Environment

Rural conference brings Westerners together to talk environment, small-town challenges 

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BOZEMAN — Last month, over 150 affiliates of Montana State, visitors from Stanford University, and community members from across Montana crowded into Strand Union Building for the 12th Annual Eccles Family Rural West Conference. This one-day rural-issue barnstormer was organized by both Stanford’s Bill Lane Center for the American West and the Ivan Doig Center […]

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Scientists engineered a psychedelic-producing tobacco plant. Could it be a lifeline for vulnerable species? 

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Squeeze a Sonoran Desert toad between your palms and a milky substance will ooze from its glands. Dried, then smoked, the juice is known to cause auditory and visual hallucinations. But poachers, in search of these transcendental toads, have descended into the night on the desert landscape, leading many to worry that the toad will go regionally

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Palo Alto City Council hears calls for increased gas safety education, questions language use in community survey 

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PALO ALTO – Students and community members urged the Palo Alto City Council to educate the public about the health risks of gas stoves.  “We’re feeding chemicals into people’s homes that injure kids’ lungs. We need to educate the public who don’t know this to let them have a choice,” chemical engineer and resident Sven Thesen said at the council

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Palo Alto City Council votes yes on synthetic turf at El Camino Field

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PALO ALTO – The Palo Alto City Council moved to replace existing synthetic turf at El Camino Park with cork turf at its Jan. 12 meeting, rejecting the recommendations of county health authorities who recommended that the city install grass. In a presentation to the council, Division Manager of Open Space, Parks and Golf Sarah

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Groundwater Rise, A Looming Threat in East Palo Alto

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On Oct. 4, 2025 community leaders and organizations gathered to host the city’s second annual climate resilience fair. The event buzzed as attendees walked from booth to booth, discussing current climate and community health threats, solutions and successes. Just a half mile away, a former hazardous waste processing facility, The BayRow Holding LLC site, colloquially

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Federal EV incentive expires but Californians can still save big on their electric vehicle purchase

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The sunsetting of a $7,500 Biden-era electric vehicle incentive drove a month of record sales this September, but as buyers and sellers prepare for an uncertain economic landscape, thousands of dollars in rebates and incentives still remain. The tax incentive, which expired at midnight on Sept. 30, allowed buyers to receive up to $7,500 towards

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