG&E's proposed transmission line

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A lush knee-high jungle grows in the Arctic, but warming is changing Earth's mini-greenhouse

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Wave energy testing site opens off Oregon, a green energy milestone in the Trump administration

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Invasive green crabs are bad for the environment so New Englanders are starting to eat more of them

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US declares drought disaster for parts of Puerto Rico as dry conditions persist

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Texas wildfire mushrooms within hours, ripping through ranchlands

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Earth is simmering in its hottest water temps on record, and that's bad for fish and us

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Firefighters make progress against a Nevada wildfire that's destroyed more than 30 homes

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The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: 'Bigger shocks are on the way'

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Federal officials announce water cuts as Colorado River supplies continue to plunge

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Hungary drained its waters for generations. Now drought is exposing the cost

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MAHA activists criticize Trump for promoting coal to power energy-hungry AI data centers

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Move over bears. Fat Marmot Week puts a spotlight on the alpine rodents

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What's in a name? Why naming storms, military operations and medical maladies matters

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The US and others turn to Brazil for rare earths, raising environmental concerns

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Champagne growers race to preserve quality in record-early harvest

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Pair faces animal trafficking charges in San Diego for alleged yearslong reptile-smuggling operation

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Minnesota governor signs order to slow down any mining efforts near Boundary Waters wilderness

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Trump administration moves ahead to end roadless rule on national forests

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The best fabric for extreme heat? It's more complicated than you think

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The UK and Google are testing changes to flight paths to tackle aviation's climate impact

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Trump administration briefly pauses contentious border project in Texas' Big Bend National Park

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Vista poised to adopt ban on single-use plastic bottles

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Lake Powell hits record low, threatening key water and electricity supply for millions

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Growing smarter farmers: University, neighborhoods localize climate science

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An Indiana pastor became an Illinois oilman. Spills and pollution followed.

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How severe drought is affecting Colorado, from record fishing restrictions to threatened power supplies

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The livin' is no longer so easy: How carefree dreams of 'summertime' are fading in 2026's swelter

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Oppressive heat, high humidity grip much of the US as students start a new school year

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Teen admits in guilty plea to kicking sea lion in La Jolla Cove

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San Diegans can watch a meteor shower and spot the Milky Way at this festival under the stars

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The warming climate is forcing marathons to consider changes to keep runners cool

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Alpine resorts' snowmaking equipment may be put to work fighting summer forest fires

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Stingray lashings up as marine heat wave off Southern California draws more to shore

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Big Sur travel plans? Officials urge visitors to stay away as California's Timber Fire grows

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